# Honesty doesn't pay, literally

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/honesty-doesnt-pay-literally/808360>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [February 7, 2018, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/honesty-doesnt-pay-literally/808360 "2018-02-07T14:16:40Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2024, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/honesty-doesnt-pay-literally/808360/21 "2024-02-25T21:33:14Z")

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It was a long time ago but my best guess is the guy was just full of crap.

It’s funny that this thread was resurrected organically because I recently had a post script to the story and thought about resurrecting it myself:

A few months ago I did a search of NJ’s unclaimed property site (I suggest everybody do this if your state has one) and what do you know, I got a hit. A slightly long story short my unclaimed property was the check I never cashed in the OP all those years ago. It seemed the Universe really wanted me to have that money so I went through the process and the state of NJ sent me a check so I guess alls well that ends well?

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**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2024, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/honesty-doesnt-pay-literally/808360/22 "2024-02-25T23:20:19Z")

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Hey, you helped clean up the books a bit, so you did a service by collecting it.

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**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2024, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/honesty-doesnt-pay-literally/808360/23 "2024-02-25T23:30:39Z")

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> [@Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](#):
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> Crunchy!

Humble!

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**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2024, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/honesty-doesnt-pay-literally/808360/24 "2024-02-25T23:53:02Z")

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I realized this was a zombie thread when I saw “Regards, Shodan”.

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