TWOCHOICEStom
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Having worked there as a kid I can tell you now that it's EXTREMELY unlikely that the girl pocketed it. They'd have just kept it for a while, waiting for a call, then slung it in the nearest charity pot.
This is the situation.
A couple of months back, my wife was in Sainsburys queuing up at one of those self service till things. The customer in front of her finished dealing with her shopping and my wife therefore went to the now vacant till. While she was putting her shopping through she noticed that the previous customer had left some of her change in the bit where the notes are dispensed so, being the good citizen, she handed the money over to the customer service counter when she had finished her shopping, explaining where she had found it.
She was told by the girl on customer services that if the person whose money it was did not come and claim it within the next two months, then my wife was entitled to claim it. So she left her name and number and waited.
Today she went back in to Sainsburys and asked after the money. She was told (by the same girl that had originally seen her) that any unclaimed monies were given to charity! My wife reminded the girl of the original conversation and the girl conceded that she did recall that conversation but that she had been unsure of whether what she had told her was right. She now knew it to be wrong! She said she would have to get her manager to call my wife tomorrow morning.
So, wise sages of NSC, what are our rights to the unclaimed cash? We are not talking about a large sum so it is more a point of principle. If she had handed the money in to the Police, they would have handed it to her if it was unclaimed wouldn't they. It is not Sainsbury's money to donate to charity so why have they?
This is the situation.
A couple of months back, my wife was in Sainsburys queuing up at one of those self service till things. The customer in front of her finished dealing with her shopping and my wife therefore went to the now vacant till. While she was putting her shopping through she noticed that the previous customer had left some of her change in the bit where the notes are dispensed so, being the good citizen, she handed the money over to the customer service counter when she had finished her shopping, explaining where she had found it.
She was told by the girl on customer services that if the person whose money it was did not come and claim it within the next two months, then my wife was entitled to claim it. So she left her name and number and waited.
Today she went back in to Sainsburys and asked after the money. She was told (by the same girl that had originally seen her) that any unclaimed monies were given to charity! My wife reminded the girl of the original conversation and the girl conceded that she did recall that conversation but that she had been unsure of whether what she had told her was right. She now knew it to be wrong! She said she would have to get her manager to call my wife tomorrow morning.
So, wise sages of NSC, what are our rights to the unclaimed cash? We are not talking about a large sum so it is more a point of principle. If she had handed the money in to the Police, they would have handed it to her if it was unclaimed wouldn't they. It is not Sainsbury's money to donate to charity so why have they?
Not in the slightest bit true.
Yes it is. It is obviously more complicated than I have outlined but that is the general gist of it. In property law it is all about who has the better right to claim.
Sainsbury's are well within their rights here. They will have a policy whereby if the owner cannot be found within a set time the money will go to charity - this is what a lot of places do. They could keep it for themselves if they wanted to.
If you think I am wrong please provide some proof.
Something being left on private property in no way entitles the owner of the property to claim ownership of the left item. I wish people would check their facts rather than spouting this half baked, semi-understood gubbins on here. NSC, the home of the "experts".
Reasonable steps should be taken to find the owner but after that it is all about who has the better claim, in this case Sainsbury's do. As I said, if you think I am wrong please provide proof or kindly pipe down!
I think some people are a little sanctimonious about this. It's all very well saying if you found cash you'd hand it to the police / member of staff etc, but what would you do in the situation I found myself in during Euro 2004?
I was in the middle of a bottleneck of several hundred people being funnelled through ticket turnstiles outside Porto's ground for Italy vs Sweden. I looked down to get my ticket out of my wallet and saw a big wad of Euro notes on the ground. I quickly picked them up 'mid-shuffle' and, once through to the other side, counted up close on 200 Euros. There was no way that was going to some greasy Portuguese steward.
Found $400 malaysian dollars on a train in a wallet when going to Panang in 1959...a fortune then...I was going on leave for a fortnight....I had $32 dollars for my leave...I found an ID card in there, it belonged to an RAF sergeant...I tracked him down and gave him his wallet...he just put it in his pocket and carried on talking to his mate without as much as a thank you. 4 years ago found a purse with £42 in it,it had a Co-op card in there so I handed it into the shop...never heard what happened to it....but what made everything seem worthwhile I found a purse belonging to an old age pensioner,the grand amount of £4.87p...I found her in a shop and gave it to her...she was so grateful that she said she would buy me some sweets....bless her...those toffees were great....(joking)....it was so nice to get a thank you and made it all seem honesty is the best policy.
Reasonable steps should be taken to find the owner but after that it is all about who has the better claim, in this case Sainsbury's do. As I said, if you think I am wrong please provide proof or kindly pipe down!
You stated that if it is lost on private property they own it. You were trying to sound like an expert, you got it wrong. No bother, I accept your apology. As for proof, I have dealt with many issues like this in my former professional life and you are wrong. If you wanna prove me wrong then I hope you have a lot of fun trying. I would suggest you pipe down though, you are making a nincompoop of yourself.
You stated that if it is lost on private property they own it. You were trying to sound like an expert, you got it wrong. No bother, I accept your apology. As for proof, I have dealt with many issues like this in my former professional life and you are wrong. If you wanna prove me wrong then I hope you have a lot of fun trying. I would suggest you pipe down though, you are making a nincompoop of yourself.