If you found £200...

[w3bbo]

Let fate decide.

Buy 200 lottery tickets. So much goes to charity, so your conscience is clear. Odds are you will win some back, keep that and say it was 'fate'.

 

[Macca]

Hand it in, years ago when I was younger probably keep it but karma... so much has happened to me, what goes around comes around!

 

[Barks]

Put it towards my ridiculous car insurance premium.

Also thought about 200 lottery tickets but I see that's been mentioned below!

 

[crunchee]

Keep it. Give to the police? Ha

 

[trO]

I think I'd make the finale decision from the pub.....

 

[LukeTW]

Keep it

 

[Azagoth]

And what exactly would you do with it? Couldnt pay it in to your bank without being flagged and I wouldnt fancy leaving it lying round the house

£100K in £20s isn't really that bulky, you could easily secrete it in your home without a worry. Anyway, what's wrong with opening a few new bank accounts with it, you don't have to stick it all in one.

 

[shauncr91]

Xbox 360.

 

[Buffman]

Straight into my pocket most likely . An amount like 9 grand though I'd be a bit wary of getting hunted down so I might pocket a few notes then hand it in.

 

[MattU]

Did you say you found it on a cash machine? There is probably CCTV of whoever left it and you taking it...

 

[Fritzy]

I would feel bad about keeping it, but worst than that I'd get paranoied thinking that it was a trap by some kind of pseudo english mafia and be looking over my shoulder for a couple of weeks after finding it

 

[Azagoth]

Did you say you found it on a cash machine? There is probably CCTV of whoever left it and you taking it...

Who mentioned a cash machine?

I would feel bad about keeping it, but worst than that I'd get paranoied thinking that it was a trap by some kind of pseudo english mafia and be looking over my shoulder for a couple of weeks after finding it

Yeah, because the Mafia, and criminal gangs in general, are always leaving £200 lying on the floor to trap people.

 

[NokkonWud]

I'd spend it.

 

[PardonTheWait]

Who mentioned a cash machine?

Well, i found it sat on top of the ATM shelf thing with no one around..

 

[semi-pro waster]

If there is nothing on the evelope to identify the owner then I'd probably hand it in and give my name and address to the police so that if it remained unclaimed after the requisite period I could have it.

 

[dowie]

Well, i found it sat on top of the ATM shelf thing with no one around.. if i give it in to police dont i get to keep it if no one comes forward within a set amount of time anyway?

was this inside the bank?

Give it to the police & notify the bank.

If no one claims it after a few months you get it back AFAIK

if it was money someone was due to pay in - forgot to stick the envelope in the chute & left it on top of the adjacent ATM or something - then chances are the bank will be their first port of call

either way its not your money (yet) - at least hand it into the police for the required time period - I'd say someone would have to be quite specific about where they lost it etc.. in order to claim.

 

[willhub]

I'd hand it in, if I knew who lost it, like if it was some chav I'd keep it then.

 

[DampCat]

Keep it. It'd never get back to it's owner.

 

[Burned_Alive]

£100K in £20s isn't really that bulky, you could easily secrete it in your home without a worry. Anyway, what's wrong with opening a few new bank accounts with it, you don't have to stick it all in one.

You'd have to open something like 11 accounts or more to prevent it being individually flagged by the bank and I think that'd probably cause you more problems than depositing it in one!

 

[Cosimo]

In a plain white envelope, I would give it to charity.