What would you do...

[megadave]

if you found the money?

BBC News - Man leaves £80,000 on top of car then drives off



and what an idiot

 

[Punishment]

What money ... ?

 

[megadave]

I would say the same thing

 

[Punishment]

Tbh maybe he was buying a house or w/e , but anyone that careless with that much money doesn't need it as badly as i do atm

On pure impulse , id have taken it no doubt . Sad thing is i'd prolly be too distracted thinking about bills to even notice it lying there , typical eh

 

[old.Tohtori]

Return it to the popo.

Because i know that if i took it, especially in the UK with the CCTV coverage, that it'd be a good chance that i'd be found.

That, atleast i think, is a rather nasty theft charge waiting to happen.

Not to mention there could be a nice finders fee.

 

[Raven]

I would have kept it. Nobody who cares about their money just loses it in that manner, or walks around with that sort of money in cash and they certainly don't just leave it on the top of their car.

 

[Ormorof]

i would have handed it in, i dont think i could have kept it (i once found a wallet with £300 in it, i handed it in and the dude gave me a £50 finders fee, so i got monies, and i felt good, andi was only 12 at the time so £50 was a lot of money!) but it seems very suspicious, why on earth did he have £80,000 in cash, in a bag? makes no sense, i suspect something dubious!

i mean if he was buying a house... i dont know many estate agents or banks who would accept £80,000 in cash, unless it was pre-arranged i guess.

 

[Marc]

The money was the guys life savings. He didnt trust banks and had been saving for 40 years, taking his savings to and from work everyday. Therefore, a huge portion of it would have been worthless considering the amount of old bank notes it would have contained.

 

[old.Tohtori]

Well, if it was stolen, would be rather silly to phone the police about it

"Police? Ah yes. I'm terribly sorry to bother you, but you see me and my friends just robbed a bank. Yes, quite a large sum, 80 thousand in fact. But here's the thing, Steve in his haste left the bag on the roof of our car as we made our getaway. Myes, quite ghastly i know. If you wouldn't mind, could you take a looksy and see if you could find the bag. Cheerio!"

Don't know why i made the bankrobber sound proper english, but hey

 

[Ormorof]

it really wouldnt suprise me to be honest, would make for a great failblog story i guess

 

[xomer]

Search of the real owner of the money.

If the owner is a faking bastard mafia thief, then ill give all the money to a charity.

If the owner was a really good guy, then ofc ill return the money to him and i'll be so proud of that.

 

[Raven]

Well, if it was stolen, would be rather silly to phone the police about it

"Police? Ah yes. I'm terribly sorry to bother you, but you see me and my friends just robbed a bank. Yes, quite a large sum, 80 thousand in fact. But here's the thing, Steve in his haste left the bag on the roof of our car as we made our getaway. Myes, quite ghastly i know. If you wouldn't mind, could you take a looksy and see if you could find the bag. Cheerio!"

Don't know why i made the bankrobber sound proper english, but hey

Insurance job.

 

[Lamp]

Tempting as it is, my gut feeling would be to hand it back to the police if I found it. Its only £80K. Its not THAT massive amount of money. Its definitely not a life-changing amount for me (not even a years salary), and its certainly not worth going to prison for. As Toto says, there is so much CCTV in the UK, and today's forensics can pick your DNA off things you wouldn't even think of.

 

[xomer]

Tempting as it is, my gut feeling would be to hand it back to the police if I found it. Its only £80K. Its not THAT massive amount of money. Its definitely not a life-changing amount for me (not even a years).

you rich :|

 

[old.Tohtori]

Tempting as it is, my gut feeling would be to hand it back to the police if I found it. Its only £80K. Its not THAT massive amount of money. Its definitely not a life-changing amount for me (not even a years salary),

You make 80k+ a year?

 

[Lamp]

yes

 

[Ezteq]

I would try not to drown him in my tears as I sobbed while handing it back to him

hehe I once chased an old guy down the road for about 3 mins waving and calling out because he had most of his coat shit outside the car door, he was very nice and offered me a lift but I declined.

true story.

 

[Ch3tan]

It's hardly that uncommon, the average wage in the UK is £20k, the average in London is higher.

I'd say there are a fair few on this forum on over 100k a year.

Lamp's a professional iirc, so his earnings will be high.

 

[xomer]

In Greece the average is 12k euros (note: euros not £)

 

[Lamp]

Lamp's a professional iirc, so his earnings will be high.

Aye. Worked my way up from earning £5 or £6/hour sticking share certificates in envelopes as a temp at Natwest Stockbrokers (that shows you how long ago it was, lol) to being a director in an investment bank

 

[Ch3tan]

Xomer, Toht; please also consider that with more earnings comes higher spending. I'd bet Lamp's lifestyle is in line with his earnings, and he probably doesn't have asmuch money floating around as you think.

Higher earnings = bigger house, bigger mortgage, higher council tax, higher bills for household stuff.

You'll buy better quality, which costs more.

You get taxed more.

You'll drive a more expensive (to buy and run) car than you would otherwise.

etc, etc. - Not to mention the huge cost if he has kids.

If you think that's probably not the case for Lamp, then just look at his postcode ;p

 

[xomer]

dude i saw you in a thread speaking greeks..Are you from Greece?

 

[old.Tohtori]

Aye. Worked my way up from earning £5 or £6/hour sticking share certificates in envelopes as a temp at Natwest Stockbrokers (that shows you how long ago it was, lol) to being a director in an investment bank

Ah ok, that position would explain it

Ch3t; Not necessarily though. I was just curious since it never came up.

I personally made 40k/year(euro) doing sh*t all at a game company, so i'm not surprised at the money, just that Lamp is making it

 

[Lamp]

Ch3tan's spot on. Yes, I earn a lot, but having a house in Holland Park doesn't come cheap. You live according to your means & its relative. Sure, if we lived in Leyton or Walthamstow or Harlesden we'd have a lot more disposable income, but choose not to live there.

 

[xomer]

Xomer, Toht; please also consider that with more earnings comes higher spending. I'd bet Lamp's lifestyle is in line with his earnings, and he probably doesn't have asmuch money floating around as you think.

Higher earnings = bigger house, bigger mortgage, higher council tax, higher bills for household stuff.

You'll buy better quality, which costs more.

You get taxed more.

You'll drive a more expensive (to buy and run) car than you would otherwise.

etc, etc. - Not to mention the huge cost if he has kids.

If you think that's probably not the case for Lamp, then just look at his postcode ;p

agree with you but plz consider,

More money = more relax, less stress to control a situation

 

[Aoami]

You don't even pay for a daoc account you play on a freeshard!

gf lives in Ealing, £600p/m just for a room

 

[Ch3tan]

More money = more relax, less stress to control a situation

That's the biggest misconception ever. Life is not magically stressfree with money, unless you have an obscene amount of it. And by obscene I mean millions.

 

[old.Tohtori]

That's the biggest misconception ever. Life is not magically stressfree with money, unless you have an obscene amount of it. And by obscene I mean millions.

That depends on the person though.

Stress comes from a lot of sources(many that aren't money related), but making something like 50k/year will give a lot of freedom.

You only spend more(in food/living/etc) if you change your lifestyle to such. If you keep your living/food at a 20k/year style, you'll have a lot more to blow away ofc.

 

[Ormorof]

hmmm but i would assume that just because you earn more doesnt make you more likely to be carrying around that amount of cash? unless you are abramovich style rich?

 

[Ch3tan]

The money was the guys life savings. He didnt trust banks and had been saving for 40 years, taking his savings to and from work everyday. Therefore, a huge portion of it would have been worthless considering the amount of old bank notes it would have contained.

hmmm but i would assume that just because you earn more doesnt make you more likely to be carrying around that amount of cash? unless you are abramovich style rich?

Marc's already explained this, but he's been ignored