What would you do if you stumbled across $150,000?

Post by **xan_racketBOY_fan** » Wed Aug 31, 2011 2:29 pm

An unemployed gent in Illinois came across a duffel bag stuffed with $20 bills - a lot of them. He made the smart choice of reporting it to authorities. What would you guys have done?

Post by **irixith** » Wed Aug 31, 2011 2:58 pm

Honestly? Figure out some way to keep it. I'd probably make random deposits of random amounts to my bank account over a period of years, and set aside a portion for immediate spending.

Finders keepers, what?

Post by **AppleQueso** » Wed Aug 31, 2011 2:59 pm

who stuffs a duffel bag full of $20 bills and just leaves it lying around anyhow?

Post by **xan_racketBOY_fan** » Wed Aug 31, 2011 3:01 pm

irixith wrote:Honestly? Figure out some way to keep it. I'd probably make random deposits of random amounts to my bank account over a period of years, and set aside a portion for immediate spending.

Finders keepers, what?

I thought of that too, but he makes a fair point that whoever left that there would probably come back looking for it.

Post by **Opa Opa** » Wed Aug 31, 2011 3:01 pm

AppleQueso wrote:who stuffs a duffel bag full of $20 bills and just leaves it lying around anyhow?

Santa.

(or the people who had to escape from a drug deal gone bad.)

Post by **gtmtnbiker** » Wed Aug 31, 2011 3:16 pm

I would have done the same thing.

Post by **J T** » Wed Aug 31, 2011 3:19 pm

I'd spend most of it on video games and Cheetos and the rest I would probably just waste on other things.

Post by **Runefaust** » Wed Aug 31, 2011 3:21 pm

Considering the circumstances of which the money was found... yeah, I'd more than likely turn it in too.

Post by **BoringSupreez** » Wed Aug 31, 2011 3:27 pm

Runefaust wrote:Considering the circumstances of which the money was found... yeah, I'd more than likely turn it in too.

So would I.

Now, if I was just given $150,000, to keep for myself... I don't know what I'd do. Maybe buy a small house, a used car, and pay for college with cash.

Post by **MrPopo** » Wed Aug 31, 2011 3:30 pm

BoringSupreez wrote:
Runefaust wrote:Considering the circumstances of which the money was found... yeah, I'd more than likely turn it in too.
So would I.

Now, if I was just given $150,000, to keep for myself... I don't know what I'd do. Maybe buy a small house, a used car, and pay for college with cash.

Yeah, the circumstances of this particular one means I'd probably inform the police. But a gift? I'd use it to pay off most of my mortgage.

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