If you found a Bank bag with $875,000 in it would you turn it in?

[TexasOilMan]

Why? Why not?

I noticed that after asking this question someone gave me my first rating Thanks.
Tex

I would have to turn it in. Rate me by that!

 

[Scrapster]

I'd demand ransom first.

 

[littleprince]

no...
coz i need it more than some drug dealer

 

[nateholtrop]

i would deposit it in various banks...and go shopping

nate

 

[kami]

cash? i sure as hell wouldn't deposit it...they'd probably be able to trace it.

 

[LAUST]

If it wasn't traceable?? Sure I'd turn it in.. to MY bank account

 

[freebee]

Something in the wording of the question and peculiar amount suggests that you may have actually found one of these!! If so, please contribute generously to your fellow members in Anandtech.

 

[Soulflare]

I'd turn it in since the bank could likely track all the bills
in that bag back to you. I can't imagine any bank not giving
you a sizeable reward for returning it. $25,000 + 15 minutes
of fame is a lot better than prison.

 

[layne151]

I consider myself honest; however, there is no way i would turn it in!

 

[SJ]

Yes I would. Simply because they would find you and throw your ass in jail.

 

[Thanatopsis]

If its an official bank bag, they might know the serial numbers of the bills. I wouldn't trust it, and I think walking up to a teller, plopping a bag of money on the table, and asking calmly for it to be deposited into your account isn't going to work either. Also, people give you funny looks if you buy something like a car, or a house, in cash, and pay for it with actual cash.

I might take pictures of it and post it here though.

 

[goog40]

You guys are morally bankrupt

Of course I would return the $500,000

 

[jcovercash]

keep it and buy some modding supplies need a new dremal

 

[Yo Ma Ma]

"$875,000" is a little speciific... want to share j/k

I would turn it in, I think it might be tempting to keep it, but not right.

 

[Jothaxe]

<< You guys are morally bankrupt

Of course I would return the $500,000 >>



LOL! this is about what I was thinking!

 

[Pretender]

<< You guys are morally bankrupt

Of course I would return the $500,000 >>

$500,000? I only saw $375,000 in that bag, honest officer!




<< 500k should be enough for anybody
-Pretender >>

 

[snakesnfrogs]

Hell no---and I'd find some way to launder the money so I could eventually deposit it.

 

[MrChicken]

Sure I would after investing it in market while I &quot;looked&quot; for the rightful owner.

 

[eakers]

id prolley turn it in but only because id be afraid of being arrested or something..

*kat. <-- afraid of jail.

 

[dvda]

HELL NO! I would keep that in a second.

 

[IBuyUFO]

I would burn the money in front of a homeless person. haha just kidding. I would probably sit on it for some years until they forget about it.

 

[johneetrash]

<< I would burn the money in front of a homeless person. haha just kidding >>



hahahah omg when i read the just kidding i laughed so hard how sad hahah

 

[TuffGuy]

HELLz no...

 

[compuwiz1]

I would hang on to it, and think about it for a long, long time.

Really, I would return it, or try and find the rightful owner. Try and feel what it would feel like to be the person that lost it. That might make it easier for some of you to make the right decision. You would have to live with what you did forever. I understand there are people who can do this, but I could not.

 

[1967mustangman]

I would return all of it. I would feel dirty otherwise. I know is sounds wierd , but I can spend money I know is not rigtfully mine!