Ethical Collecting at Your Job

Take the money and run.

It would be different if it were a Mom and Pop place that was struggling to survive, but a retail place in the mall...congrats on your finds.


Hey cpm9ball, don't feel like the Lone Ranger. My mom was staying at my sister's when she passed. Sis said Mom was broke, but in less than six months, my sister had a new house and two brand new cars.

 

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Yeah, I told my older sister to pretend she was Little Bo Peep and get the flock out of my life.

Chris

 

Add on to Krispy, if his conscience is really bothering him then he should figure out how much he would like to give his boss, say $50 bucks. Then tell his boss the bill was worth $100 and offer to split it, after it's sold of course. Although I suspect if his conscience is bothering him on the note exchange then lying may not go over too well either

By the way, what types of notes can be found in circulation that are worth $10K?

 

A really sweet error!:bigeyes:

 

What am I missing. Under what mores is he obliged to give his boss squat. The only possible exception I might think of would be if he worked for a coin store.

 

I've heard as high as 80% of estates are disputed. Money changes people for the worse. Even if there's a will, the greedy estate attorney that drew it up for $1,000, left it ambiguous enough to collect 10's or 100's of thousands of dollars to settle it. If there's a will, better clear it up before it's time to use it or the attorneys will get the lion share of the estate.

 

I think he just wanted moral support. I told him essentially what has been stated by the majority of the members. As long as he's not pillaging the till, what he finds by using his knowledge is his to keep. I also suggested that he keep it to himself and not to flaunt it in front of his employer.

 

good advice

 

i used to manage a restaurant for about 6 years and let the owner know that i collected coins and on those terms he never minded what i pulled out of circulation... i pulled out some amazing finds in those days and would tell the owner wenever i saw him that i pulled out a coin worth $100 and he would just laugh along... whether he actually believed me or not i will never know but i knew i was always in the right because he knew about it...

 

The employee should let his boss know about the find he made, it is larger than some normal find, and since he is not holding onto it, but selling it he should offer to share the wealth in some way, possibly he could sponsor a golf outing, or a dinner for the other employees, or he could do something, I would say that it would be fair to spend at least a tenth and offer it to the boss as either a commission or as some special event like I outlined above.

I would think that the boss should be tickled pink at the offer, if that employee had not been on the job the find would no doubt have just gone to some person who may or may not have known that there was some added value there.

When we enjoy an unexpected windfall it is right to share it with others so they will rejoice with us.

 

I say keep the bill. There should be some fringe benefits to keeping your eyes open.

 

My employer would fire me on the spot if I replaced any valuable numismatic item I found here with its equivalent in face value.

:goofer:

 

lol!

 

I don't think it would be a problem, unless you work for a currency/coin dealer. Then again, I don't know what the culture is in your country. I am in the US.

I would think a boss who has a problem with what you are describing is also the type who thinks that employees who take an extra long bathroom break are stealing from the company.

 

No, and my reason is this. That bill could have been randomly given to a customer in change from a sale. Since it could have been randomly given in change, and the fact that the bill was replaced from the employee's pocket with another bill of equal face value, there's no wrong doing.

 

pffffff, no he shouldn't have to tell him anything. He didn't do anything dishonest.

 

Think about roll searchers finding old silver coins or just silver for that matter in what they bought from the bank, do they go and pay the difference in value?

 

No, but we do bring them treats and whatnot.

To Quote Chip - When we enjoy an unexpected windfall it is right to share it with others so they will rejoice with us.

 

I balance my karma by the circumstance. In that case that you proposed I would consider it fairly your friends and no one else's business. If a little old lady tried to pay you in gold coins at face value and you took them than you are going straight to H***, do not pass go!

 

Under the same circumstances: treat the boss out of my good fortune? Nah! I've never had a boss who treated me after having good fortune (selling the company then yourself being made redundant - actually happened to me, a lottery win, grandma's inheritance). I would have treated my co-workers though if it was big find.