People suck/Are amazing

gladyscf · July 2014

Last weekend my wallet was stolen.

We were on the motorcycle and were going on a train ride. At the depot, FI used bungee cords to strap down the tank bag so deter someone from just walking off with it. I had left my wallet in the bag (incredibly stupid on my part but we'd never, ever had trouble before) but had my drivers license and main debit card in my pocket. We took our train ride, toured a brewery and were returned back to the depot. As we were walking up to the bike, I noticed our boots were on the ground next to the bike and I remember that FI had put them into the tank bag. My heart stopped. The tank bag was a couple of parking spaces away in front of a car and it was open and some stuff was on the ground. Nothing was missing except my wallet. We called to file a police report and while waiting for the police, I started calling credit card companies and my banks. I got ahead of any charges as everything that was on the cards were my own purchases. So now all accounts have been closed. I've signed up for LifeLock and reported to social security, IRS and the FTC.

Last night my phone rings and it was Capital One. They had a lady on the other line who was calling because SHE FOUND MY WALLET!!! I couldn't believe it! It obviously still had my CO card in there and she said my checkbook was still there also. I didn't ask her to go through and inventory it for me but she said that while she was looking for contact information, she saw my boys' pictures so they are still in there too! I'm thinking that the thief was just looking for cash, which I didn't have in there, and ditched the wallet when they found it came up empty. I'm grateful that no one else picked it up and emptied it after that.

I've been pretty bummed since that happened and I know not everyone is bad out there but I'm pretty stoked to have the wallet coming back to me.

What do you fine ladies think about giving the lady who found it money/gift card or something for calling? Part of me always used to think that honest behavior shouldn't necessarily be rewarded but now I wonder if I shouldn't send something to her? She not only went out of her way to call my credit card company but when I told her that I had filed a police report, she also called them to tell them she had found it and was going to send it back to me. They told her to give it to them and they would get it back to me so I feel as though I should do something.

What says you?

JCbride2015 · July 2014

That's so sweet of her!

I might send her a nice TY card with a small gift card, maybe $10 to DD or Starbucks.

jenajjthr · July 2014

I vote yes. I had my wallet stolen once. Thankfully by a couple of morons who didn't try and steal my identity, just wrote bad checks (20 years ago). But it was a PITA to deal with. It would have been nice to get the pictures back. If you can afford a gift card, small denomination is fine, than I would do it. Good deeds should always be rewarded.

cupcait927 · July 2014

I'm the camp of doing something for her. There is absoutely nothing that says you have to but I've had my purse stolen before, in college. Luckily a group of guys found it thrown under their car and nothing but cash was stolen. They found me through Facebook and I always look back, wishing I had done something to repay them for being awesome.

wandajune6 · July 2014

That's great luck that it worked out!

I'd send a small something as well- a thoughtful card and a gift card.

sarahufl · July 2014

I would offer a small gift. But if I were her, I would refuse it.

I am a firm believer in doing what it takes to return belongings to the right person. There is no way I would take a reward if I found a purse or a puppy or jewelry or whatever and I would try my hardest to get the item back to the owner.

KeptInStitches · July 2014

I'd offer a small gift as well - say a $10 gift card to Starbucks.

theartistformerlyknownas · July 2014

I'd give a small gift as well. Common courtesy is NOT common.

falsara · July 2014

I would offer her a small gift card to Starbucks or something. It really is nice when people you don't know do nice things.

My dad lost his wallet while we were visiting friends in CA. It had his military ID and all kinds of other stuff. About a week after we got back to AZ he got a package in the mail. A wonderful older couple had found it and sent it back using the address on his Drivers license. The older gentleman was also a veteran. Everything was still in it, even the cash. Unfortunately the couple didn't give their names or address or anything so he wasn't able to ever thank them for their kindness.

gladyscf · July 2014

I didn't want to come right out and ask her for her address when she said she would mail it to me because I didn't want her to expect me to send something to her. I just figured I would get it from the return address. Now that the police department had her bring it to them so that they can send it to me, I won't have her address and will have to call her back.

I wonder if I sent it to the police dept in an envelope all ready to be mailed minus her information, if they would forward it on to her if I include postage on it?

She told me that it was actually her male co-worker who saw it but he told her, "I'm not touching a woman's wallet!"

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