Don't trust Binions

What should happen to unclaimed items?

I know a lot of places that have fountains will collect the coins and donate them to charity. I don't think a lot of charities are setup for donations of used merchandise. I guess you could always donate them to a charity like Goodwill or Salvation Army that already has thrift stores.

You opened someone else's mail ???

I would have written "Return to Sender" accross the front of the envelopes and dropped them back in the mail.


BTW, the sender is probably still to this day not talking to the ungrateful, bratty "little girl" who never called to say thank you.


Rick

isn't it a felony to open someone else's mail?

not sure if it's a felony but it is a federal crime. maybe someone wants to turn john in, lol. maybe they might get a reward from the feds, lol lol.


I like Julie's response because I don't trust the security guys (they are not there for your security but for the casino itself). But then in the casino I wonder if they would have stopped you and back roomed you and confiscated the purse anyway. Maybe might have been best to take the purse and put it away in your car or room and then tell security about it.

I would say in a great percentage of these incidents the money never gets back to the owners. As for it being a binions trust issue, nah, I think it goes on everywhere. And as for the 3 days after the 30 day thing it is probably up to you to check exactly 30 days after to claim it but as everyone else said if you went back earlier or at 30 days to claim it they probably would have said that the owner retrieved the purse or something. I'm surprised that they would say that they disposed of it, do they have documents stating the end of the 30 day period? and documentation showing that it was disposed after 3 days? I doubt it, just that she used that excuse because she didn't think of the owner retrieving the purse excuse. she probably has a nice name brand purse now that was supposedly "disposed" (yeah right, she would dump a name brand purse).

Open purse, open wallet, look for ID, call owner, arrange return.

I do know that if I ever do "find" a pocketbook in a casino this is what I would do;

1. Don't turn it in to Security.

2. Don't open it to look for an ID, because it will appear like you are "stealing".

3. Don't take it with you to find the owner, because it will appear like you are "stealing".

4. Do just keep on walking, ................... and let someone else have all the aggravation.



Rick

I lost a set of keys with my fathers WW2 dog tags on them. The keys I didn't care about, but the dog tags were quite important. I lost them somewhere in Atlantic City and each security/lost and found told me the same thing- they hold stuff for 30 days and then give it to the Salvation Army. I don't doubt some nice things get siphoned off along the way, but I'd be fairly certain casinos run integrity test on their employees.
I once left a XXXL suede jacket in my room at checkout. It was logged in to security as a womans sheepskin coat.
Someone was not too big on details.

Ok,now you guys got me feeling guilty LOL. There was no return address and i tried the real estate agent,she had no clue. The guy traveled all the time(he was in s america when closing) and i guess the wife was pretty flaky. They weren't even at closing,had someone there as a proxy. I mentioned this to melissa ,and she thought it sat for more like 2-3 years. Soo ,maybe i dont feel too guilty after all.

BTW,yes it is a felony to open someones mail,even their mailbox as well i think.

JOHN

Last fall waliking thru a South Strip casino [shall remain nameless] in the A.M. FOUND 2 20.00 Bills just laying there
in the middle of the aisle, I looked and there was NO ONE around so i picked it up and put it right into my pocket.
In fact i actually labeled it with a post it [Found at and when] and still have those 2 original 20's locked in the safe..
Sorry but I would never turn in any found cash to security / lost and found as it would probably most likely disappear
somewhere between my turning it in and when / if the person who lost it came looking for it. I would however watch
the Lost & Found ads on C.L. and return it if i found a matching "lost' ad. Would probably be the same for pretty much
anything else.. In the case of a wallet / purse / jewelry / cell phone i would use any info I could find to try to get it back
to its rightful owner....

It is not a felony to open mail delivered to your address. It doesn't matter what name is on the address. The important part is the address.