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Originally Posted by GtrsRGr8
True story: I found several buffalo nickels and mercury dimes on the school playground when I was in the first half of third grade (even by that time they were valuable). I dutifully took them to the office to see if anyone claimed them. I was supposed to go back after a certain amount of time and claim them if no one else had. It turned out that we moved out-of-state in the middle of third grade, and I didn't have an opportunity to claim them, didn't get around to it, whatever. It's annoyed me ever since. ha
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I can top that. While working electronics at a Wal-mart, some little boy (probably about 10/11) came in to buy a PS2. The boy obviously had some kind of learning disability, or mental disability, but he knew he wanted that PS2 and had a big ziplock bag full of mostly coins.
So I count it all up and he has just barely enough,
but that included a $10 gold coin from the late 1800s. (I forget the exact year.) I pointed out to the woman who was accompanying the kid that the coin was likely worth
way more than $10. I told the kid that too. He didn't understand, he just wanted the PS2. The lady was just like "it's his money."
After another round of failed attempts, I sold him the PS2 and took the gold coin at face value.
I bought it out of the register immediately and kept it. The coin's in near-mint condition and to this day I still wonder how he ended up with it. I also still want to slap that woman for letting the boy screw himself over. She could have put in $10 and had the coin sold, taking her $10 back at that point. But nooooooo, she just didn't give a flip about the boy.
I got about 450 books I believe (haven't done an exact count). It was maybe 5-6 pages shy of all the science fiction and fantasy ones. If it'd lasted longer, I was going to grab all the non-fiction, romance (for my mom), westerns, and mysteries. Oh well, I still got a bunch of books, so I'm not complaining.
Realistically I'll never read all the ones I got.