If you found a phone...

BigBoy said:
How would you return it if the phone was locked with Keylock or swipe combination lock? you would have no access to the phone at all, would you really access the phone by computer and try viewing there contact details that way? are you willing to possibly damage your own system in the hope of finding some fit bird wanting her phone back?
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In that case, I would hand it into a POLICE STATION!!
It's highly likely that the person who last their phoned reported it, and will get reunited with it.

Meeting a "Fit Bird" would not be a factor for me.
 
I'd instinctively do all I could to return it to its owner. On the off chance the owner was extremely rude upon me contacting them, I might consider throwing it in the river instead.
 
BigBoy said:
sold most of them on no problem, its only if they are blocked/barred reported stolen that you are unable to sell them on.
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Aren't IMEI blocks/bars only within the UK?
See plenty barred phones on eBay and similar and always assumed they were trying to sell them overseas.
 
mp3duck said:
In that case, I would hand it into a POLICE STATION!!
It's highly likely that the person who last their phoned reported it, and will get reunited with it.

Meeting a "Fit Bird" would not be a factor for me.
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I to would do the same, although as I have stated before I only get them back after a 60 day period where the owners have been contacted (If possible) and not collected!

As for handing it to the police you would be better off trying your local Mobile Phone Operators shop (if you know what operator the handset uses) as in the end it is their loss and 99% of the time their insurance that covers the phone.

~Divine~Wind~ said:
Aren't IMEI blocks/bars only within the UK?
See plenty barred phones on eBay and similar and always assumed they were trying to sell them overseas.
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Nope its world wide, just some country don't stick to the "Laws" surrounding IMEI changing.
 
BigBoy said:
How would you return it if the phone was locked with Keylock or swipe combination lock? you would have no access to the phone at all, would you really access the phone by computer and try viewing there contact details that way? are you willing to possibly damage your own system in the hope of finding some fit bird wanting her phone back?
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Well BigBoy I am too old to worry about finding "some fit bird" as you put it.
Obviously if it wasn't easy to find the owner I would take it to the local police station, it really isn't that difficult to figure out is it:p
Honesty is always the best policy IMHO.
 
Entropy said:
Once i found a phone, replied to the first family member i could find in their inbox saying i had found this phone lost. They then offered to buy it off me thinking i was their sister and had just found a different phone. I just dropped it in the nearest bin i could find, would have kept it if it was a half decent phone
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So you penalised the owner because their family member was as bad as you :confused:
 
Is it worth having your email address stuck on the back of your phone/case?

Find your iPhone allows you to send a message to your phone and lock/erase everything.
 
Karma

I once drove 15 miles to hand back a £10 note that I took off a barmaid when I thought she had short changed me. I thought I had paid with a £20. Only to find an extra £10 when I got home.
 
K1LLSW1TCH said:
I find this absolutely despicable. You found her on Facebook but instead of asking her for an address, or a meeting place you decide to keep all of her **** and only send her the files? And you think that you're actually doing a good deed as well? Absolutely pathetic. I don't know what's worse, the fact that you fully intended on keeping all of the stuff, or whether your sister gave you somebody else's USB stick because you needed one. It makes me question what kind of upbringing you've had if your sister is willing to give you somebody else's property, but then the story about your dad finding a camera and keeping it pretty much answers that question for me. Here's an idea, next time you "need" something why don't you try buying said item?

Disgusting.
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Calm down dear, it's only a pen drive.
 
Exactly steal a pendrive?? the Maltese kids a ***** end of story, i wouldn't even admit to begin that much of a tramp. sheesh.
 
Every time Ive lost my phone Ive had it back though sometimes its a suspicious amount of time later! Always handed a phone in when found one. My GF lost her new phone a week back but they haven't had the decency to return it!!
 
mp3duck said:
In that case, I would hand it into a POLICE STATION!!
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justintime2001 said:
I would take it to the local police station, it really isn't that difficult to figure out is it:p
Honesty is always the best policy IMHO.
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What a great idea and something the Police would love to organise.
Taking everybody's lost property to a Police Station.
 
Dimple said:
What a great idea and something the Police would love to organise.
Taking everybody's lost property to a Police Station.
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What, you mean like this one?

http://www.reportmyloss.com/police.html

and the fact Citizens Advice Bureau states....

Lost goods

If you find goods that appear to be lost, then you can keep the goods as long as:-



  1. you have taken reasonable steps to find the owner of the goods, for example, left them to be claimed at a police station for a reasonable length of time
 
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The__Malteser said:
if I found a wallet with money, I would just take all the money and return the wallet. Your fault for losing out. Call me a chav or w/e but I don't care. If my wallet was missing, it wouldn't be returned, probs just binned. Be happy you don't need to go and make a new ID card, driver's license etc.
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The only reason things like that happen is due to people like you. Most people would try to find the original owner and return it without stealing anything like a dirty *****, sadly when honest people lose their stuff it tends to be found by people like you who are willing to screw over random people they don't know. And because of that more and more people are adopting opinions like your own, and it just proves how bad society is becoming in this country..
 
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