tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10345672.post5674634150022335372..comments2024-03-28T07:28:24.187+00:00Comments on Nothing To Do With Arbroath: Plumbers found mislaid $50,000 gold bar while renovating bathroomarbroathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03996975604444089064noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10345672.post-54407904356116535612016-03-07T19:42:29.336+00:002016-03-07T19:42:29.336+00:00"...knowing that the reward was less than the..."...knowing that the reward was less than the value of the bar? They probably would have anyway"<br /><br />It was, and they didn't. Zero money *is* less than the value of the bar. My point stands :-PTapejarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16705414175842380381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10345672.post-49976827272099325332016-03-07T17:59:55.741+00:002016-03-07T17:59:55.741+00:00Tapejara said... "@Amy. Actually, that would ...Tapejara said... "@Amy. Actually, that would be a bad idea. People pick between moral, social and financial motives - they don't add them together. So if you offer a monetary reward, people just abandon the moral/social one. Let's say you offered them £/$ 10,000, as Ronnie O'Sullivan was recently - they might be prompted to think '$10k cash or a $50k gold bar? ...i'll take the bar' So your offer actually motivates theft!"<br /><br />Except it wasn't an offer. It would be a reward. They had already made their choice (the correct one in my opinion) and they should be rewarded. The gold bar had already changed hands.<br /><br />Are you arguing that other people would hear of this and steal gold bars in the future, knowing that the reward was less than the value of the bar? They probably would have anyway.Amynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10345672.post-80064736661761357062016-03-04T14:55:42.635+00:002016-03-04T14:55:42.635+00:00@Amy. Actually, that would be a bad idea. People p...@Amy. Actually, that would be a bad idea. People pick between moral, social and financial motives - they don't add them together. So if you offer a monetary reward, people just abandon the moral/social one.<br /><br />Let's say you offered them £/$ 10,000, as Ronnie O'Sullivan was recently - they might be prompted to think "$10k cash or a $50k gold bar? ...i'll take the bar" So your offer actually motivates theft!<br />https://soundcloud.com/bbc-more-or-less/wsmoreorless-when-10-000-isnt<br /><br />This explanation is covered by SDT (Self Determination Theory) for anyone who really wants to geek out on it :-D<br />https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-determination_theoryTapejarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16705414175842380381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10345672.post-33037993800902406362016-03-04T07:37:34.553+00:002016-03-04T07:37:34.553+00:00I wonder if an Insurance Company has all ready pai...I wonder if an Insurance Company has all ready paid for the loss?xoxoxoBrucehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04512934465987061068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10345672.post-81001854140824602322016-03-04T02:19:10.426+00:002016-03-04T02:19:10.426+00:00lost? wtf?lost? wtf?COSMOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03701865651886262915noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10345672.post-50569317034810622712016-03-03T21:37:50.686+00:002016-03-03T21:37:50.686+00:00I hope the home owners did the right thing and rew...I hope the home owners did the right thing and rewarded the contractors. Would've been awfully easy to just slip that bar in a pocket and walk out. Wrong? Yes. But still, very, very easy.<br /><br />Honesty and integrity like that should be recognized monetarily. Amynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10345672.post-53946570775889269082016-03-03T20:16:35.032+00:002016-03-03T20:16:35.032+00:00Lurker111: I was thinking something pretty similar...Lurker111: I was thinking something pretty similar. "Oh, yes, that err.. gold you say? Yup, lost a load of it pretty recently."Ratznoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10345672.post-43273125750112976792016-03-03T13:40:00.684+00:002016-03-03T13:40:00.684+00:00"who confirmed a gold bar was unaccounted for..."who confirmed a gold bar was unaccounted for in the abode"<br /><br />Well ... why is this confirmation less than, um, convincing? Would the owner have said, "Nah. Not mine. Have nothing to do with it. It's yours"?<br /><br />Lurker111<br /><br />But, I'm happy to hear of the honesty of the contractors.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com