From: robert kennedy (kenrob@bigpond.net.au)
Date: Fri Jun 07 2002 - 18:25:56 MDT
If someone had $10,000 that they didn't realise was missing, and it found its way to me
via the desk, I'd give it to a charity, I lost nothing and so it seems neither did the
owner.
Best
Rob
----- Original Message -----
From: <natashavita@earthlink.net>
To: <extropians@extropy.org>
Sent: Saturday, 8 June 2002 2:02
Subject: RE: GREED and FAIRNESS (was Bitter Pills)
From: Barbara Lamar
>What would be the right thing to do in the following situation?
You pay $20 for a desk at a garage sale. You take the desk home and decide
to take out all the drawers to give them a good cleaning. Pulling out the
middle drawer, you notice a button that had been hidden by the drawer. You
press the button and a secret compartment springs open, revealing a stash of
$10,000 cash. Do you consider the cash a bonus, rightfully yours since you
purchased the desk? Or do you return the $10,000 to the seller?<
I'd perform a bit of due diligence before making any decisions. I'd try to find out if
the desk was an inheritance piece of the previous owner. If so, I would deliver the money
and ask for a finder's fee. If the desk had been bought and sold many times over, I'd
send out a note asking if any previous owner had left anything of importance in the desk
and, if so, how much. If I couldn't resolve the mystery, I'd put the money to good use.
Natasha
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