Free Money From Nagoya Station Ticket Machine

[Mulboyne]

Kyodo via Japan Today: Train ticket machine gives back too much change in Nagoya
The Transport Bureau of Nagoya City on Tuesday said that several commuters at Hisayaodori Station got back 10,000-yen and 5,000-yen bills as change instead of 1,000-yen bills after a station employee mistakenly put the wrong notes in a subway ticket vending machine last Friday. Authorities said the station lost about 250,000 yen over three hours and that only one passenger had returned the money, which was when station staff first found out about the mistake. According to subway officials, an assistant stationmaster, 57, placed 10,000 and 5,000 yen notes in the space for 1,000 notes by mistake. The vending machine cannot detect differences in notes, the officials said.

[ttjereth]

Kyodo via Japan Today: Train ticket machine gives back too much change in Nagoya
The Transport Bureau of Nagoya City on Tuesday said that several commuters at Hisayaodori Station got back 10,000-yen and 5,000-yen bills as change instead of 1,000-yen bills after a station employee mistakenly put the wrong notes in a subway ticket vending machine last Friday. Authorities said the station lost about 250,000 yen over three hours and that only one passenger had returned the money, which was when station staff first found out about the mistake. According to subway officials, an assistant stationmaster, 57, placed 10,000 and 5,000 yen notes in the space for 1,000 notes by mistake. The vending machine cannot detect differences in notes, the officials said.

I'd have kept buying tickets

[canman]

And what is this I always hear that Japanese people are the most honest and always return lost items. Only one person returned the money. I think that says a lot about the current situation society is in.

[AssKissinger]

http://www.fuckedgaijin.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1679

[Gilligan]

And what is this I always hear that Japanese people are the most honest and always return lost items. Only one person returned the money. I think that says a lot about the current situation society is in.

There must've been a lot of gaijin buying tickets that day

[succubusqueen]

[quote="Gilligan"]There must've been a lot of gaijin buying tickets that day ]

[baka tono]

I think this has less to do with dishonesty and more to do with not paying attention. I bet the person who reported it was the first person to actually pay attention to the money they got back.

Heck when I use the ticket machine I yank the bills and ticket out as fast as freakin possible to shut the car alarm of a machine up. I dont count anything I just put the cash into my wallet.

[ttjereth]

I think this has less to do with dishonesty and more to do with not paying attention. I bet the person who reported it was the first person to actually pay attention to the money they got back.

Heck when I use the ticket machine I yank the bills and ticket out as fast as freakin possible to shut the car alarm of a machine up. I dont count anything I just put the cash into my wallet.

You should count. I've gotten shortchanged by machines here a few times (especially at game centers). Never had them give me extra money though...

[AssKissinger]

Anyone who tells is a tard

[Mulboyne]

Anyone who tells is a tard

It depends how the law sees it. One of the reasons for honesty in Japan is that you are legally obliged to hand in lost property if you find it. If no-one claims it then it's yours. That's why you read news stories about garbagemen declaring large sums of money that they find in the trash (then again, I suppose there's no way of knowing how many don't declare what they find). Police recently arrested someone who found money at an ATM machine that had been forgotten and didn't hand it in. They were spotted on CCTV.

The fact that only one passenger handed back the money in Nagoya means that most probably decided that it was a legal grey area - they hadn't "found" the money - and they would also have plausible deniability - "I didn't notice any extra change. Are you sure it was me?".

In Steve Bildermann's jackpot story that you linked to above, there's a fair chance that he could have been accused of breaking the law because he repeatedly took advantage of the station's error. Back when he would have done it, though, there wouldn't have been any security cameras.

[Mulboyne]

Police recently arrested someone who found money at an ATM machine that had been forgotten and didn't hand it in.

It's happened again:
Mainichi: Police officer with Imperial Guard Headquarters faces theft charges

A police officer belonging to the Imperial Guard Headquarters faces charges for stealing money left at an automatic teller machine (ATM) here, it emerged Thursday. Local police have sent an investigation report to prosecutors, accusing the 49-year-old sergeant of theft. He resigned at the end of last month after being slapped with a 10 percent wage cut over a six-month period on disciplinary grounds. His name was not immediately disclosed. In early October, the sergeant stole tens of thousands of yen left at a bank ATM in Abiko, local police said.

[Taro Toporific]

Over 1 million yen in 10,000-yen notes found at garbage facility in Yamanashi
Mainichi Japan July 9, 2009
KOFU -- Over 1 million yen in 10,000-yen notes were found Wednesday at a garbage processing facility in Yamanashi Prefecture, police said.....

[tidbits]

may I link another old thread here? I am going to hang out around ticketing machines area, toilets and near garbage these days.

http://www.fuckedgaijin.com/forums/showthread.php?t=18258

I really hope that Tozai line story Steve told us will happen again. (to me)

[Taro Toporific]

I am going to hang out around ticketing machines area, toilets and near garbage these days.
http://www.fuckedgaijin.com/forums/showthread.php?t=18258

I found a vintage Rolex in a Tomei Tollway rest stop just sitting next to a sink.