What would you do in a similar situation ?
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My question: What would you do in a similar situation ?
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A man discovered $45,000 (£28,000) stuffed into tins and boxes in the attic of the new home he had just bought – and gave the money back to the previous owner's six children.
"I freaked out, locked it my car, and called my wife to tell her she wouldn't believe what I had found," said Mr Ferrin.
Despite being tempted to keep the money to help him pay for mounting bills and broken down car, Mr Ferrin sought out the children of the home's previous owner, who had died, and gave them the money.
"I'm not perfect, and I wish I could say there was never any doubt in my mind. We knew we had to give it back, but it doesn't mean I didn't think about our car in need of repairs, how we would love to adopt a child and aren't able to do that right now, or fix up our outdated house that we just bought," he said. "But the money wasn't ours to keep and I don't believe you get a chance very often to do something radically honest, to do something ridiculously awesome for someone else and that is a lesson I hope to teach to my children."
It depends on the situation. Is this a house in a big city and you actually have to track down the previous owners children because you have no idea who they are? Or is this a small town and you know who the children are and everyone knows you. If it's the first situation, keep it and count your blessings, if it's the second, return it to the children, because it would look bad if you didn't.
If honesty gives solace to the conscience, its great...if honesty keeps a man hungry,i can't decide but if honesty can get you killed in a situation, better to be dishonest !!
in this case, i would prefer being honest.
Yeah Jawiayesha, its true, it depends on the situation and greediness in the person at that time!
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a lot will say well give it back but when the time comes only a few stick to their words
give the money back to the owner.
but wait 'til you are on the same situation!
give back it...god bless u!!
give back!! god bless u!
Even if I needed money for living but I couldn't keep that big amount of money not mine.
obviously its not mine and i will not keep it with me ... i will have butterflies in my stomach unless i return it :D
that's his decision (praiseworthy but........). I'll keep my option if such situation rises! It really depends at the end!
no doubt give it to the original owner.... cant sleep with some1 else's money in my pocket... hufff...
Without a doubt I would do the same,Inshallah. Ie search out the rightful owner and return the cash.
With no shadow of a doubt.
Brit, I can't say for sure. I would have to be in the situation and see how I feel at that time to be sure to make the right decision.
So, would you suggest keeping it ?
Well, the previous owner of the house might not have known about the money either...why would he have kept it in attic?
Life always presents us with what we need...more often than not we simply do not realize that.
Keep it.
I would do the same.. give it back to the owner or his family...
try to find the real owner or his relatives if not available then give to charity in any way its not your
OK.. We know you want to keep the money :o)
Umm the only downside is that the previous owner is DEAD :-(
Take the money and give it to the previous owner, also this money might be illegal and there is a plan to trap you, so the safest thing is to give the money back to the previous owner.
How can one be so sure it was the previous owners money, or someone else's. I would just take that money and pay off my bills (if I had any), give some to charity and invest the rest ;-)
I would ask if they would split it 7 ways. the 7th part being my reward. Of that reward I would give 50% to charity and 50% to pay off the bills. If I had no bills then I would give 100% to charity. if the children seemed really poor then I wouldn'task for my share.
I would return to the owner..as we were taught from childhood not to take others belongings...:)
Probably the children were clueless about the money. If they knew about it.. Probably they would have fought for that…. now that they got equal share...:)
The same as the man. The guilt if I did not would be too much.
The kids should give a him a reward as a way of thanks, though.
wow, praiseworthy.
in a world full of cheaters & some who does their best to take advantage of others,, still there are people who are honest and stands out to make a difference....
i would do the same :)
On retrospect Britex,This is an awesome moment, the proverbial hot water to test the strength of the tea, I really would need to find my self in that situation to know for sure, .....split it between his kids and my self probably?......dunno....
give back to the original owner. its not mine anyway.