A man was shocked after finding $7.5 million in a safe. This lucky man was so close to making all of his dreams come true until the lawyers asked for the money back. According to the report, he purchased a second-hand storage box at an auction for £390 ($478).
“„An older Asian woman at the table next to me kept looking at me like she wanted to tell me something. Eventually she walked up and told me her husband works with a guy who bought a unit from me for $500 and found a safe inside.
“„And the first person they called to open it I guess couldn't or didn't. They called a second person and when that person opened it up - inside the safe they're normally empty, but this time it wasn't empty. It had $7.5 million (£5.8m) cash inside.
“„$7.5million inside of a unit, I don't think you'd forget it but maybe you were just in a position where somebody else was in charge of it, I don't know.
“„Credit card went bad, it was finished, they moved away, perhaps the person went to jail - who knows what it was.
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“„If I won a million dollars, we could move back up to the standard of living that we had when I was getting paid a salary. We had also been looking for houses, and have had to put that on-hold indefinitely. (I want a small house within walking distance of downtown. I've got plans to make it super energy-efficient.) Winning a million dollars would make buying a house possible.
“„I would start a small venture capital fund modeled after Y Combinator. The fund will invest $10,000 to $20,000 on small startups like Reddit during their initial development stages. It will be a great opportunity to meet lots of exciting and smart people. Of course, the prospect of hitting home runs and earning billions is a nice bonus as well.
“„If I added $1 million (tax free) to my assets, I would: Start a charitable organization, perhaps structured as a foundation, perhaps not that would fund non-profits with great ideas, committed volunteers, and limited start-up resources. [Second] Buy a second home in the Blue Ridge Parkway, where I will bicycle during uncrowded times, host family reunions and parties, and invite kids, families, etc. to go hiking.