ATM …. What to do ?

[Blueone]

We are in a small town…. Go to the local convenience store. My buddy needs to use the ATM. When he gets there he looks down there is $200 on the shelf. He takes it and asks me what should I do?…. The store might keep it since it isn’t their money…. The next guy might take it. What would you do ?

 

[ZZ13]

Option 1: Call the police and ask them what to do.

Option 2: Leave it with the store clerk and let them handle it. Sounds like you don’t trust people so this may not be your option of choice.

Option 3: Just walk away. Not your money. Not your problem to solve.

What I would not do is take the money and try to solve the problem myself. You have no idea what the circumstances of the situation are. Could be anything from a legit situation to an elaborate scam.

 

[Golfman25]

I wouldn't try that in a small town.

 

[JayhawkCurtis]

Maybe someone was paying it forward, would be a shame to reject their gift. Keep it.

 

[Woody]

My wife was in Canada last week, stopped at a casino for a while. She found a couple hundred bucks on the floor. She went to customer service people and told them where she found the money. Security was able to review tapes, identify the person that lost it.

Another time she was at a gas station and found a hundred dollar bill on the floor. She gave it to the person working the cash register. A couple days later a guy came into her office and gave her a thank you and a 50 dollar bill.

 

[bobeast]

I would ask to talk to the manager, and give them the money. Chances are somebody is running around town desperately trying to remember where they left their money.

 

[ttmott]

The bank that operates the ATM knows exactly who and when the ATM was used. They can easily contact who used the ATM before your friend and query about the lost funds. I'd call the bank to make sure grandma could get the money back.

 

[blaster]

Most modern ATMs will retrieve the cash if not removed within a certain amount of time.

 

[techmitch]

Most modern ATMs will retrieve the cash if not removed within a certain amount of time.

Yea, I was wondering about the "shelf" reference myself.

 

[Scott215]

Police say if you find it you can keep it

 

[OllieC]

Take the $200, buy 8 cases of Bud Light and leave it at the ATM. This way you helped the convenience store, the rural towns Bud Light distributor, who’s probably going broke…….someone will get free beer.

 

[Bill Curtis]

Take the $200, buy 8 cases of Bud Light and leave it at the ATM. This way you helped the convenience store, the rural towns Bud Light distributor, who’s probably going broke…….someone will get free beer.

8 cases? $200 would buy 50 cases after the sale price I saw a few weeks ago. After instore discount, price was $4 per case.

 

[JayhawkCurtis]

8 cases? $200 would buy 50 cases after the sale price I saw a few weeks ago. After instore discount, price was $4 per case.

Geez i may have to start drinking bud light at that price

 

[ttmott]

Geez i may have to start drinking bud light at that price

In a closet.

 

[Pirate Lady]

Take the money. Give it to the goth chicks in the bikini thread.
Time of your life!

 

[Scott215]

Yesss

 

[Flyer5]

Take the money. Give it to the goth chicks in the bikini thread.
Time of your life!

I like the way you think.

 

[Stray Current]

Take the money. Give it to the goth chicks in the bikini thread.
Time of your life!

glad to be your crosspost inspirational muse

 

[Skybolt]

Most modern ATMs will retrieve the cash if not removed within a certain amount of time.

The ones in convenience stores, that charge $3 per transaction, have "shelves" that the cash is dispensed on with no way to retrieve the cash.

When I was a kid, around 5th grade, I found $20 blowing on the side walk. I asked the women in front of me if it was her's, she said yes and then joked with her friend. Obviously wasn't her's. Learned a good lesson that day.

What do you think I would do? ...

 

[Stray Current]

The ones in convenience stores, that charge $3 per transaction, have "shelves" that the cash is dispensed on with no way to retrieve the cash.

When I was a kid, around 5th grade, I found $20 blowing on the side walk. I asked the women in front of me if it was her's, she said yes and then joked with her friend. Obviously wasn't her's. Learned a good lesson that day.

What do you think I would do? ...

always ask if they dropped a different denomination than what you found!