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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsI found an AMEX card today
Was taking the dogs to the dogpark in the city north of me and while walking on the road a looked down in the grass and for some reason saw an American Express card, don't even know why I looked down, you could hardly see it. It was a current card and had the photo of a woman on it. When I got back home I did some intensive googling and found her email, address, business owner of a big tree and Xmas tree farm in the area and found her list of campaign contributions - last year $42,000, all to Repukes.
I sent her an email and asked her if she had lost something and let me know what it was for identification; sure enough, she said she had misplaced her Amex, still didn't even know it was lost. I emailed her back and told her where I had found it and she said that she was a bigwig at the Repuke HQ In MT and thought she had left it there but probably dropped it whille she was straightening up republican yard signs ,said I could leave it off at a certain business since they knew her and she "practically owned them"...can you imagine?
I told her since I did not live in her city I would mail it back to her. I INTEND TO MAIL IT BACK AFTER THE ELECTION WRAPPED IN AN OBAMA, JON TESTER AND STEVE BULLOCK FLYER.
OMG, WHY DID I EVEN PICK UP THAT CARD
PCIntern
(25,582 posts)But that's just me...
Sedona
(3,769 posts)undeterred
(34,658 posts)Then lose it back in the same place you found it.
madaboutharry
(40,220 posts)and told customer service that you found it. They would have contacted her and then you wouldn't have had to find out all this terrible information about her!
cynatnite
(31,011 posts)Lex
(34,108 posts)teddy51
(3,491 posts)her to cancel and order a new card.
Texasgal
(17,047 posts)I know that if I lost my credit card I'd appreciate a good citizen to pick it up and return it to me.
Logical
(22,457 posts)NightWatcher
(39,343 posts)hope no one intercepts it in the mail
Junkdrawer
(27,993 posts)I wouldn't want any responsibility IF something happened to it. It's not too late to simply call AMEX.
sufrommich
(22,871 posts)her to remember you the next time she demonizes democrats.
Jackpine Radical
(45,274 posts)that you could sell it to?
montanacowboy
(6,101 posts)Yep, plenty of meth heads here
Jackpine Radical
(45,274 posts)I live in rural WI & we have the same situation.
kelliekat44
(7,759 posts)it to her. Vote for honesty...vote Dem!!
brooklynite
(94,727 posts)...and should have mailed it back without any preconditions, or just called AMEX and reported it. But maybe I expect more maturity from our side.
Logical
(22,457 posts)Butterbean
(1,014 posts)you would be crying foul all over the place. I have found credit cards in public places, too. I just call the damned number on the back of the card. I don't google the freaking owner of the card and dig into their background. I found someone's social security card once. I didn't google that person, either. It never even occurred to me to do such a thing. Goodness.
DollarBillHines
(1,922 posts)if I thought someone was looking into my history because of a lost card.
Heck, AMEX sends replacement cards next-day (I lost three of them in bars, just in the past year).
Ruby the Liberal
(26,219 posts)You should maybe check into Bill W then. Just sayin'.
DollarBillHines
(1,922 posts)I like to have a good time, consequences be damned.
Keith Richard's got nothing on me.
I will never give up, I will never slow down.
DBH
SickOfTheOnePct
(7,290 posts)I would probably have used White Pages to try to find a number, call her and then send it back or, if it was convenient, drop it off with someone, if she asked me to.
Not everything has to be a political pissing contest.
LancetChick
(272 posts)I'm guessing if we got a finger in our eye every time we did something that irritated someone, we'd have a bad day every day for the rest of our lives.
CountAllVotes
(20,878 posts)I would have brought the thing home and done the person a favor that lost it and run it through my shredder which does a nice job of shredding up any sort of plastic card.
*ppffttt*
southernyankeebelle
(11,304 posts)GoneOffShore
(17,340 posts)Now you can spread the word to potential customers.
And send her those flyers.
Possibly along with a copy of this which I posted earlier last month:
Dear Governor Romney,
As I watched the first Presidential debate this evening I listened carefully every time you stated views that you said represented people like me who own small businesses. You said that people like me make personal sacrifices and are risk takers, and are the engine of job growth. You said I would hire more people if my taxes were lower. You said that I think the health reform act is bad for me and my business. You said you understand my problems because you worked in the private sector. I am writing because I don't think you do have a very good understanding of small business, and could learn from the actual views of this small business owner.
You Said I Made Sacrifices and Took Risks to Achieve Success. I have owned my company for over 25 years and currently employ around 20 people. I started the business in my apartment. I worked hundreds of 18 hour days. You would say I built it myself but in truth I had help from my family and my government. I grew up in an upper middle class home, went to very good public schools and universities. I obtained two masters' degrees via low interest student loans that could be paid off quickly. You would call me a risk taker because I invested my time and my personal savings to start my company. But when I compare that to putting myself in harm's way as a member of the armed services or leaving an abusive spouse with children in tow and no place to sleep I don't think it's a big deal. I was never in danger of being hurt or homeless or hungry. I never had to sacrifice my own dreams by going to a menial job every day to feed and educate my children. Mr. Romney, neither you nor I have ever experienced real sacrifice and risk.
You Said I Am An Engine of Job Creation. Over time I have hired lots of people. I take pride in meeting my payroll; it is my major contribution to this world. But every employee was hired because my company needed them. I earn more from what each employee contributes as part of our team than what I have to pay them. I have never hired someone in order to 'create a job'. I am positive that as a financially savvy manager at Bain, you never did either. So let's stop putting ourselves on pedestals, and admit that job creation is a by-product of our pragmatic decisions - ones that in your case have saved some jobs but also shipped many thousands of jobs overseas.
You Said I Would Hire More People If My Taxes Were Lower. Each year, I decide how much money to re-invest in my company and how much to take out. Because I pay taxes on my profit, I always look for productive ways to invest in my company first. Spending pre-tax money makes sense. If my taxes were lower, I would take more money out and just put it in the bank. This is the opposite of what you say I would do. Hiring more people is always a function of whether or not the company has work for them to do. I need taxes to be lower on the middle class people with jobs so that they have more money to spend buying the products that drive my industry.
You Said That Health Care Reform Hurts My Business. You are right that I am not enthusiastic about the health care reform law. You are wrong about the reason. As an employer, the current system forces me into being a health insurance provider. That is not my area of expertise, and it takes time away from running my business. Most importantly, large corporations can offer much better coverage at a lower cost and thus they have a big advantage over me in attracting the best employees. I would like to see a national health care system that takes the responsibility for health care out of the work place. Since most governments around the world invest in health care for their populations, it would make all American businesses more competitive in the global economy.
You Said You Understand My Problems Because You Worked In The Private Sector. We both have many years of experience in the private sector. However yours has been exclusively with large companies. While my company is small, many of my suppliers and clients are very large corporations, so I believe I actually have the broader first-hand experience. Here are some of the things I know about the private sector. If giant players decide to enter a field, they have much greater resources and can often use anti-competitive measures to drive out small players. If they don't enter an arena, their virtual monopolies allow them to overcharge you for services and products. Large corporations want to extract as much of a small company's value as possible from every transaction. You know this. It is what you did at Bain. Small businesses are schools of small fish to these corporate killer whales. If they are not regulated, they will eat our entire economy, creating a country where corporations are more powerful than states and the public at large. Corporate oligopolies are a bigger threat to our freedom and to the existence of small businesses than government regulations. The large public corporations you represent are not the private sector; they are like the various industrial departments of the former Soviet Union.
Governor Romney, I will be voting for President Obama because even though he has never worked in the private sector, I believe his policies are much more supportive of small businesses like mine. I also believe that making sure there is plenty of room for small businesses is essential to a free society and a democratic economy. We can only build it together.
Sincerely,
Jed Horovitz
Mullica Hill, NJ
northoftheborder
(7,574 posts)GoneOffShore
(17,340 posts)He has a business in New Jersey.
Ruby the Liberal
(26,219 posts)GoneOffShore
(17,340 posts)I'm hoping people forwarded it to friends who were wavering.
Sanity Claws
(21,852 posts)Seriously.
You don't want to pick up those bad vibes. Do you have sage? If you do, burn it and let the smoke waft around it and cleanse the card. If you feel the urge, say a prayer; an example, may the owner of this card use the card only for positive uplifting things.
Put it in an envelope and then use the sage on yourself.
revolution breeze
(879 posts)She doesn't decide to report the card as stolen and claim you stole it and then contacted her. I would call AMEX ASAP.
Ruby the Liberal
(26,219 posts)MineralMan
(146,329 posts)Just send it back to the person, assuming that what you are relating actually happened.
DonRedwood
(4,359 posts)t :0)
Panasonic
(2,921 posts)That she has made a $50,000 donation to the Democratic Party of Montana in her name.
That'll freak her out.
Ruby the Liberal
(26,219 posts)I am too catty. I would have told her that for her own protection, I was shredding it and that she should report it as lost and request a replacement.
Thanks for being bigger than I am.
DeschutesRiver
(2,354 posts)for the charges done by others.
Like someone else mentioned, you could have just called the number on the back of the card, no need to do the google/call the card owner yourself thing. You have no idea whether this person is unstable or what - owning a business doesn't mean you aren't cat crackers.
I mean, she told you that she is a "bigwig" at the local repuke HQs and bragged about her control over a business owned by someone else - what looney things to say to someone you don't know and who only called to inform you that they found your credit card.
I'd be creeped out that this wierdo repub had my email address.
cherokeeprogressive
(24,853 posts)Did you just assume AMEX=republican?
So you did some "intensive" googling... whatever for? 8 people out of 10 would simply call AMEX and follow their instructions, but you felt the need for some intense googling and simply HAD to know her political affiliation and who she'd contributed to. Odd to say the least.
Assuming the republican HQ in Montana is in Helena, isn't she a long way away from the nearest christmas tree farm? According to the map, it's almost 200 miles from Helena. And you're saying she just came out of the blue and said "I'm a bigwig" at the republican party headquarters, and dropped it straightening yard signs? Strange for anyone to just volunteer the bigwig part...
Cool story though Bro.
glinda
(14,807 posts)Stinky The Clown
(67,818 posts)Bucky
(54,065 posts)...when you sober up
fujiyama
(15,185 posts)The fact is, the card is her property and if she were to have found transactions she felt were fraudulent, you're just placing an unnecessary liability on yourself.
The best thing to do when you find a lost credit card is to contact the card company and just let them know. Or better yet, just shred/tear up the card immediately. The owner will likely find out soon enough that they've lost a card.
This sort of thing isn't about politics. It's about living in a civil society.
sylvi
(813 posts)Shankapotomus
(4,840 posts)Let her know a democrat returned it to her!
Bucky
(54,065 posts)The note attached could say, "Now you know how your great-grandchildren feel."