29 7 / 2010
Dear Coke Talk: On keeping the money.
Coketalk! please help. The bank screwed up and I dont know if I should reap the benefits. I exchanged $1,300 US dollars into another country’s currency (cash!), BUT they have neglected to deduct it from my bank account. Its been a week now, and they still haven’t caught it. Do I keep it (I am a…
FYI - My mom walked up to the ATM one day and there was $100 sticking out of it. The person finished their transaction and forgot to take their cash. My mom took it into the bank and explained what happened and the head manager told her that it’s basically too bad, so sad. Just like if they’d dropped it in the parking lot. Once the cash is dispensed, the bank can’t do anything to take it back and they can’t hold cash as a lost item (even though they might be able to figure out who it was at the ATM). So the manager said “congratulations, you just won $100.”
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