[blueerica]

I think that it's only the scale of how much $32 means in the Phillipines that is shocking. What is paltry to most American's is probably quite a lot to someone else. It's hard to say, really, what the appropriate amount should be.

If the money wasn't hers to begin with, I don't know why she offered her own pocket money at all (perhaps embarrassment). In terms of how much the value of the lost money would be in the U.S., I'd guess it would equate to anywhere between $170K and $200K, so I couldn't even imagine myself in a situation where I'd be responsible for that much cold, hard cash, and if I was, I would would like to think that I would have taken better care of it.

So, um... yeah. I have no idea what the right amount would be.

Better suited question for Americans might be "What would you pay a reward for something that has a street value of $175,000?" take that, and boil it back down. But I still wouldn't know. I don't have anything of that much value.

The whole situation is strange.