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Put to much money in a parking meter the other day, pressed the reject button and hit the jackpot.
Money just poured out! filled a large jacket pocket with it (didn't bother to count it) but a fair bit of money.
In my shoes what would you do?
put half in a charity box of choice, pocket the rest.
Depends where you were parking.
If it was a big faceless corporation I would keep it, if it was a charity, biking centre etc I would give it to them.
Were you on CCTV at the time??
The size of the company/organisation is irrelevant its still theft.... unless there was a sign saying "take as much money as you like"
Early Christmas present.
Win.
I'd be wondering how I overcame the laws of physics. Poor troll.
At this time of year i'd probably give the lot to 'shelter' or something similar.
It's no troll, it happened and yes cctv did cross my mind. It was on a council car park. 😕
Take it to the local Police station. If the owners dont claim it in x days it becomes your cash.
Keep it.
Parking should be free in council owned lots. I lived in Canada for a year and only paid for parking once, and that was at Calgary Airport.
Keep it, the machines rarely give change in you overpay.
If its a council car park I'd keep it
but then again I've still got the hump about my parking ticket for my 2 minute drop off at the airport
Merry Christmas
give 2 pounds to the police, spend the rest on innertubes for the poor and homeless. its the only compromise.
It really depends how much it was!?
First thought was keep it (greed is good) I could buy some handle bars with that.
Second thought was give it to charity (how could I keep it when i don't need it and others are much worse off than me)
Third thought, some one will know I had it and even if i had given it to charity they'll bang me up for havin it.
It was in the balance for a good half an hour
SCORE!
On the basis of parking machines being the only vending machines which seem to be unable to provide change, I would keep it as payback for 20 years of motoring where an 80p service has cost me £1 and so on...
Keep ffs, you give plenty to them anyway
iDave +1
think of all those machines that have robbed you of your change over the years, and all those sweet vending machines that take a pound off you but don't give you your Mars bar
I like the charity idea, but would the charity want money that wasn't yours to give?
It's not yours.
But is IS your decision.
My Aunt took all the cash a Cash Machine spat at her to the Police and they questioned her for ages about what she did to make it do that.
Ring the council and offer to return it, on the basis that they'll have to pay any costs incurred and that your hourly rate is a very reasonable £50 but you have a 1 hour minimum charging structure.
Keep it, the machines rarely give change in you overpay.
That always boils my piss - and they always charge in steps that mean you are less likely to have the correct change - like 85p or £1.10 so you have to overpay anyway.
I'd keep it, and donate a portion, or all of it to a charity. I'd also visit every other parking meter on the street and try the same thing 🙂
How much did you gain?
go on how much.
I would steal it.
And sod charities, they get enough of my money. This time [i][b]I've[/i][/b] hit the jackpot and it's [b][i]my[/i][/b] turn
I found a traffic warden and gave it to her. By the time I had done this (half an hour later) i had visions of being featured on crime watch.
Fear rules my life.
So the Traffic Warden pocketed it in the end!
A You think the traffic warden handed it in dont you
DOUBLE FAIL
Would have accepted the gift personally and told them I paid with a sovereign if challenged by CCTV
Spend most of it in the pub and probably just waste the rest.
Nah she wouldn't have done that, although as she walked off with money now in her woolly hat (she had taken it off by the way, it wasn't like on her head with all that money in it over coming the laws of physics and all that ) she was laughing a lot..
I'd get a load of mint sauce badges made up for the council as a gesture of good will.
They could hand them out to traffic warden as a xmas gift.
Not sure how you'd go about getting the badges though.