100k (Canadian) found in old TV set at recycling plant.

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100k (Canadian) found in old TV set at recycling plant.

Wow, I'm just happy to find a donor tube with the correct neck. Has anyone ever found something other than dust in an old TV?


https://gma.yahoo.com/100-000-cash-found-stashed-old-tv-canadian-090904881--abc-news-topstories.html


A 68-year-old Canadian man got a pleasant surprise when authorities returned more than $100,000 CAD ($76,560 USD approx.) in cash to him after it was discovered inside of an old television set, reports ABC News partner CTV News.

A GEEP recycling plant worker found the money last month as the TV was dismantled for processing, according to CTV News. The electronics recycling firm -- located in Barrie, Ontario, about 60 miles north of Toronto -- said it contacted the police immediately.

Authorities say the money was the man's lost inheritance.

"There was like, four stacks of $50 bills, and I knew it was a large amount of money," Rick Deschamps, general manager for GEEP told CTV News' Barrie affiliate.

The money was hidden inside of a cash box along with documents -- which authorities used to find the owner.

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When located, the man told police that he had forgotten about the cash box when he gave the TV to a friend, according to the CTV News report.

The money, which he says he stashed away some 30 years ago, was intended to be passed down to his family members as an inheritance.

The recycling plant said it praises the employee for her honesty.

"She's representative of all our employees and it's what we stand for and this kind of behavior is really what we would expect from everyone here," Lew Coffin, GEEP vice president of operations, told CTV News.
 
lol, yeah. Been all over the news today. Just how does one forget they stashed 100K in a television???

There are plenty of crazier stories of hidden treasure I am sure :)
 
lol, yeah. Been all over the news today. Just how does one forget they stashed 100K in a television???

There are plenty of crazier stories of hidden treasure I am sure :)

probably die or locked up for being crazy...;)
 
Strange.
Just saw on the local news today how a goodwill employee helped a woman recover around 8 grand in bills stuffed inside of an old shirt of her husband, that was donated to them. They showed this orange button up with this one tiny pocket on the front. First think I thought was... "Damn! How in the world did this guy stuff 8 grand in bills inside the small front pocket of that shirt?!" Talk about deep pockets.
 
wish i could still find money, back in my days of selling recreational pharmaceuticals. (20+ or so years ago.) i use to stash cash all over.
years later to find money stuffed in an old beta vcr, a tub of legos, inside a tv vcr, old cassette cases an so on.
when i think about it i would love to go to some of my old homes as i use to put money behind wall outlets and paneling.... and when i would find money i never had i clue when i put it there....
 
100k (Canadian) found in old TV set at recycling plant.

Beat me to it.
Our dollar sucks.

Sorry and thank you.



I love how all you guys are complaining about our dollar sucking. But we all sell stuff in USD. I think it works out ok.
 
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This post makes me laugh. I didn't read it yesterday when posted, so I posted my own thread about it and said the SAME exact thing about the donor tubes lol
 
I love how all you guys complaining about our dollar sucking. But we all sell stuff in USD. I think it works out ok.

Some of us are buyers. :(
Some of us are sellers. :)
Depends on which side of the fence you're on ...
If you play it right, you might break even ... (or ...) :cool:

Most tubes I've seen have other occupants ->

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With the little amount that I make selling stuff, I spend buying stuff. I was complaining more about the exchange when traveling.
 
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