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MY DAUGHTER HAS LOST HER PURSE EITHER IN THE STREET OR IN A SUPERMARKET CARPARK.
THE MOST UPSETTING THING IS, THERE WAS OVER £200 IN IT, THAT WAS FOR HER AUTISTIC SONS LAPTOP FOR HIS XMAS.

I HOPE THE PERSON/PEOPLE WHO FOUND IT CAN LIVE WITH THEIR CONSCIENCE, AS THEY COULDN'T EVEN HAND IT INTO THE POLICE.

SHE IS GUTTED, AS SHE WAS BROUGHT UP TO HAND IN ANYTHING LIKE THIS.

How long ago did your daughter lose her purse? I wonder if someone will hand it in in a day or so.

Also possible it's still in a gutter somewhere or covered in autumn leaves.

Just looking at the hopeful side!

It's awful to lose a lot of money; I once had a handbag stolen from my house when we were all in another room! I didn' t lose much money but it was inconvenient as I had to get new glasses, cancel cards etc.

Get it into the local newspaper Vicky, you never know somebody might have a conscience.

She must've lost it on Sunday, but didn't realise she had til this morning.
I have rung the supermarket and the police, but nothing has been handed in.

I had thought of that Ann, but she would die of embarrassment.
I feel for her, as she's on her own with the boys.

sorry to hear this has happened.

if it doesn't turn up, assumng she has household contents insurance, she *might* be able to claim on that.

She rang her insurance & she's not covered apparently for personal possessions. She changed her insurance company and just assumed the cover was the same.

My thoughts were, if she is a single parent often there are pieces like this in the paper and people contribute towards the money. Vicky what was she doing carrying all that money in her purse silly girl. If she lost it Sunday it is not going to be handed in now is it? What a shame for the lad. I would still write to the local paper but don't put your name or hers, just write about how disgusting it is to find a purse and not hand it in.

Sorry Ann. Been on the phone trying to console her.
Whoever found it would see the photo of the kids in the purse.

May very well go into the local paper Ann, as it's on my way home from hers, and if they print the story, it may give the finder food for thought.

hi
thats awful poor lass after all that saving up she would have had to do bless her

Hi PP Thanks. Yeah She's in a hell of a state, and it makes me sick to the pit of my stomach that anyone could stoop so low.

its no wonder she is in a state my heart goes out to her its such a lot of money to lose and her being a single mum to couldnt have been easy for her to save that money for her wee lads xmas

Rocky Mountain shy If somebody had found it they would have handed it in so I don't know what you are saying. Your Mum handed those purses in as soon as she found them but the person/people who stole them didn't. The comparison has to be between your Mum and whoever found the purse and your Mum handed it in before two days I'm sure. Did those purses still have money in them, I am guessing not. And yes I would condemn anyone who found a purse containing all that money and photos of two young children who didn't make an immediate effort to hand it in to either the supermarket or at least phone the police and say they had it.

Vicky, it's awful that your daughter has lost her purse, I don't know how she didn't notice before, I use my purse every day for something or other. Has she actually been back to the supermarket carpark and asked the trolley people? It might nudge their conscience if they picked it up and didn't hand it in or it might have been handed to someone and they haven't passed it on to the office at the store or it could still be somewhere under a parked car or something? I would be back retracing my steps the minute I noticed it gone. If she lost it in the street it could have been handed in to the nearest shop, lots of people don't take stuff to the police these days, just leave whatever it is at the nearest store. If she went back along her route she could ask at the shops etc on the way.

O.h. went shopping after work on Saturday, came home and couldn't find his debit card. He rang the shop and they hadn't got it, so he cancelled it immediately and has to wait ten days for a new card to arrive. He went into the shop again on Monday and must have mentioned it, and they had it so obviously there was a time delay involved with it being found/handed in and getting it to the relevant office.

Hope the purse turns up, did she have other things of value in there like credit cards etc? It's such a pain to have to cancel everything, and sad she didn't have insurance cover too

Lizx

WELL BLOODY DONE FOR YOU THEN ROCKY!!!!!
AREN'T YOU THE LUCKY ONE!!!
MY DAUGHTER WOULD'VE HANDED IT IN IMMEDIATELY, AS WOULD OTHER HONEST PERSON. WHAT YOU TRYING TO GET AT.
I'M UPSET ENOUGH WITHOUT IDIOTS LIKE YOU TRYING TO STIR THINGS.

THANKS ANN & LIZ.
LIZ, SHE WAS ON A DAY OFF ON MONDAY, AND WASN'T OUT ALL DAY, AND ASSUMED IT WAS IN HER BAG.
IT WASN'T TIL SHE WAS LEAVING WORK YESTERDAY THAT SHE REALISED IT WAS AWAY.
SHE'S TOOK THE CAR TO BITS INSIDE AND THE BOOT, AND CHECKED THE HOUSE BUT NO SIGN OF IT.

Liz has given such excellent advice about searching for the lost purse.

I have just remembered; when I used to work in a small shop we often had a bit of lost property in the cupboard.

We advertised a lost purse in the shop window once; quite a number of girls came in looking for their lost purses but we only gave it back to the person who could describe it (colour, etc.).

I would also search the car park. In this weather, with all the fallen leaves, it could be lying around, unnoticed.

It would be wonderful if she found it.

Sending best wishes

Janet

Vicky I have just noticed that you say it was only as she was leaving work that she noticed it missing. Why does she then think she dropped it in the supermarket car park? Is there any possibility that it was stolen while she was in work?

Following a car accident a couple of years ago near a supermarket car park my OH and I helped the gent home as he wouldn't go to hospital when the ambulance arrived. He wanted to get home to his disabled wife. An hour later when we parked in the said supermarket car park we saw a wallet on the ground.
We immediately took it to the local police station who then contacted the owner in our presence. It was the gent who had been involved in the accident an hour earlier and he hadn't noticed it was missing. We would never dream of keeping something even if there was no money in it. It's the sentimental items such as photo's that are important.
My son also had his wallet with all his bank cards and money still in it returned after leaving it on the bus and the bus company made the effort to return it.
Di

A few years ago, while out in the snow, dog walking, a set of keys was dropped, these had on the ring the dog tags from our previous pets, complete with addresses,
panicking a little I changed the front door cylinders, and got new keys.

THREE weeks later some children came to the door, with the complete key rings,
I understand your concerns, TTL and its'easy for me to say, but give it a bit of time, there ARE honest people around,
Bob

I once sat in the front room of a couple I knew. Their son, who worked in a greengrocer's shop was describing how an old lady had left her purse in the shop and he had taken two hundred pounds from it and told her that it was empty when handed in to the shop by somebody else when she came looking for it.

The father's reaction to this.
"Weren't there any credit cards in it?"

Sharron I have read some things on here but that is just jaw dropping and shocking!

I travel my county stock taking for a large retailer. The staff keep valuable lost property in the safe if it is lost. Hoping the owner will return. It is mostly creadit cards.
I once found a charm I don't know if it was gold but it could have had sentimental value. This was handed to the manager.
Another time in our local shopping centre loo's, someone had left a purse in the cubicle. I looked in it for ID, and saw lots of cards and a huge amount of money it made me panic! I handed it to a security guard. He took my details. Later that day a lady turned up at my house to thank me. ( She offered me a fiver which I turned down).
TTL their are honest people about, I hope your daughters purse turns up x