How far do you let karma go?

[Beachkid23]

Kind of seems like an interesting topic. Every weekend we all go out to get good deals and then there's always the opportunity to be honest with somebody to really make their day. So where do you draw the line or do you ever? I don't want this to be a judging thread I'm just kind of curious and I want to tell you little bit about my past and what happened with it.

Two days ago I found an iPad on the ground driving home. Whoever owned it cleaned it off after I brought it home and spent two hours trying to find out who belong to. Meanwhile I put it on craigslist I had a couple calls of people saying he was theirs but nobody could tell me what the password was and they would hang up when I asked. So I will check craigslist for the next week and if nobody puts one up there is missing and can describe the Case it came in and I'm going to sell it bottom-line. I have two. I sure don't want another one this one to go.

When I first moved to Florida I was broke I went to the bank and there was a black bag on the ground when I walked in. Pick it up and it was a bag of diamonds I lived in Naples Florida and there are a Ton of people that are very wealthy plus a lot of businesses used this bank and I'm sure they used safe deposit boxes. I turned it in a week later I got a phone call that I have a reward there. I go back the manager told me that the diamonds were worth $250,000! And the owner of them wanted to give me a reward for turning them in. In that envelope was a $20 bill and a two dollar bill! I was mad!

Then when I was 16 I went camping with my parents. I wanted to buy a car but did not have quite enough for the Mustang GT 5.0 that I wanted. So being 16 and kind of a spoiled kid I threw a fit and my moms like no you know what instead were not going to buy you a car you can buy your own. Well I went down to the washroom to take a shower and some guy left his pants there. Well inside of his pants was a water of cash $8000 to be exact! I take the money back and I tell my mom you know what I'll buy my own car you have to buy one for me and I throw the money on the table! They talked me into what is right and we find the guy who left it there at the campground and gave him his $8000 back! He turns to me and says don't you dare touch my money again or I'll break your jaw!

So fast forward to today , I sell for people for a living on eBay. So when I go to their house I have to be honest with them because I want to make sure once I tell them what their stuff is worth they don't take it to another place and try to sell it and get more. And also I buy at yard sales and estate sales and sometimes I feel kind of guilty when I know I'm paying five dollars for something that's worth several hundred! But then again I have to eat too or else it's back to work at the job I hated! Does karma ever affect you?

 

Amazon Forum Fav 👍

Agony and Death on a Gold Rush Steamer: The Disastrous Sinking of the Side-Wheeler Yankee Blade - Grab it through Amazon!

[BigWaveDave]

I found a wallet w/ $800 at a golf course, turned in at the pro shop, all money and credit cards included. Dude returns, claims it, while I'm still there, and barely thanks me. The golf pro stood up for me, saying how honest and moral I was, dude shrugged his shoulders, and walked out...left me hanging w/ nothing. BTW, I wasn't there to play golf, I was job hunting, times were tough, real tough, and I would have appreciated him "throwing me a bone". Karma? I know not.

 

[willis7]

it amazes me that people can be that careless with their wealth and then so rude and disrespectful to a person returning it

 

[Ocean7]

yeah some are rude and ignorant - what can you do? Karma will always effect you. When you do what is right like returning a wallet which I've done many times, or $50.00 extra a drive through bank teller gives you by mistake (it comes out of their pocket at end of day) - you are building good karma. Now you might not see the results from the person you did the good deed for but down the line - you will reap good things. Conversely, if you are a bonafide Smagel/Scrooge/Mr. Potter, well your bad karma will follow you like a shadow. I've seen it happen time after time in my life. And think how sick you'd feel if you lost your wallet and CC's, and then got it back. Do good for the sake of doing good not for the reward, and you'll see life will reward you many times over.

 

[Oregon Viking]

I.....have returned 3 wallets I found, all had money in them. no reward.
OK
I have helped little old ladies with their grocerys, Helped them with cars that would not start etc.
OK.

Givin the homeless food, shoes, money..
Recently I helped an elderly gentleman that was being harrased/bothered/threatned by some disrespectfull teenagers.
My luck has been bad...very bad. Health problems. Money problems. You name it.
Would I do it all again?
yep. Without even thinking about it.
I now... do not believe in karma.

 

[Red James Cash]

Buying something for the price somebody stuck on the item doesnt make you dishonest.The greedy idiots that then try to talk the seller into an even lower price,when the said item is worth a lot more,in my book are pieces of garbage,i have no problem at all telling it to their faces.If you buy something worth more than what youre buying it for,think of it as good karma,dont think of it as you being dishonest.Youre not the one that put the price tag on it.

 

[Justice70]

I agree with Cash, you did not make the price. Besides, as we all know, finds are getting harder and harder to come by since the advent of reality tv shows. When you do get a good deal don't feel guilty. I once found a wallet LOADED with money. I just flipped through it quickly and saw all large bills. I found it on the ground right next to a pickup truck that still had the door open. I saw the guy standing on the other side of his truck and proceeded to walk over and hand it to him. He had his back to me and I could easily have stuck it in my pocket. When I said excuse me and he turned and saw his wallet he snatched it from my hand with the speed of a rattlesnake strike and turned his back to me and began counting it. No thank you, no nothing. I would do the same thing all over again. Some people are just like that. I actually find it humorous. At the time it's not very funny but it is funny to look back on.

 

[twiasp]

Walking through the mall once, I heard a guy telling his kid that he couldn't afford to buy him some toy he wanted. Still walking around the store i found a wallet that happened to belong to the guy that was talking to his kid earlier. The wallet was loaded with money and CC's. I returned the wallet to the guy, he gave me a 20 dollar reward, and in turn i gave the 20 dollars to the kid and told him i hope he enjoys his new toy. The dad looked at me, i smiled and said "Karma", he smiled and we parted ways lol.

 

[2ndisbest]

My theories on karma. If somebody loses a large amount of money that is karma punishing them for something. Who am I to stand in the way of karma? Seriously though I have never been in that situation. When I was like 7 I saw a guy drop a $5 bill from his pocket, I picked it up and chased after him yelling "sir sir sir", but he never turned around and walked out of the bowling alley into a dark parking lot. I did not go outside and follow him, I was more in fear of my parents knowing I chased some guy into a dark parking lot.

My only recent money issue was at an estate sale, the garage helper guy put a $10 bill on the table while helping another customer and then forgot about it. I walked up to him and asked him how much for the $10 bill? He snatches it out of my hand and not so much as a thank you. Though that situation is different, I knew the guy and I knew the lady running the sale. She is always good to me so it is not like a stranger in the parking lot situation. Though a thank you would have been nice. But the thousands of dollars I have made off her sales will have to comformt me at night.

I cannot say with 100% certainty what I would do. I say all situations are different.

 

[theekman]

 

[gino22]

I find it funny that most people who often preach Karma also preach freedom from materialism and equality for all, but are the first to repatriate a sack of cash to its wealthy owner.

Think of all the good that money could do in the hands of someone wise enough not to drop it in the street...

 

[Higgy]

Karma is the superstition of modern times. What else do we have? We're all a lot smarter now than we were in the Middle Ages. Anyone with half a brain nowadays will contemplate karma.

I had a job last year, which paid pretty good. I was thinking about getting a Corvette. I ranted and babbled constantly to my coworkers about corvettes. My buddy said there was a guy on night-shift who had a nice C6 'vette, and he drove it in sometimes. Well one night he did drive in, and I didn't see it and backed up right into it. It cost $2900 in damages. Needless to say, my desire for a corvette shrank like your testicles would after falling through the ice in January. Karma?

 

[jamey]

i do not know if its karma or not but awhile back i needed some gas money so i got some trashy silver things out to sell to a silver buyer well i got there and he was closed,well i was rather bummed out cause i needed the gas to get to work 70 miles down the road,well i looked down and there was a twenty blowing down towards me i picked it up and thought well half way there but i need alittle more,so down comes another twenty,true story...is that karma?

 

[war-digs-it]

Karma is one thing, a found treasure is another...Inside the bank, a bag of diamonds will be turned in to the manager. Those same diamonds without any information attached and found in a mall parking lot are mine, mine, mine!

 

[jamey]

yup war digs it im thinking ones are getting karma and not understanding it.

 

[diggummup]

Whether karma exists or not does not matter. As long as you feel you have done the "right" thing in a given situation, is all that matters.

I must be paying for my shortcomings of a former life if indeed it does exist, that's all I can say about that.

 

[OtakuDude]

...when I was 16 I went camping with my parents. Well I went down to the washroom to take a shower and some guy left his pants there. Well inside of his pants was a water of cash $8000 to be exact! ...we find the guy who left it there at the campground and gave him his $8000 back! He turns to me and says don't you dare touch my money again or I'll break your jaw!

When I first moved to Florida I was broke I went to the bank and there was a black bag on the ground when I walked in. Pick it up and it was a bag of diamonds... worth $250,000! And the owner of them wanted to give me a reward for turning them in. In that envelope was a $20 bill and a two dollar bill! I was mad!

Two days ago I found an iPad on the ground driving home...

Sounds to me that karma keeps trying to take care of you and when you keep refusing to accept, karma gets mad. With the way things have been going, I wouldn't be surprised if the owner of the iPad shows up tomorrow and sics his dobie on you. <jk>

 

[Red James Cash]

Karma took care of me a few times,Once walking to work when I lived in NH.I was walking the old railroad tracks(nice and peaceful,no traffic noise)I was broke and out of butts,looking forward to a nights work with no butts.walking along I came across an almost full pack of butts(my brand)there was even a pack of matches in the cellophane.another time I was again broke doing laundry,I opened the dryer door to throw my clothes in,sitting inside was a 20 dollar bill.another time it was winter,no work coming in,my bank account was down to 300 bucks.I had an unmarked necklace that i never bothered to have checked out.so just for the hell of it i brought to the guy down the street that makes gold jewelry.It turned out to be almost 30 grams of 22k gold,i got 900 bucks for it.My most recent one was pulling into the grocery store parking lot.I saw something shiny laying on the ground.I first thought it was a candy wrapper or something.I pulled up next to it,opened the door and picked it up.No candy wrappers here,it turned out to be a 22k and sterling bracelet weighing 1 1/2 ounces,maybe a 1/2 ounce of sterling and 1 ounce of 22k. I still have it and i wear it.

 

[CASPER-2]

I WOULD SAY - 9 TIMES OUT OF 10 WHEN IVE RETURNED A RING - AS SOON AS I GOT BACK IN THE WATER - I FOUND ONE RIGHT OFF THE BAT
SO I BELIEVE IN KARMA - AND IVE HAD A ROUGH LIFE - I GOT ALL KINDS OF MEDICAL ISSUES AND IM NOT WELL OFF - BUT ALWAYS GIVE TO OTHERS
WHEN I CAN - AND HELP OTHERS WHEN I CAN
I HAVE TO - IM THE FRIENDLY GHOST

 

[keith2004]

good things happen to BAD people , bad things happen to good people. Anne Frank died in a gas chamber.millions were murdered in cambodia by Pol Pot . there is no karmic wheel keeping things in balance.