You don't just take the money and walk away.
You thank the ATM machine first.
Besides, finders keepers.
You thank the ATM machine first.
Besides, finders keepers.
Poll: You come across a broken ATM...
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Yeah I would take the money, the bank would more than likely have an insurance policy to cover loss of money from the atm malfunctioning anyway. i would just keep filling my pockets with cash until the machine stopped spitting money out to me or a police officer started to take a keen interest in what i was doing. After all their loss is my gain just like my loss is someone else's gain.
If a bank makes an error in your favour you legally get to keep it. So yes, I would take the free money!
Who is going to guarantee that you won't get caught? Anyone who can make that promise is a witness to your theft, which makes them a possible risk because they might identify you.Sir Thomas Sean Connery said:
If you think the fees and charges are bullshit why don't you go to a different bank? Or if they're all evil keep your money in your matress. You want the security and convience of a bank you have to pay for it, they're not charities they are a business and like other business are in it for the money just like you and everyone else. Your justification of "it's ok to steal from them, they're rich and therefore evil" is just an excuse to make you feel rightous when you'd just be a theif. If you have to be gauranteed that no one could possibly make you responsible for your actions how can you even suggest the have the moral high ground?
If the bank makes a claim on their insurance for the money then the premium is going to go up thats how insurance works, if you're more of a risk/liability you pay for it. Even worse would be if the bank decided to wear the cost and not involve insurance, the additional security the have to pay for to prevent it from happening again will see a bigger increase in fees. As for the third option, that the bank might just wipe the $200,000 and not worry about it at all, I suggest you try missing a loan payment or two and see how forgiving they over just $200
Not in Australia or New Zealand, if the bank gives you more money then it should if can and will take it back or start legal proceedings if you flee the country... and I would be very surprised if its any different in this case in America.Cyberbob87 said:
I think the better question is, how do you know that the camera is broken?
Really, how do you tell that it's broken like there is a big crack on the lens or are they stupidly enough to put an out of order side on it?
Either way I wouldn't take the money since I know there is a camera nearby and I do not know if it's still working or not.
Really, how do you tell that it's broken like there is a big crack on the lens or are they stupidly enough to put an out of order side on it?
Either way I wouldn't take the money since I know there is a camera nearby and I do not know if it's still working or not.
I'd go into the bank and let them know their machine is broken.
The warm feeling from doing a good deed is worth far more than a bit of cash that I'd only feel guilty about taking.
The warm feeling from doing a good deed is worth far more than a bit of cash that I'd only feel guilty about taking.
You mentioned that the money came out due to a glitch, not because the person in front forgot to take all of his own money out of the machine. Given this fact, it makes it the banks money that was removed by a mistake on their part, so yeah I would take it with a clear conscience.
even with the camera running, i'd nab that shit upm not my fault their hardware malfunctioned.
didnt you guys ever play monopoly? bank error in your favor!
on the flipside, i ALWAYS give the extra change back if a cashier overpays me, because that could interfere with their job. i know this from having been in the situation. i shouldnt say always... i was at Walmart and had the RUDEST cashier in existence, and i sincerely hope she got fired for the shortage.
True Neutral.
didnt you guys ever play monopoly? bank error in your favor!
on the flipside, i ALWAYS give the extra change back if a cashier overpays me, because that could interfere with their job. i know this from having been in the situation. i shouldnt say always... i was at Walmart and had the RUDEST cashier in existence, and i sincerely hope she got fired for the shortage.
True Neutral.
Yes, yes I would. If I be the "good guy" which I usually am, and take the money back too the bank, will I get a finders fee or some kind of compensation for being the "good guy"? Hell no.
Hell, chances are I will get into trouble for just handing the damn thing in.
Hell, chances are I will get into trouble for just handing the damn thing in.
I'd like to say, no, I wouldn't. But to be honest, in the moment, I think my greed would take over and I most likely would. I'm sure everyone would have, at the very least, a temptation to take it. Greed and selfishness are human traits, I'm afraid. Some would have the stronger will to resist it though, and for those, I compliment.
Yes. I don't think I'd even feel a pang of guilty. If it's not coming out of anyone's account then the only people I'm potentially taking money from is the bank itself. Considering how, even if I withdrew several hundred-thousand, I'd barely be able to scratch the amount of money some bankers are given as bonuses, then I really don't care in the slightest.
I couldn't do something like that, when i was in primary school I was pretty much always the last off the bus and would check under the backseat for lost coins, (i've previously found 2 wallets and a bracelet all of which were turned into the police) anyway this day i found a $20 note under the seat, i tried to hand it in to the bus driver but he told me that it couldn't be claimed by anyone and that i could keep it, which i did.
As for the circumstances in the OP, I couldn't keep it, because chances are it is coming out of someones account, my bank has no account fees anyway and it's a good bank, as wierd as that sounds. I'd take what came out and hand it in to one of the tellers from the bank the atm came from or the police if the bank wasn't nearby.
As for the circumstances in the OP, I couldn't keep it, because chances are it is coming out of someones account, my bank has no account fees anyway and it's a good bank, as wierd as that sounds. I'd take what came out and hand it in to one of the tellers from the bank the atm came from or the police if the bank wasn't nearby.
As long as the money was coming from the bank itself, and not another person, yes I'd take the money. Not because of some silly "screw the corporations thing", but because I know that the banks have enough money that they won't really notice or care, and because my moral compass isn't so great that I'm above stealing when the opportunity is handed to me on a silver platter, and the victim is a faceless business rather than a person...
Well, as long as it's not hacked from someone's account (like the edit says, it's just the ATM spitting money out, not from any accounts), why the hell not. It's not taking money from anywhere, it's just printing notes. I'd probably take as much as I can carry and not seem really obvious, but not buy anything large (over double digits) and donate it to some good causes.