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re: Would you give it back? Texas Man Find Treasure Hidden in Chest From Estate Sale
Posted on 5/12/15 at 11:55 am to ILikeLSUToo
Posted on 5/12/15 at 11:55 am to ILikeLSUToo
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Personally, I'd struggle morally, but ultimately I'd probably end up making a phone call to the family to let them know I found a lock of hair, military dog tags, and Civil War memorabilia.
This is most likely for me too.
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Posted on 5/12/15 at 11:55 am to jbgleason
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Such BS. I hope you forget your cell phone at lunch and go back only to find someone has found it and kept it. People suck these days.
Did I miss something? Did the guy steal it?
Posted on 5/12/15 at 11:55 am to TheCaterpillar
He's already a thief. That's a $1500-$2000 piece of furniture
Posted on 5/12/15 at 11:56 am to blueboy
The son would likely sell the things of value that you give back. I would keep it and sell it. I would donate the hair to Locks if love. The civil war items would go on eBay to the highest bidder.
Posted on 5/12/15 at 11:56 am to Hammond Tiger Fan
I would give all the personal stuff back and make a decision on the remainder.
Estate and garage sales are pursued with things like this in mind, to some extent. That is part of the deal. If it was a massive windfall, with jewelry/currency/etc. worth many thousands of dollars or more, I'd probably return some or most to the family. I guess I'd consider that something that was intended to stay in that family.
If it was a smaller value, a couple grand or less worth of items, especially if in the form of artifacts or trinkets or other things of historical significance apart from their value to that family, I doubt I would give much of it back.
Estate and garage sales are pursued with things like this in mind, to some extent. That is part of the deal. If it was a massive windfall, with jewelry/currency/etc. worth many thousands of dollars or more, I'd probably return some or most to the family. I guess I'd consider that something that was intended to stay in that family.
If it was a smaller value, a couple grand or less worth of items, especially if in the form of artifacts or trinkets or other things of historical significance apart from their value to that family, I doubt I would give much of it back.
Posted on 5/12/15 at 11:57 am to saintsfan1977
Easy Answer. Give back sentimental items such as those won in a war. Sell the rest and go to Vegas.
Posted on 5/12/15 at 11:57 am to Hammond Tiger Fan
Id feel no moral obligation to give back any of that stuff. Id probably give back the dog tags and the hair, maybe the jewelry if it had deep sentimental value(aka the family wouldn't sell it)
Posted on 5/12/15 at 11:57 am to saintsfan1977
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. I would donate the hair to Locks if love.
wut
Don't think they want 200 year old single lock of hair.
Posted on 5/12/15 at 11:59 am to Hammond Tiger Fan
Everything is sold "as is"...that works both ways.
Keeping it all, including the hair
Keeping it all, including the hair
Posted on 5/12/15 at 11:59 am to Broke
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He's already a thief. That's a $1500-$2000 piece of furniture
Yeah I was just thinking about that. How old is that furniture, which is in good condition, and that guy bought it for $200?
This post was edited on 5/12/15 at 12:00 pm
Posted on 5/12/15 at 12:02 pm to Hammond Tiger Fan
Let's not canonize this guy just yet.
quote:He found the treasure before he loaded into his vehicle. One of the people working at the estate sale was helping him load it.
But when he and a staff person from Premiere Estate Sales Network tried to load the piece of furniture into a vehicle, they heard moving metal when they tipped it on its side.
"He asked for help loading it," said Jeff Allen, who works for Premiere Estate Sales Network in Sugar Land, Texas. "As soon as we laid it down, it started making all this racket on the inside. Obviously we were very intrigued with what was happening with the dresser. There were rings, diamonds, gold and all kinds of stuff. It was a real adrenaline rush. Both of us were in shock for a second."
Posted on 5/12/15 at 12:02 pm to TheCaterpillar
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Yeah I was just thinking about that. How old is that furniture,
Late to mid 1800's. It's a marble top dresser. Victorian period it looks like
This post was edited on 5/12/15 at 12:03 pm
Posted on 5/12/15 at 12:03 pm to Hammond Tiger Fan
I would get it all appraised (including the hair ) and sell it.
Because I'm a good guy I would give the previous owner of the furniture first right of refusal on the sale. However, he has to pay 10% more than appraised value because this stuff should be worth more to him than to anyone else due to possible sentimental value.
If he doesn't buy at my asking price, I open up the bidding to the general public.
Seems fair.
) and sell it. Because I'm a good guy I would give the previous owner of the furniture first right of refusal on the sale. However, he has to pay 10% more than appraised value because this stuff should be worth more to him than to anyone else due to possible sentimental value.
If he doesn't buy at my asking price, I open up the bidding to the general public.
Seems fair.
Posted on 5/12/15 at 12:05 pm to TheCaterpillar
Call the seller- tell him that you feel bad about buying it for much less than it's worth. Offer to let him buy it back for $100.
Posted on 5/12/15 at 12:06 pm to Hammond Tiger Fan
How could anyone ever move that furniture and not hear that stuff shifting around inside an otherwise empty piece of furniture?
Weird.
Weird.
This post was edited on 5/12/15 at 12:14 pm
Posted on 5/12/15 at 12:06 pm to upgrayedd
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If you bought a tract of land and it turns out there was an oil reserve on it, would you give all profits to the person you bought it from?
when was the last time you bought land that INCLUDED mineral rights and you didn't have to pay a premium for them? I don't anyone that sells property and doesn't retain the mineral rights.
Posted on 5/12/15 at 12:07 pm to Bluefin
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Bluefin
I'd keep the hair.
Posted on 5/12/15 at 12:07 pm to Hammond Tiger Fan
hard to say, but likely, some kind of compromise.
Posted on 5/12/15 at 12:09 pm to Hammond Tiger Fan
not a chance
Posted on 5/12/15 at 12:09 pm to Hammond Tiger Fan
Wouldn't the previous owners empty the drawers before selling it; that is if they really cared about what was in it.
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