Couple from China return extra $13k they received due to Chinatown money changer's error

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Couple from China return extra $13k they received due to Chinatown money changer's error

An honest couple from China returned an extra $13,400 a money changer at Chinatown had given them.

 

Lydia Lam

lydialam@sph.com.sg

SINGAPORE - When they received 65,700 yuan (S$13,400) extra due to a mistake their money changer made, an honest couple from China returned the cash to the Chinatown outlet and were lauded for their action.

 

The couple had asked to exchange 207,300 yuan to Singapore dollars at the Crante Money Changer at People's Park Complex on June 3.

 

The money changer mistakenly keyed in 273,000 yuan instead, converting it into S$55,600 and handing the couple S$13,400 extra in cash, Shin Min Daily News reported on Friday (June 9).

 

The man said in a post on Chinese social media platform WeChat that he called the money changer once they returned home and found out about the mistake.

 

"I hurriedly called them, and they hadn't even realised! When I told them about it, they checked their records and thanked us, saying they had run into good people," he wrote. "My daughter proudly said: 'No need to thank us, we are Chinese!'."

 

According to his post, they returned the money a day later.

 

A partner at the money changer, Ms Huang Suzhen, told Shin Min that the couple, who are in their 30s, are her regular customers.

 

Ms Huang, 52, said her staff were all moved by the couple's good deed, and one employee even bought the pair bak kwa as a thank you gift.

 

The employee who made the mistake was someone with more than 20 years of experience.

 

Ms Lang Shean, a 38-year-old money changer at Marina Square's Silver River Money Changer, told The Straits Times that it is common for customers to return money when given excess amounts by mistake.

 

But she said she has not encountered having such a large amount returned.

 

"Recently there were a few times when customers returned money," said Ms Shean, who has worked in the business for the last 10 years. "But they were rather small amounts like a few hundred dollars."

 

"In general, people are quite honest," she said.

[Guest Guest]

Kudos to them for being so honest.

 

 

[Guest Guest]

Becareful...this could be a ploy by the chinese government!

[Guest Guest]

4 hours ago, Guest Guest said:

Kudos to them for being so honest.

 

 

indeed, 好的、有钱的中国人大把，我们不要门缝里看人。要自我反省。

 

I was using TaoBao to buy stuff and wanted to make some enquiries, they have an online chat and I posted a query at nearly 11pm, the person replied almost immediately.  Very polite, and upon knowing that I am from Singapore, he modestly said, Singapore is a great place and he has to learn from us.  Actually, I think we must learn from them.  They are very hardworking.  Kudos.

[benedict5856]

1 hour ago, Guest Guest said:

Becareful...this could be a ploy by the chinese government!

 

U should work as a script-writer, best stationed in Taiwan, with all your twisted plot.

[fab]

Everywhere has honest n dishonest people.

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7 hours ago, benedict5856 said:

 

U should work as a script-writer, best stationed in Taiwan, with all your twisted plot.

 

If it's twisted, it would involve some pigs like you inside.