'I know how it feels': Lost designer wallet returned by mail 10 days after concert

A story about a designer wallet lost at a large concert venue and returned to its owner 10 days later has touched many people online.

According to a post on Threads, a person identified only as A lost a luxury card wallet at a concert by pop star The Weeknd held in Goyang, Gyeonggi Province, on Oct. 7. A recently delivered a thank-you letter and gift to B, the stranger who found and returned the wallet.

Just as A had given up hope of recovering it, B mailed the wallet back at their own expense. It arrived in A's mailbox on Oct. 16 — 10 days after it was lost.

"I thought my bag had been stolen, so I had already replaced all my cards and ID and filed a lost-item report — and I was looking at new wallets to buy — when I found it in my mailbox," A said. "I wish I had checked sooner. It looks like it had been sitting there for a few days."

A added that B had even covered the postage out of pocket. "It genuinely felt like years' worth of faith in humanity restored all at once," A said.

A had searched for B through SNS but received no response for several days. A ultimately sent a handwritten letter and a gift to the return address on the package.

In the letter, A wrote: "I was deeply moved by your warm and generous heart in covering the postage yourself. Beyond the joy of getting my wallet back, it was an even more meaningful experience because it let me feel the warmth of civic spirit and human kindness in our society."

A also mentioned receiving an outpouring of encouragement after sharing the story on SNS, adding: "I will long remember the warmth you showed me."

B then found A's SNS post and left a comment, drawing even more attention to the story.

"I once lost my own wallet, so I knew how devastating that feeling is — that's why I rushed to send it," B wrote. "I had actually intended to send it anonymously, but the postal worker said I had to include a sender's name and address, so I had no choice but to write them down. I never imagined it would come back to me like this. If anything, I feel like I received the bigger gift."

Online commenters responded warmly. "Both the writer and the finder seem to embody the best of Korean warmth," one wrote. Others called it "so heartwarming," "a moment where kindness and goodwill truly passed between people," and "overflowing with genuine humanity."