Baron Von PWN wrote:Symmetry wrote:2dimes wrote:If you find something with no way to determine ownership like cash money in a public place it's not like finding a wallet.
If you find my wallet and take out all the cash then send it back. I would be relieved to get my license back and consider the money you stole from me as a reward for sending the rest of the crap back.
If I find your wallet I send it back as found. Don't get too excited though I probably found it after some more typical person took the cash and credit cards then tossed it aside.
However if it fell out of your low rider baggy pants and I'm the first one to find it, you'd get it back with all your birthday money intact.
You can always turn the cash in to a police station, get a receipt, and see if anyone reports the missing money to the police. Not sure how things work in Canada, but in the UK, if nobody claims it, it becomes yours after a certain period of time.
We have something similar in Canada
That's a great way to never see your money again.
Which reminds me. I once found a bike that was new but missing a few parts. I brought it to the police station--thinking I could get it back if no one claimed it. They basically said, "no, we take the bike, wait 30 days to see if anyone claims it (I'm sure they widely advertised to get the owner's attention), and then hold an auction."
That's the last time I went to a police station. With those incentives in place, hardly anyone in their right mind would use the police station to connect the owners with their lost goods---assuming that they aren't extremely valuable and whose owner is easy to find (e.g. stolen car).
