Absolutely do not take it to the police department unless you’re a 55+ white woman or they’ll likely try to pin a case of theft on you. Bundle everything up and drop it in a mailbox.
I lost my wallet once, fell out of my pocket getting back into the car after shopping. I didn’t even know I’d lost it til the local Police department rang me to say they had it. (I thought it was a prank call at first)
Someone had helped them self to the money I had in there (no much) and dropped the wallet into the police saying they had found it like that.
I found a wallet on the sidewalk a couple months ago, luckily the address on the ID was on the same block so I just gave it to the doorman to ring his apt.
One time I found someone’s paycheck on the stairs exiting a LIRR platform. It was a Friday evening and I tried looking up the name on Facebook but could not find the person. I ended up mailing it back to the company who wrote the check.
I’ve also found so many debit/credit cards I’ve lost count. At least 6. Several on the ground in Times Square, many others on steps going into the subway. People take out their metrocard and their credit card falls out. In all those cases I’ve just called the card company to say I found the card and to let the card owner know.
Wow, that seems like a terrible party to trust with a wallet. Glad it worked out but I would never do that.
Maybe they did find it like that? It could have passed through other hands.
Last time I returned something to the police, their profound and undisguised disinterest was a signal they would make little effort to reunite lost property.
I would never turn in anything important to the transit company (DC Metro system) due to its reputation.
So I sent a snail-mail letter to the most likely-looking of the two addresses in his wallet, and he called me on Saturday past to arrange to meet.
We met Sunday morning, not far from my house. Young guy, so he might have been really happy to get the $140.00 in cash, at least. He offered me $20.00, but I just suggested he pay it forward.
He probably had to cancel his credit cards, but at least he didn’t have to wait in line at the Department of Motor Vehicles for a new license.
It must be a very sad and miserable life, being that paranoid.
Call either a (local) bank/debit card or premium credit card customer service line. Both will have some way to contact the holder and help you make arrangements to drop the wallet off or get it back to the owner quickly.
Seconded. What an odd post.
Two posts above yours, the OP describes how he has already reunited the owner with the wallet.
Yeah, only around 40%.:rolleyes:
It’s called “being a realist” my friend. If anything is missing the cops take the path of least resistance.