The luck of a punter: he found $ 7.5 million in an abandoned warehouse he acquired for only 500

A lucky player from the United States discovered $ 7.5 million in an abandoned warehouse that he had only bought for $ 500. Dan Dotson, reality figure "Who gives more?" ("Storage Wars" in English). The cycle deals with the sale of places to store items already seized or not claimed by their original owners.

The star of the show commented that the person – whose identity is kept in reserve – had to find a second locksmith, because the first could not open the box where the surprise was hidden. "There was $ 7.5 million in cash in the box – which is usually empty, but this time not, but," Dan Dotson added in a video posted on Facebook and YouTube.

After the discovery of the money, Mr. Dotson stated that the original owners of the deposit contacted the new owner through his attorney to offer them $ 600,000 and then $ 1.2 million to return the money. found in the box. strong

The new owners of the deposit accepted the second offer of the original owners and accepted $ 1.2 million in exchange for the rest of the money, which resulted in a real debate between Dan Dotson and his wife Laura on what they would have done to meet. a similar situation. Those who invested $ 500 for a deposit that they did not know what they were going to find, took a final gain of $ 1,499,500.