A Perth man who had his car broken into last week has sent a very unusual message to the thief - "thank you!"
On Saturday, Tom Drury's uncle notified him the backdoor of his 1994 Mazda had not been locked properly when it had been parked on their Morley front lawn.
![Mr Drury discovered the money when checking what had been taken from his car.](/web/20161011060541im_/http://www.watoday.com.au/content/dam/images/g/r/z/6/7/x/image.related.articleLeadwide.620x349.grz68p.png/1476087080258.jpg)
Upon investigating, Mr Drury found his car been broken into, and the thief had removed the stereo from the front dock.
While many people would be frustrated and upset by a missing sound system, Mr Drury said the news wasn't at all bad. Â
"The stereo was broken - it didn't pick up radio stations and didn't read any discs - it was just rubbish," he said.
"I had tried removing it not long before, but I gave up out of frustration.
"To get it out, I needed a special tool I didn't have, so when I saw that the stereo was removed, I couldn't help but laugh."
And that wasn't all. Mr Drury then noticed a $10 note and a number of gold coins had been left on the front drivers seat seat.
"When I went to inspect it myself, I discovered $22.10," he said.
"If I could say one thing to the thief, it would be 'thank you.'
"Thank you for paying me for a service I was going to pay someone else to do. And by the way, no refunds!"