mmm, boot booty.

I would like to say that i would give the cash away.

But I wouldn't.

I'm a nice person and all, but shait, finders keepers.

I'm a colossal dumbass, so I will be getting a kick out of these replies.

You might be a colossal dumbass even if you didn't.

I would use the money to buy more boots. I am so smart. S-m-r-t!

You mean, aside from being in Milwaukee?

I would keep the money and re-donate the boots.

Anderson and her husband Rick contacted the Journal Sentinel for help in finding the loot's owner. If they can't find the person, the couple say they plan to donate the money to charity.

There's clearly more than one dumbass involved here.

"An undisclosed amount of cash"

Ok, so she found 20-40 bucks, or $20,000?

I'd go to a restaurant with pictures of food on the menu.

Best thing i ever found at a thrift store was a pair of bang & olufsen speakers for 5 bucks.

Chances are someone's relative died and they donated all of their stuff to charity.

But seriously, check things before tossing/donating, m'kay?

If you're shopping at thrift stores
find a wad of money in your purchase
and vow to give it away...

You might just be a colossal dumbass.

I've bought and sold several thousand books from thrift stores in the past two years and the best I found was an expired coupon. And the occasional photograph. But people never forget the money used as bookmarks.

zipperlip: If you're shopping at thrift stores
find a wad of money in your purchase
and vow to give it away...

You might just be a colossal dumbass.

I'm thinking it's those upper-middle class folks who think it's TRENDY and look for expensive things that the store priced for nothing. Like my ex's parents who call Goodwill "G-W" in order to make it sound swanky.

I bought a George Carlin record from a Goodwill store, and the was a baggie of weed and some rolling papers.

MrSteve007: "An undisclosed amount of cash"

Ok, so she found 20-40 bucks, or $20,000?

Exactly. What a pointless story. We need some idea of how much cash, dammit.

There's money in the banana stand!!

Thrift stores are supposed to sanitize all of their footwear before it makes it to the shelves. How'd the boots make it to the floor with cash in them in the first place?

I mean, that's the smallest bit of dumbassery in the whole affair, but still.

maybe someone thought they were doing a good deed hiding cash in the boots in the hopes a needy thrift store shopper would find it - kind of an anonymous secret santa - and this idiot lady ruined it.

This story would make SO much more sense if the reporter had learned how much cash we're talking about here.

That said, I admire her integrity because if it were me only me and my banker would know how much we were talking about.

Truthiness: There's money in the banana stand!!

yes

kudos to her. I can't say I would do the same thing if it was me. We need folks like her in this world to balance off folks like me. all is well in the universe.

Is subby just dumb or merely really stupid.

(1) Do drug deal
(2) Hey look what I found at the thrift store...money
(3) Lie and say you will give it away.
(4) profit.

FTA: Dimitra Anderson said she found the undisclosed amount of cash when she tried a pair of boots and found a sock with a bank envelope inside each of the boots

just how does one 'try' a pair of boots?

/am I missing something here?

the reason why they're not telling us how much money there is, is because that's the only way to identify the original owner.

Evenbiggerknickers: FTA: Dimitra Anderson said she found the undisclosed amount of cash when she tried a pair of boots and found a sock with a bank envelope inside each of the boots

just how does one 'try' a pair of boots?

/am I missing something here?

You put them on your feet.

/You're missing the fact that "Trying a pair of shoes" is not grammatically incorrect

I found a '72 Fender Champ amp at a thrift store for $3.00 one time..I was tipped off it was there, and was waiting when they opened. It wasn't working, but I think I still got $100 for it.

I am a skeptic. If you knew there was money, but you didn't let anyone at the thrift store know, but you promise to give it to charity, but you fail to disclose how much money it is so that no one can follow up on it...
If no one steps up and claims this, this lady is keeping the money and telling everyone she gave it away.

I am calling shenanigans on the deal.

I wanna know who the thrift store is so I can know which area of the city to mock.

Macphearsome: the reason why they're not telling us how much money there is, is because that's the only way to identify the original owner.

In other words, let's start guessing.

/I call $5,000

zipperlip: If you're shopping at thrift stores
find a wad of money in your purchase
and vow to give it away...

You might just be a colossal dumbass.

I was going to say the same thing. There may be two colossal dumbasses here. I mean they aren't rich, they shop at thrift stores...

deltabourne: Evenbiggerknickers: FTA: Dimitra Anderson said she found the undisclosed amount of cash when she tried a pair of boots and found a sock with a bank envelope inside each of the boots

just how does one 'try' a pair of boots?

/am I missing something here?

You put them on your feet.

/You're missing the fact that "Trying a pair of shoes" is not grammatically incorrect

Okay, i'm going to to and try my pajamas. Nighty nite!

Macphearsome: the reason why they're not telling us how much money there is, is because that's the only way to identify the original owner.

Yes, because there are so many people who gave away boots full of money at that thrift store that we need to know the exact amount to find out who did it.

Not telling us how much money was found in the boots is kinda like a thread about hot teacher banging a student that doesn't have pics.

Useless.

But I must be a bad person. If that happened to me, I wouldn't say a damn thing about the money and attribute it to good karma or something. And then spend it all on hookers and blow.

But then again, it'd probably never happen to me since I've never bought anything from Goodwill.

/back to surfing for pr0n

T-Luv: Macphearsome: the reason why they're not telling us how much money there is, is because that's the only way to identify the original owner.

Yes, because there are so many people who gave away boots full of money at that thrift store that we need to know the exact amount to find out who did it.

Good God you can't possibly be this stupid, can you?

Buy yourself some new boots, jerk!

okay, she found the money and knew right away that she was going to give it back to its owner or to charity, but didn't tell anybody at the store?

i guess she didn't clue in that the store would be her best bet to find the previous owner of the boots. or maybe she's going to keep the money.

6 years ago I got a really nice Sony VHSc camcorder at a thrift store. I opened the case and it looked brand new. I was thinking $50 to $75 at least cause it had everything plus 2 extra batteries, so I asked anyway how much. She said $5 cause it wasn't working. I got it home charged the battery popped in a new tape and bam... it worked perfectly.
/I still have it

AR55: T-Luv: Macphearsome: the reason why they're not telling us how much money there is, is because that's the only way to identify the original owner.

Yes, because there are so many people who gave away boots full of money at that thrift store that we need to know the exact amount to find out who did it.

Good God you can't possibly be this stupid, can you?

Are you that stupid? If you say "Who lost thirty seven dollars" then anyone could come up and say, oh it was me. But if you say "Who lost some money" then someone who lost money would say "I did." And then you follow up with "How much did you lose" And if they answer right, then you can hand it over. If they say how much they found, there will be people coming out of the woodwork to claim it and there would be no way of knowing who was the rightful owner.

If they were work boots i know who they were hiding the money from

donated? or disposed of by some pissed off ex-spouse?

So your broke enough to shop second hand SHOES. (nothing wrong with that)
But wealthy enough to give away a stack of cash you just found.

Now I know why your broke.

T-Luv: AR55: T-Luv: Macphearsome: the reason why they're not telling us how much money there is, is because that's the only way to identify the original owner.

Yes, because there are so many people who gave away boots full of money at that thrift store that we need to know the exact amount to find out who did it.

Good God you can't possibly be this stupid, can you?

Are you that stupid? If you say "Who lost thirty seven dollars" then anyone could come up and say, oh it was me. But if you say "Who lost some money" then someone who lost money would say "I did." And then you follow up with "How much did you lose" And if they answer right, then you can hand it over. If they say how much they found, there will be people coming out of the woodwork to claim it and there would be no way of knowing who was the rightful owner.

This is my first lolwtf moment on the Internet. I was going to type something out in a similar fashion to what you just said, thinking your judgment was opposite of mine. I feel dirty and ashamed to realize that I agree with someone on the Internet. I only have 10 seconds left of my two minutes of hate now.

I bet it was at Value Village.

supertoad Quote 2008-12-07 07:50:40 PM
okay, she found the money and knew right away that she was going to give it back to its owner or to charity, but didn't tell anybody at the store?

i guess she didn't clue in that the store would be her best bet to find the previous owner of the boots. or maybe she's going to keep the money.


Guess you've never donated anything to Goodwill or any other Thrift store. In my experience, I have never ever known one to keep records of who donated items. If you want a receipt for tax purposes, they'll hand write you one but they don't keep records.

Best bet.....not

oh, and if her plan was to just keep the money, why would she ever even mention that she found it in the first place?

/the two points made=double fail

Was trying on jackets at a thrift store last weekend and found a 20 pesos note in the pocket. Took the cash and put the jacket back on the rack.

Now my broke ass has another reason to go to Goodwill.

/fark them. I'd keep it
//Finders keepers
///Losers weepers

Typhoid: ... Like my ex's parents who call Goodwill "G-W" in order to make it sound swanky.

Gucci Will. Salvation Armani. I forget the rest.

lordargent: Macphearsome: the reason why they're not telling us how much money there is, is because that's the only way to identify the original owner.

In other words, let's start guessing.

/I call $5,000

Or, they could just look at the bank name on the envelop and possibly the account number on the transaction receipt in the envelop.
/Some fine detective/reporting work there Lou.