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Returning it to the person who posted it may not be possible - card expired, can't get in touch with them etc.

• josephcsible 6y ago
  That's a reasonable point, but they could have addressed it without keeping everyone's money. People would be a lot less upset if you had a 30-day grace period to claim a refund whenever a bounty expired, and only forfeit it if you ignored that. But they didn't do that, and are keeping everyone's money even when returning it is possible.
• 013a 6y ago
  So, because it may not be possible in what is legitimately a small minority of cases, it should never be done in any case?
  • tedivm 6y ago
    Plus there's actually a way to deal with that- California operates an unclaimed funds/property division that companies are supposed to hand money over to if they don't have the right to it. My wife actually found out that she was owed money from a previous medical provider who overcharged her- just had to fill out some forms. You can't just steal people's money because it's inconvenient to return it to them. https://www.sco.ca.gov/upd_msg.html https://www.sco.ca.gov/upd_msg.html
    • ViViDboarder 6y ago
      Every state does this. It’s called escheatment.
• coderintherye 6y ago
  Even in that case, in certain jurisdictions you are required to send the money to the government in a process called 'escheatment'. If the person comes back looking for their money after that point then they have to go to the state and prove that it is theirs in order to get it returned.