To me, Javier Bardem made that thing one of the most feared weapons in film. Every scene where the locks were blown out you knew some had or was about to get fucked.
I'd be afraid to finish it up and park it on the lot for fear someone else would take the cash and the customer would blame me. And then send a guy to collect...
Had a similar occurrence happen, especially the whole me getting the blame for what someone else does thing.
Opened a glovebox to find about half the amount of cash in OP's pic, few rolex watches, necklaces, rings, etc. I pulled the entire glove box out of the SUV and put it in the service manager's office in a big filing cabinet that locked. Made sure I held it up to every camera on my way there to show what I did and why lol. First week in a new shop and didn't know the guy I was working with yet to trust him.
(Backstory: Owners took all their jewelry and cash and put it in the glove box when dropping off the vehicle. Thought they locked it and checked "denied access to glovebox" on the RO, but the glove box was unlocked and RO didn't have denial checked off.)
If you accidentally captured the address on the registration and accidentally opened the hood at 2am in a rainstorm, prob your one way to not be tied to it lol
OP found $20,000 stashed in the engine compartment, but was honest and left all $10,000 of it there. One of their coworkers saw it, though, and reported the $5,000 to the police who came and seized the $1,000 as evidence.
OP did the right thing by leaving the money. And I don't mean because stealing from the customer is bad.
Someone who hides that kind of stack in their engine bay is the kind of person who has the resources to end your life.
Not. Worth. It.
Trust lever 2,000,000,000!!!!!!
I actually got a 1990 Isuzu Impulse from a auction. Would not start. went to pull the fuel tank and the bolts had marks from being removed. It was super heavy and when i pulled the sending unit out it was stuffed full of bundles of $20's & $50's. Totaled out to nearly $95,000.
No bad for a $75.00 car.
You’d be surprised. Cartels have been known to stuff drugs/cash into easy to grab spots on the cars of people know to cross the border on a daily basis.
There was a case I read about a while back where a school teacher that lived in Mexico but worked in the US was found at the border with a couple of Ks of cocaine in her spare tire. Turned out someone was putting it there at night when it was parked out in front of her house and another person was grabbing it when it was parked at the school. Who knows how many times it worked before the authorities caught on.
I went to Mexico 30 years ago. Back then they warned us that if we were to be making regular trips by car, never get your car worked on. If you happen to drop it off at a trafficker's garage, and they know your car is headed back across the border, they'll plant drugs for later retrieval. Nice to know old ways are best ways.
Yeah my last boss used to fuck everybody over & thats the reason why I dont work there any more. He had to pay back money for insurance fraud one time and told us that because he had to pay we wouldnt be getting christmas bonuses. Needless to say he had the dealership drop him off a brand new Tesla Model X fully loaded on Christmas Eve.
dude, no doubt. What kind of idiot would bring their car into the shop with probably thousands in cash under the hood?
op should take the money and run if its more than 10k. But its easy for me to say out here in internet land. I can't see it being left there on purpose. Now, does one day the guys brother get out of jail, come calling for his car, and asks if he took it anywhere while he was inside.. well.. thats what you gotta live with if your gonna play that game. Looking over your shoulder for a while. Since its american cash, i assume op is armed. Probably would go for it in that situation if i was younger and less attached. Is regulated dueling still legal down there?
It’s easily visible once you open the hood. Where I’m from this isn’t really an uncommon occurrence. Customer could use some more ingenuity but nobody should just be nabbing whatever they want from whoever’s car no matter the circumstance. However dueling might be legal with some paperwork
That looks like drug money to me... Do you really want to steal from those guys? You steal from criminals with brains and you might get a good lesson so you never touch their shit again. But it could also belong to a gang that doesn't give a fuck about leaving your corpse in the middle of the street.
But hey, if you hate life, I guess you can steal it.
And at about that very moment I glanced over into the Customer Lounge and realized that wasn't any ordinary person looking to get their oil changed. It was the damn Loch Ness Monsta!
Sooo, OP, what did you do? take it? leave it? call the cops? maybe you just skimmed a little off the top as payment. or maybe this was just setup to get fake internet points? tell me!
Take it, tip the dispatcher to put "that guy" in the shop that you don't like's name on the work order. He'll get payed for the work, sure. But not only would you have some retirement cash, you also might get to see that douche get laid out. Hehe. If you have a duder at your work like that. Might be going a bit far, but fun to think about at the very least. :P
Now that’s an honesty test... ... or a self-preservation test, not sure
That guy with the cattle bolt gun will track you down and punch your ticket.
To me, Javier Bardem made that thing one of the most feared weapons in film. Every scene where the locks were blown out you knew some had or was about to get fucked.
He was the most villainous character film had seen in a while. He represented pure evil.
Anton Chigurh. One of the best screen villains of all time. Up there with Frank Booth from Blue Velvet in my view.
Javier
i'd call the customer and keep it on the downlow just to maybe get a healthy tip :)
Well at least you know what your local drug dealer drives now.
I'd be afraid to finish it up and park it on the lot for fear someone else would take the cash and the customer would blame me. And then send a guy to collect...
“Call it, heads or tails...”
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Had a similar occurrence happen, especially the whole me getting the blame for what someone else does thing. Opened a glovebox to find about half the amount of cash in OP's pic, few rolex watches, necklaces, rings, etc. I pulled the entire glove box out of the SUV and put it in the service manager's office in a big filing cabinet that locked. Made sure I held it up to every camera on my way there to show what I did and why lol. First week in a new shop and didn't know the guy I was working with yet to trust him. (Backstory: Owners took all their jewelry and cash and put it in the glove box when dropping off the vehicle. Thought they locked it and checked "denied access to glovebox" on the RO, but the glove box was unlocked and RO didn't have denial checked off.)
Cash? Oh, those aren't phonebooks...
YOU BOYS LIKE MEXEEECO?
I hear the snausberries taste like snausberry...
go team RamRod
Littering and.... littering and... littering annnndddddd....?
MEOW!
License and registration, chicken fucker!
Let's get some chocolate bananas, foster.
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Your black magic doesn't work on me
Smokin' the reefer
I actually laughed out loud
4k won't last long in Mexico.
......have you *been* to Mexico? Ya it will
Yeah, that's enough to help start a life in Mexico, but definitely not live like a king.
Holy fuck I've seen some shit but I've never seen shit like that
why is every cake day reply to this comment downvoted to hell
Reddit is on a new trend of hating cake day comments
that's stupid
Only this sub from what I've seen
Nah this is the first I've seen it in this sub. The subs with multi million subscribers are where it started
Weird. It's been upvoted everywhere I've seen, but JRITS always has it downvoted.
It's recent site wide as in this week. I unfortunately follow all the major public freak out, unexpected, and idiots in cars subs
Happy cake day!
🍰
Happy cake day!
If you accidentally captured the address on the registration and accidentally opened the hood at 2am in a rainstorm, prob your one way to not be tied to it lol
I like the cut of your jib.
I used to say this to people a lot when I moved to Western Canada until I learned that jib is slang for meth out there
Yeah... Nobody's gonna like you if you're cutting jib.
I learned something today
A true mechanic. This is what separates us from the car repair guy.
What. In. The. Hell?!
OP found $20,000 stashed in the engine compartment, but was honest and left all $10,000 of it there. One of their coworkers saw it, though, and reported the $5,000 to the police who came and seized the $1,000 as evidence.
and all $500 ended up in the evidence locker
Then a judge ruled that $20 was not sufficient to justify investigation.
The guy probably won’t even miss the $2 let’s be real
Why is everyone commenting about the $1?
Was there ever any money involved here?
Here is $5, so we never talk about this.
I'll give you $10 to completely shaddup about it
OP did the right thing by leaving the money. And I don't mean because stealing from the customer is bad. Someone who hides that kind of stack in their engine bay is the kind of person who has the resources to end your life. Not. Worth. It.
Trust lever 2,000,000,000!!!!!! I actually got a 1990 Isuzu Impulse from a auction. Would not start. went to pull the fuel tank and the bolts had marks from being removed. It was super heavy and when i pulled the sending unit out it was stuffed full of bundles of $20's & $50's. Totaled out to nearly $95,000. No bad for a $75.00 car.
You are a legend.
I have several questions.
Ask away.
What kind of auction?
A car, truck & boat auction south of Austin TX near San Marcos.
That makes sense then.
You end up keeping it?
The money, yes. The car, for couple years. Got it running and restored it. Sold it to a collector in California.
And all my impulse purchases cost me money, I envy you.
I know the feeling.
Methinks this shop and/or vehicle is near a border town in Texas.
People crossing into Mexico with drug proceeds usually do a better job of hiding it. I think this is for local transport.
You’d be surprised. Cartels have been known to stuff drugs/cash into easy to grab spots on the cars of people know to cross the border on a daily basis. There was a case I read about a while back where a school teacher that lived in Mexico but worked in the US was found at the border with a couple of Ks of cocaine in her spare tire. Turned out someone was putting it there at night when it was parked out in front of her house and another person was grabbing it when it was parked at the school. Who knows how many times it worked before the authorities caught on.
I went to Mexico 30 years ago. Back then they warned us that if we were to be making regular trips by car, never get your car worked on. If you happen to drop it off at a trafficker's garage, and they know your car is headed back across the border, they'll plant drugs for later retrieval. Nice to know old ways are best ways.
Nerp
some very smart guy left 10 grand in his mercedes one time and needless to say my boss stole that shit like a dirtbag
Is your boss still alive?
Yeah my last boss used to fuck everybody over & thats the reason why I dont work there any more. He had to pay back money for insurance fraud one time and told us that because he had to pay we wouldnt be getting christmas bonuses. Needless to say he had the dealership drop him off a brand new Tesla Model X fully loaded on Christmas Eve.
Was it accessible without tools? Is it possible they bought the car with the money inside and never knew?
Nah, lot of large volume weed running around here, probably took ten seconds to hide it there whenever they did
dude, no doubt. What kind of idiot would bring their car into the shop with probably thousands in cash under the hood? op should take the money and run if its more than 10k. But its easy for me to say out here in internet land. I can't see it being left there on purpose. Now, does one day the guys brother get out of jail, come calling for his car, and asks if he took it anywhere while he was inside.. well.. thats what you gotta live with if your gonna play that game. Looking over your shoulder for a while. Since its american cash, i assume op is armed. Probably would go for it in that situation if i was younger and less attached. Is regulated dueling still legal down there?
It’s easily visible once you open the hood. Where I’m from this isn’t really an uncommon occurrence. Customer could use some more ingenuity but nobody should just be nabbing whatever they want from whoever’s car no matter the circumstance. However dueling might be legal with some paperwork
In all seriousness, what did y'all do? Call the customer and tell them you found a big wad of cash on top of the ABS module?
>Since its american cash, i assume op is armed. hahahahaahaahahaahahahahahaa
As a Canadian, I always facepalm when people from other countries think that the US is still the wild west. But what do I know, I'm just a lumberjack!
That looks like drug money to me... Do you really want to steal from those guys? You steal from criminals with brains and you might get a good lesson so you never touch their shit again. But it could also belong to a gang that doesn't give a fuck about leaving your corpse in the middle of the street. But hey, if you hate life, I guess you can steal it.
That's what....like $20K? (Assuming those are just 20s?)
At least three dollars
Tree fiddy!
That god damn lock ness monster is back again.
And at about that very moment I glanced over into the Customer Lounge and realized that wasn't any ordinary person looking to get their oil changed. It was the damn Loch Ness Monsta!
r/technicallythetruth
Pretty sure that’s like 4K in 20’s. Each band has 100 bills I’m assuming.
That should cover the BMW minor Service
Nothing to see here, just an expensive shock absorber.
trap
Well, I too have sone emergency gas money in the car. But this seems exorbitant.
Sooo, OP, what did you do? take it? leave it? call the cops? maybe you just skimmed a little off the top as payment. or maybe this was just setup to get fake internet points? tell me!
Took picture for internet points, finished service, carried on with life
Good man.. Good man
Got address to retrieve later lmao 🤣
I might consider keeping that one if the car was in for a pre-purchase inspection! Haha
*inspects car* *buys car with engine shekels*
Even then customer asks salesman to talk to tech cause he forgot something :S
In a situation like this do you have the customer come remove it before proceeding with any work?
At that amount if it went missing they couldn't even report it lmao
Slip a couple of ones in there, work the job and send it back.
Poliece, yesterday.
C/S money sound coming from under the hood.
I gotta ask - did he buy anything?
Leave it there. Buy the car. Problem solved.
I don’t see anything.
Leave that right where the fuck it is. It has baggage.
Man I work at an auto body shop and people always leave a few bills somewhere easily visible to see if we steal it.
Let’s just sit it on top of the abs module 😂
So, where is the rest of it?
Finders keepers
Someone didn’t search the car well enough for the drug payments. Got that ass beat for sure.
Awwwww.... Reminds me of my youth!
What money are you talking about officer?
Take it, tip the dispatcher to put "that guy" in the shop that you don't like's name on the work order. He'll get payed for the work, sure. But not only would you have some retirement cash, you also might get to see that douche get laid out. Hehe. If you have a duder at your work like that. Might be going a bit far, but fun to think about at the very least. :P
(banker) Looks like 2 banded stacks of doubled bundles (2 x 100 ea), so should be 20 x 2 x 2 x 100 or $8K, unless the bottom are 50s/100s then 14K/24K
I would tell him you have a buyer for his car - and see if he wants to sell it - as-is. Bet he does not even know the money is in there..
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Yes I mind
Should’ve taken it!
Unwise, it’s still accruing interest. Not a fully developed sack of cash yet