The Big Tip
The Big Tip
Someone close to me worked for a bank, and this would happen from time to time. One woman, just like the woman in this story, spent the money right away, and when asked why she didn’t notice the extra money was wrongly deposited, she said, “I thought God gave it to me. I’d been praying for it...” ;-)
When I heard similar stories growing up, parents and teachers always told me that every cent would have to be paid back. Some time was granted, of course, but nothing on the order this gal received.
So she spent the money, knowing full well that it didn’t belong to her. All it would have taken was one phone call to verify that. She stole the money, plain and simple.
Why is this money called a ‘tip’? Does the school board tip their employees?
Wow. It’s as if the university is sanctioning the theft by this scumbag Sara Gaspar.
Happened to me once. Around $85,000 mysteriously showed up in my checking account. I went to the ATM to see if in fact it was also credited there and not just an online misprint. It was available at the ATM too. I had no intention of spending a dime of it, but just for kicks, I kept quiet about it — wanted to see how long it would take my bank to notice the error. A week or so later, the money was still there, so I walked into the bank and said, “I think there has been a mistake. . . “ Turned out that another customer’s money had been accidentally credited to my account. It was nice dreaming for that week!
How do I get that deal? lol.
Sara Gaspar, who received a $29,387 deposit in her bank account due to an April 17 error for a deposit that should have been $29.87, said she spent the money on bills and a new car... agreed to pay the university back $16,859.79, about half of the original sum, in $50 monthly payments for about 28 years, court documents said. As part of the deal, the school agreed to drop its pending lawsuit to get the full sum back.Alas, I have never been so tempted or so tested by any financial institution -- not so much as a loose door on an armored car ahead of me in traffic.
My credit union, with about 150 million in assets, once credited my 300 dollar deposit as 300,000,000.
I had $100 in my account before the deposit. It’s not often you check your account balance by telephone and get told, “Your account and available balance is THREE HUNDRED MILLION, ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS.”
When I went to the bank, I told the manager that he could have his money back, I just wanted the 1% checking interest for the 24 hrs the money was in my account.
His un-humorous response: it was never “really” there.
Lighten up dude, it’s not like a made a withdrawal. . .