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Do you think if someone finds a mobile phone on the ground it's finder's keepers or do you return it to the owner if they've called and left a message of how to contact them?
I've found about 2 phones before and in both cases looked for the word HOME on the phonebook, rung it and they've come and picked it up
I've found about 2 phones before and in both cases looked for the word HOME on the phonebook, rung it and they've come and picked it up
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I'd probably keep it, cause I lost mine a few months ago, it was only a week old and I looooved it, but I called and no-one answered. They took the sim out and I never got it back.
I'm also rather selfish.
Huh?
You gave back a phone and got in trouble?
Care to explain a bit more? :chin:
It was quite an adventure and I was looking after 2 of my little cousins (aged 5 and 7) and they found it all hilarious!
My friend lost his. The two weeks later hismum gets a text from his number saying we have your son's phone. They then give directions to a phone box and said it would be behind there. He and some mates went and his phone, albeit smashed up was there with a sim and a little note saying sorry for breaking your phone!
Yeah, that's true. This phone wasn't a nokia though. I don't know what it was - a make i hadn't heard of before. I reckon that either the family in whatever-country told them what happened when I phoned or that the backpacker went and reported it missing. It's only a small village with a local police station so it was a good bet, really.
First time, I actually found it whilst pissed, rang them up at 4 in the morning of the phone saying that I'd give it back. When I went to use the phone in the morning to ring it was blocked so the phone was pretty much useless.
Second time, was in a gig in the union, dancing away and saw a phone on the ground. Picked it up and showed it to my mates and asked if they owned it, no one did so I ran to the bogs, took the sim out and put mine in cos it was a class phone like. Turns out, all pictures were saved on it and it was the lead signer of the bands phone, he was prancing about like an eejit on the stage, musta slipt out while he was jumping about.
Anyway, we set off, then she realised on the rapids that it wasn't there. We've got a great rapids ride picture of her, on my phone, ringing hers repeatedly! Luckily, there was a family having a picnic that heard it ringing, and tracke dit down and called me back, and they waited for us to go and get it. Nice people
Nah band where great, the phone was better though.
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I always hope just to find the treasure of home made porn hahaha.
So I didn't buy a new phone, just waited for him to send it. Waited more than a week, kept ringing the number, text it, and it didn't come. In the end, I sent a SAE envelope to his address, and after a few days he sent the phone back. In the meantime though I had had to go out and spend £60 on a new phone! It was still nice of him to do so..I was more upset about losing all the numbers, texts and photos than the actual phone.
I went and gave it back. The mother insisted on me having a fiver lol, I said no but she was like ooh have a drink on me etc lol.
Phone didn't even look like it was worth that much.. but very nice gesture.
That's what happened to me the first time, the guy insisted I take a £5 note and I kept telling it wasn't a problem .... and in the end he shoved the £5 note in my top pocket and ran off.
The big gesture I ever saw was when I lend my cousin a phone and I just that morning wrote our home number under the battery - he left the phone along with his laptop on the bus and someone found the laptop and phone and saw the number under the battery and my cousin was able to pick up both from his work.
I think if an item can be traced then it's right to give stuff back.
i've found a phone or 2 on a nightclub floor and handed them in somewhere. my friend lost her phone in a club once and someone handed it in. i know i'd hate it if someone didn't hand mine in so i always hand one in if i find it.
I know lots and lots of people who have lost phones in clubs, pubs etc. and I can't re-call any of them actually getting them returned to them.
once was in our union and it got back to me in the morning when i went and asked at the help desk - which was v v lucky. apparently someone had handed it in
and the second time i left it in a uni taxi that went from union to student houses around town - i KNOW i left it in there yet the firm denied finding it. so i guess they were lying, or someone else got the taxi and nicked it. some people are bastards!!
never been in the situation where ive found a mobile phone tho. if i was to find one tho i would see if there was a home phone and get it back to tem