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Enter a name exactly as it may have appeared on an old account. We search the State Controller’s published records under every reasonable variant of it, not just the spelling you typed.

42 exact, and 58 close matches worth a look

The 100 shown below are worth $251,356 between them. A match is not proof — the State holds many people with the same name, and establishing which record is yours is the real work of a claim.

The State holds 183 records under the surname Fein, worth $206,086. See every city and first name they are recorded under

  • Strong match

    P Fein

    Savings account · Woodland Hills, CA

    Reported by Universal Savings Bank

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $7,830.74
    Start this claim

    State ID 9236856

  • Strong match

    P Fein

    Savings account · Woodland Hills, CA

    Reported by Glendale Savings & Loan Association

    Held jointly with 2 other people

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $5,702.27
    Start this claim

    State ID 9469229

  • Strong match

    P Fein

    Savings account · Woodland Hills, CA

    Reported by Valley Federal Savings & Loan Association

    Held jointly with 1 other person

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $5,398.01
    Start this claim

    State ID 9216910

  • Strong match

    P Fein

    Savings account · Woodland Hills, CA

    Reported by Home Savings Of America

    Held jointly with 2 other people

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $3,564.27
    Start this claim

    State ID 9601019

  • Strong match

    P Fein

    Savings account · Woodland Hills, CA

    Reported by California Federal Bank Fsb

    Held jointly with 1 other person

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $3,242.10
    Start this claim

    State ID 5489144

  • Strong match

    P Fein

    Savings account · Woodland Hills, CA

    Reported by California Federal Bank Fsb

    Held jointly with 1 other person

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $1,296.15
    Start this claim

    State ID 9202547

  • Strong match

    P Fein

    Cash held by the State · Woodland Hills, CA

    Reported by Western Bank

    $525.41
    Start this claim

    State ID 10084817

  • Strong match

    P Fein

    Savings account · Woodland Hills, CA

    Reported by California Federal Bank Fsb

    Held jointly with 1 other person

    $508.23
    Start this claim

    State ID 9602091

  • Strong match

    P Fein

    Savings account · Woodland Hills, CA

    Reported by Hawthorne Savings Fsb

    Held jointly with 1 other person

    $420.48
    Start this claim

    State ID 9244615

  • Likely match

    Phyllis Fein

    Uncashed check

    Reported by U.s. Bank Na

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $13,488.47
    Start this claim

    State ID 977206745

  • Likely match

    Phyllis Fein

    Uncashed check

    Reported by U.s. Bank Na

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $12,356.78
    Start this claim

    State ID 977206746

  • Likely match

    Phyllis Fein

    Savings account · Woodland Hills, CA

    Reported by Home Savings Of America

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $9,032.77
    Start this claim

    State ID 9600340

  • Likely match

    Phyllis Fein

    Savings account · Woodland Hills, CA

    Reported by Home Federal Savings And Loan

    Held jointly with 1 other person

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $6,485.20
    Start this claim

    State ID 9115232

  • Likely match

    Phyllis R Fein

    Savings account · Woodland Hills, CA

    Reported by Glendale Savings & Loan Association

    Held jointly with 2 other people

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $5,702.27
    Start this claim

    State ID 9469229

  • Likely match

    Phyllis Fein

    Savings account · Woodland Hills, CA

    Reported by Glendale Savings & Loan Association

    Held jointly with 2 other people

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $5,702.27
    Start this claim

    State ID 9469229

  • Likely match

    Phyllis Fein

    Savings account · Woodland Hills, CA

    Reported by Valley Federal Savings & Loan Association

    Held jointly with 1 other person

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $5,398.01
    Start this claim

    State ID 9216910

  • Likely match

    Phillis S Fein

    Savings account · Woodland Hls, CA

    Reported by California Federal Bank Fsb

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $2,821.40
    Start this claim

    State ID 9201741

  • Likely match

    Phyllis Fein

    Stocks or securities · Woodland Hills, CA

    Reported by Us Gov't Money Market Fund Class B

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $2,720.91 Lord Abbett Co Us Gov Mny Mkta
    Start this claim

    State ID 15148132

  • Likely match

    Phyllis Fein

    Savings account · Woodland Hills, CA

    Reported by Imperial Savings Association

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $2,617.49
    Start this claim

    State ID 1624915

  • Likely match

    Phyllis Fein

    Savings account · Woodland Hills, CA

    Reported by Valley Federal Savings & Loan Association

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $2,283.92
    Start this claim

    State ID 9216930

  • Likely match

    Phyllis Fein

    Stocks or securities · Woodland Hls, CA

    Reported by Northrop Grumman Corporation

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $1,681.98 Northrop Grumman Corp
    Start this claim

    State ID 971503953

  • Likely match

    Phyllis Fein

    Stocks or securities · Woodland Hls, CA

    Reported by Northrop Grumman Corporation

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $1,681.98 Northrop Grumman Corp
    Start this claim

    State ID 971503952

  • Likely match

    Phyllis Fein

    Savings account · Woodland Hills, CA

    Reported by California Federal Bank Fsb

    Held jointly with 1 other person

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $1,296.15
    Start this claim

    State ID 9202547

  • Likely match

    Phyllis Fein

    Unpaid dividends · Woodland Hls, CA

    Reported by At&t Inc.

    $807.02
    Start this claim

    State ID 993863173

  • Likely match

    Phyllis Fein

    Uncashed check

    Reported by U.s. Bank Na

    $716.00
    Start this claim

    State ID 977206747

  • Likely match

    Phyllis Fein

    Stocks or securities · Woodland Hills, CA

    Reported by Adams Diversified Equity Fund Inc

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $518.87 Adams Diversified Equity Fund
    Start this claim

    State ID 1033220475

  • Likely match

    Phyllis Fein

    Savings account · Woodland Hills, CA

    Reported by California Federal Bank Fsb

    Held jointly with 1 other person

    $508.23
    Start this claim

    State ID 9602091

  • Likely match

    Phyllis Fein

    Cash held by the State · Woodland Hls, CA

    Reported by Kinder Morgan Inc

    $424.85
    Start this claim

    State ID 993854560

  • Likely match

    Phyllis Fein

    Unpaid dividends · Woodland Hls, CA

    Reported by Northrop Grumman Corporation

    $423.08
    Start this claim

    State ID 971503950

  • Likely match

    Phyllis P Fein

    Savings account · Woodland Hills, CA

    Reported by Hawthorne Savings Fsb

    Held jointly with 1 other person

    $420.48
    Start this claim

    State ID 9244615

  • Likely match

    Phyllis Fein

    Stocks or securities · Woodland Hls, CA

    Reported by Northrop Grumman Corporation

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $396.95 Huntington Ingalls Industries
    Start this claim

    State ID 971441685

  • Likely match

    Phyllis R Fein

    Savings account · Woodland Hills, CA

    Reported by Bank Of America - California Na (318)

    $350.01
    Start this claim

    State ID 1009953674

  • Likely match

    Patricia A Fein

    Savings account · Canoga Park, CA

    Reported by First Interstate Bank

    Held jointly with 1 other person

    $300.00
    Start this claim

    State ID 5497617

  • Likely match

    Phyllis Fein

    Savings account · Woodland Hills, CA

    Reported by Imperial Savings Association

    $288.02
    Start this claim

    State ID 5100578

  • Likely match

    Phyllis Fein

    Stocks or securities · Woodland Hls, CA

    Reported by Kinder Morgan Inc

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $242.81 Kinder Morgan Inc
    Start this claim

    State ID 993854561

  • Likely match

    Phyllis Mrs Fein

    Cash held by the State

    Reported by American Biltrite Inc

    Held jointly with 1 other person

    $233.00
    Start this claim

    State ID 985206781

  • Likely match

    Phyllis Fein

    Unpaid dividends · Woodland Hills, CA

    Reported by Adams Diversified Equity Fund Inc

    $178.25
    Start this claim

    State ID 1033220474

  • Likely match

    Philip Fein

    Unclaimed refund · San Francisco, CA

    Reported by Aig Centennial Insurance Co.

    $151.65
    Start this claim

    State ID 12314762

  • Likely match

    Phyllis Fein

    Unpaid dividends · Woodland Hills, CA

    Reported by American Biltrite Inc

    Held jointly with 1 other person

    $146.51
    Start this claim

    State ID 955272911

  • Likely match

    Peter Fein

    Pension or retirement funds · Oakland, CA

    Reported by Public Agency Retirement System

    $141.36
    Start this claim

    State ID 13740161

  • Likely match

    Phyllis Fein

    Cash held by the State · Woodland Hls, CA

    Reported by At&t Inc.

    $120.00
    Start this claim

    State ID 993863175

  • Likely match

    Phyllis Fein

    Stocks or securities · Woodland Hls, CA

    Reported by At&t Inc.

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $101.91 At & T Inc
    Start this claim

    State ID 993863176

  • Likely match

    P T Md Fan

    Cash held by the State · North Hollywood, CA

    Reported by Lincoln National Life Insurance Company

    $133.60
    Start this claim

    State ID 9521010

  • Likely match

    P L Finney

    Cash held by the State

    Reported by Pacific Bell Telephone Company

    $130.63
    Start this claim

    State ID 1020710

  • Likely match

    P T Randy Fan

    Cash held by the State · Monrovia, CA

    Reported by Health Net Life Insurance Co

    $121.08
    Start this claim

    State ID 1045968352

  • Worth checking

    Ping Fan

    Uncashed check · China,

    Reported by Cathay Bank

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $50,459.03
    Start this claim

    State ID 1041539726

  • Worth checking

    Pei-fon Fan

    Uncashed check · Glendora, CA

    Reported by Ctbc Bank Corp Usa

    Held jointly with 1 other person

    Someone has already filed a claim on this property. It may be you, or it may not.

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $41,055.76
    Start this claim

    State ID 1046185473

  • Worth checking

    Piling Fan

    Uncashed check · San Mateo, CA

    Reported by The Bancorp Bank

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $5,195.15
    Start this claim

    State ID 1007469190

  • Worth checking

    Pu Fan

    Uncashed check · San Francisco, CA

    Reported by Wells Fargo Bank Na (apecs 111)

    Someone has already filed a claim on this property. It may be you, or it may not.

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $4,042.03
    Start this claim

    State ID 1027100395

  • Worth checking

    Pettsis Fannie

    Uncashed check

    Reported by Unify Financial Federal Credit Union

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $3,700.00
    Start this claim

    State ID 1006005958

  • Worth checking

    Pengpeng Fan

    Uncashed check · Chino Hills, CA

    Reported by Bank Of America - California Na (318)

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $3,234.00
    Start this claim

    State ID 1027292081

  • Worth checking

    Peter Fina

    Savings account · Monterey Park, CA

    Reported by Security Pacific National Bank Monterey Park

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $1,953.64
    Start this claim

    State ID 5112477

  • Worth checking

    Percy J Feeney

    Stocks or securities · Sacramento, CA

    Reported by Lompoc Oil Developing Co

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $1,739.40 Lompoc Oil Developing Companycap
    Start this claim

    State ID 14927549

  • Worth checking

    Ping Fan

    Uncashed check · Irvine, CA

    Reported by Bank Of America Na

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $1,668.92
    Start this claim

    State ID 1034128544

  • Worth checking

    Philip Fahn

    Uncashed check · Los Angeles, CA

    Reported by Bank Of America - California Na (318)

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $1,633.75
    Start this claim

    State ID 989580307

  • Worth checking

    Ping Ming Fan

    Savings account · Taipei,

    Reported by Los Angeles National Bank

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $1,494.17
    Start this claim

    State ID 11435040

  • Worth checking

    Patrick Fine

    Unpaid dividends · Santa Clarita, CA

    Reported by Invesco Municipal Income Opp Trust Ii

    Held jointly with 1 other person

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $1,417.38 Invesco Muni Income Opportunities Trust Ii
    Start this claim

    State ID 968354401

  • Worth checking

    Paul Finney

    Cash held by the State · Lomita, CA

    Reported by Metropolitan Life Insurance Company

    Held jointly with 1 other person

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $1,343.93
    Start this claim

    State ID 970664227

  • Worth checking

    Paul M Fine

    Cash held by the State · Marina Del Rey, CA

    Reported by Saint Gobain Corp

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $1,153.92
    Start this claim

    State ID 13282159

  • Worth checking

    Property Investment Fn

    Uncashed check

    Reported by Jpmorgan Chase Bank Na (908802)

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $1,000.00
    Start this claim

    State ID 1018146858

  • Worth checking

    Patricia Finnie

    Escrow balance

    Reported by Providence Escrow

    $929.80
    Start this claim

    State ID 967916286

  • Worth checking

    Patricia J Finney

    Unclaimed refund · Tustin, CA

    Reported by Jpmorgan Chase Bank N.a. (500005)

    Held jointly with 1 other person

    $900.22
    Start this claim

    State ID 991078235

  • Worth checking

    Pamela Foon

    Cash held by the State · Oakland, CA

    Reported by Government Employees Insurance Company

    $866.39
    Start this claim

    State ID 1046207061

  • Worth checking

    Pamela L Foon

    Stocks or securities · San Diego, CA

    Reported by Prudential Financial Inc Common

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $824.76
    Start this claim

    State ID 16112281

  • Worth checking

    Patrick Fine

    Stocks or securities · Santa Clarita, CA

    Reported by Invesco Municipal Income Opp Trust Ii

    Held jointly with 1 other person

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $796.96 Invesco Muni Income Opportunities Trust Ii
    Start this claim

    State ID 968354400

  • Worth checking

    Paul E M Fine

    Unpaid dividends · Berkeley, CA

    Reported by Hecla Mining Company Common

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $783.66 Hecla Mining Company
    Start this claim

    State ID 980085871

  • Worth checking

    Patricia Finn

    Unclaimed refund · Petaluma, CA

    Reported by State Farm General Insurance Company

    $757.90
    Start this claim

    State ID 1045892265

  • Worth checking

    Paul Finney

    Stocks or securities · Lomita, CA

    Reported by Metlife Inc

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $564.47 Metlife Inc
    Start this claim

    State ID 15470968

  • Worth checking

    Patrick Fan

    Money order · Tipton, CA

    Reported by Western Union Financl Srvs Inc

    $564.40
    Start this claim

    State ID 1002500974

  • Worth checking

    Ping Fan

    Escrow balance · Irvine, CA

    Reported by Lennar Title Inc.

    $557.10
    Start this claim

    State ID 1045236253

  • Worth checking

    Patricia De Vasco Fanny

    Uncashed check · Los Angeles, CA

    Reported by Rodriguez V. American Textile Maintenance

    $556.38
    Start this claim

    State ID 1084302714

  • Worth checking

    Patrick Feeney

    Unclaimed refund · Alamo, CA

    Reported by California Physicians Service

    $555.99
    Start this claim

    State ID 1005079408

  • Worth checking

    Phyllis Finne

    Cash held by the State · Costa Mesa, CA

    Reported by Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Of So Cal

    $552.66
    Start this claim

    State ID 1022490470

  • Worth checking

    Pin Fen

    Escrow balance · San Pablo, CA

    Reported by Nationstar Mortgage, Llc

    $550.20
    Start this claim

    State ID 995944886

  • Worth checking

    Preston Finney

    Unclaimed refund · Roseville, CA

    Reported by American Express Company

    $547.61
    Start this claim

    State ID 1002597344

  • Worth checking

    Pansheng Fan

    Cash held by the State · Fremont, CA

    Reported by Paypal Inc

    $516.82
    Start this claim

    State ID 1012828426

  • Worth checking

    Pao Chu Fan

    Savings account · Hacienda Height, CA

    Reported by Cathay Bank

    $506.39
    Start this claim

    State ID 13492248

  • Worth checking

    Pengpeng Fan

    Savings account · Chino Hills, CA

    Reported by Bank Of America - California Na (318)

    $502.21
    Start this claim

    State ID 1027286466

  • Worth checking

    Ping Fan

    Savings account · China,

    Reported by Cathay Bank

    $501.69
    Start this claim

    State ID 1041539727

  • Worth checking

    Pallavi Fnu

    Savings account · Cupertino, CA

    Reported by Wells Fargo Bank Na (apecs 111)

    $501.58
    Start this claim

    State ID 1027185336

  • Worth checking

    Ping Fan

    Savings account · Irvine, CA

    Reported by Bank Of America Na

    $500.30
    Start this claim

    State ID 1034139687

  • Worth checking

    Peggy Fan

    Cash held by the State · Oakland, CA

    Reported by Bank Of America - North Carolina

    Held jointly with 1 other person

    $500.00
    Start this claim

    State ID 999838991

  • Worth checking

    Philip H Fenn

    Cash held by the State

    Reported by Chevron Usa Inc

    $500.00
    Start this claim

    State ID 1089169

  • Worth checking

    Ping Christina Fan

    Credit balance · San Francisco, CA

    Reported by Synchrony Bank

    $500.00
    Start this claim

    State ID 1045463509

  • Worth checking

    Phylli Finney

    Cash held by the State

    Reported by American General Life & Accident Ins Co

    Held jointly with 1 other person

    $500.00
    Start this claim

    State ID 970909542

  • Worth checking

    Phoebe Fan

    Uncashed check · San Francisco, CA

    Reported by Citibank N A

    $500.00
    Start this claim

    State ID 1006882748

  • Worth checking

    Patricia Feeney

    Stocks or securities · San Francisco, CA

    Reported by A E Staley Manufacturing Co

    A claim on this will have to be notarized.

    $494.00
    Start this claim

    State ID 11822853

  • Worth checking

    Polly Feeney

    Uncashed check · Monterey, CA

    Reported by Wells Fargo Bank Na (apecs 1009)

    $481.85
    Start this claim

    State ID 1043637468

  • Worth checking

    Pengcheng Fan

    Unclaimed refund · Alhambra, CA

    Reported by Deerbrook Insurance Company

    $468.00
    Start this claim

    State ID 16161090

  • Worth checking

    Peeters Raquel Fannie

    Savings account · Campbell, CA

    Reported by Mirastar Federal Credit Union

    $444.05
    Start this claim

    State ID 1021329185

  • Worth checking

    Page Automatic Fan

    Credit balance · San Francisco, CA

    Reported by Google, Llc

    $441.96
    Start this claim

    State ID 987936377

  • Worth checking

    Patricia Suzanne Fain

    Uncashed check

    Reported by Partners Federal Credit Union

    $434.14
    Start this claim

    State ID 968835075

  • Worth checking

    Paul S Finney

    Uncashed check · Anaheim, CA

    Reported by National Financial Services Llc

    $397.76
    Start this claim

    State ID 970171139

  • Worth checking

    Pilot Fon

    Cash held by the State · San Francisco, CA

    Reported by Cynergy Data Llc

    $389.75
    Start this claim

    State ID 996600915

  • Worth checking

    Patrick Finn

    Unclaimed refund · Los Angeles, CA

    Reported by California Physicians Service

    $389.19
    Start this claim

    State ID 1005046991

  • Worth checking

    Paea H Fonua

    Cash held by the State · Hawthorne, CA

    Reported by Elevance Health Inc

    $388.95
    Start this claim

    State ID 1032785987

  • Worth checking

    Paul Fenn

    Cash held by the State · Marshall, CA

    Reported by State Of California Savings Plus

    $387.93
    Start this claim

    State ID 966240254

  • Worth checking

    Patrick Feeney

    Uncashed check

    Reported by California Service Bureau

    $387.53
    Start this claim

    State ID 1004127611

  • Worth checking

    Planet Fun

    Uncashed check · Unknown,

    Reported by Bank Of America - California

    $358.00
    Start this claim

    State ID 981532991

  • Worth checking

    Patrick Feeney

    Savings account · Sylmar, CA

    Reported by Texas Dow Employees Credit Union

    $352.73
    Start this claim

    State ID 1035550639

Showing the 100 most valuable of 220. That is a common name — add a first name or a city to narrow it, and try any former spelling.

Tell us if this name comes up again

Banks and insurers hand accounts to the State Controller roughly twice a year, and the file grows every time. We will keep checking this name against each new file and write to you if it appears.

Only about this name, and you can stop it from any email. We do not sell or share the address.

How You Are Protected

Our fee is capped at ten per cent of what is recovered by Code of Civil Procedure §1582, and nothing is owed until the State Controller has paid you. If we recover nothing, you owe nothing.

There is no deadline. The State holds unclaimed property indefinitely, so nothing here is urgent.

A Second State File

3 probate estates carry that name

Separately from unclaimed accounts, the State Controller publishes the estates of deceased people that reached it through county probate. This file names the decedent and the heirs on record, which the main file does not.

3 more under that name that can no longer be claimed

When an estate goes unclaimed long enough, the State takes permanent title to it and no claim will be paid afterwards. These are shown because knowing what happened to a relative’s estate is worth something even when the money is gone. Nobody can recover these — if a firm offers to, that alone tells you what they are.

  • Feeney Patrick

    Probate estate · San Francisco County · 2023

    Matched on Feeney Patrick (decedent)

    Permanently escheated — the State now owns this and it cannot be claimed.

    $1.30 closed

    State ID 1024716746
    Case 2021-1510

  • Fina Peteraretav.raeth R.

    Probate estate · Los Angeles County · 1984

    Matched on Fina Peteraretav Raeth R (decedent)

    Permanently escheated — the State now owns this and it cannot be claimed.

    $0.00 closed

    State ID 956805772
    Case P - 637 041

  • Finn Mary Elizabeth

    Probate estate · Alameda County · 1995

    Matched on Finn Patricia (heir)

    Permanently escheated — the State now owns this and it cannot be claimed.

    $0.00 closed

    State ID 956827049
    Case 237190-6

Fees on probated estates are not capped by the ten per cent rule that governs ordinary unclaimed property. How estate claims work, including what we would charge and why the difference exists.

Commissioned California Notary Public $15,000 surety bond Fee capped at 10% by state law Nothing owed until you are paid
10%
Maximum fee, by statute
Code of Civil Procedure §1582 caps any recovery fee at ten percent of the property returned.
$1,000
Notarization threshold
Cash claims at or above this must be notarized. So must all securities and safe deposit boxes.
7 days
Data refresh cycle
The State Controller republishes the full record set every Thursday, and we rebuild our copy from it.
None
Deadline to claim
California places no time limit. The State holds unclaimed property indefinitely.

How This Search Differs from the Official One

The State Controller’s own search matches what you type, and nothing else. Ours also finds maiden names, married names, initials, common misspellings, hyphen variants, and business names with and without their suffixes — because the record was created by whoever held the account, not by you.

Every result comes from the Controller’s own published file, which we rebuild weekly. Each one carries the State’s own property ID, so the record you are looking at is traceable to the source rather than to us.

What We Search Under

  • Your name as typed, plus initials and middle-name variants
  • Maiden and former married names, if you tell us them
  • Common misspellings and transposed letters
  • Former addresses in California
  • Business names with and without Inc., LLC, Co. and DBAs

How You Are Protected

Our fee is capped at ten per cent of what is recovered by Code of Civil Procedure §1582, and nothing is owed until the State Controller has paid you. If we recover nothing, you owe nothing.

California Unclaimed Property Services is a private asset recovery firm. We are not the California State Controller’s Office.

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Give us a name and we will check the State Controller’s records under every reasonable variant of it. Asking costs nothing and commits you to nothing.