Lord God Angry Over Taxi Drivers Decision to Return Money

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Originally Posted by Alex

Again, what is the right amount??

Interestingly, the Japanese seem to have a system that works for this.

When we lost a pouch containing about $3000 worth of Yen in Japan, we thought we'd never get it back, but we didn't reckon with the Japanese Honour System.

The pouch was found and handed in at the local police station, where it was itemised, and a reciept issued to the finder.

The police called us and advised that the pouch was found, and gave us contact details for the finder.

We then had to meet face-to-face with the finder, pay a 10% finders fee to him, and he would in return give us the reciept, which we could use to get our pouch back.

Needless to say, the finder didn't want to take the $300.00 reward (which we had put in a beautifully decorated envelope for him) but did let us pay for his coffee.

...and that's how it works. Finder gets met and thanked, and 10% (or more if the owner sees fit) as reward.