I would never call this a garage sale
Def scam vibes
Edit: ultimately, what bothers me the most is I want to go to a garage sale, not this shit. This isn’t a garage sale and should not be advertised as one
Went to a garage sale this morning - The guy was selling his dads personal items...clothes, books, etc. I bought a bunch of cool items including a very big Masonic Bible. When I got home I found several envelopes stuck in the back of the bible. One had some family pics but the other one had three $2 bills from 1976, several Confederate State $5 bills, some old railroad certificates from 1884, a few random paper bills from Vietnam/Phillipines...and two crisp $100 bills. Figure his dad forgot about the stash and nobody looked.
Do I return it?? It's not a fortune but it feels wrong to keep it. My husband says I should keep it. I've found "stuff" in items before and never returned them...change in purses, a nice pen in a boot once, and a silver necklace in a Barbie purse. Never bothered me because it was never that much money.
**Update - I am sending him back the items I found including the cash. However, I would like to say that SwampDrainer made a good point. He sold me the bible for $5. If it turned out to be worth $200 would I feel bad? No. Would I give him back some of that money? No. Is this situation different? Maybe. But in the end we make money because people are unaware of the value of their "stuff".