Living in a FINDERS KEEPERS world

Buying stolen goods is actually a crime. It's called fencing. So, better not buy from shops that sell used cellphones because there is a big possibility those phones were stolen. I'm sorry to hear about your loss.

I really despise dishonesty & like you put it - what goes around comes around, whatever a man sows, so will he reap. I don't support stolen goods, I'll never buy such goods if I know they come from an illegal source. I always return stuff I've found to their rightful owners if I can or I'll turn them in to the authorities. But sad to say, even the authorities nowadays are not THAT clean after all but that, they are accountable for

I am sorry to hear that you lost your phone. It is really painful to lose personal belonging like cell phone, which contains all the important data. If I find a cell phone like it, I would like it to return to its owner. I do not feel like keeping something, which belongs to someone else. There are all kinds of people in this world and you cannot help eliminate thieves and selfish and greedy fellows. Where there are flowers, there are thorns too.

well, i have to say that there are still a few honest people in the world. my teenaged daughter lost her cell phone and it got returned by some older people. i guess it is just how people are brought up.

Wow, that's interesting that you actually got a hold of the person and communicated with them! I don't think that would happen here. But no, if I ever found someone's obvious property like a phone or wallet, I would make sure to return it or deliver it to the police.

I have to say sorry about the phone. Also I work in my Fathers Newsagents. We get a lot of strangers coming in trying to sell stolen goods. Most of the time these goods are mobile phones, it must be a trend with theives. Now most of these goods usually can be damaged or blocked by the network. So why would they sell them on. The only other way they can make money off them is if they sell them to the online mobile phone buyers. Suppose you could say it has it's own market! Now a lot of these people have no morales to take or keep something that does not belong to you is known as a crime even hundereds of years ago!!!

I have been into this kind of situation a couple of times, on either side too. Before, I lost my phone and definitely didn't get it back. I had some sort of hope though, yet it wasn't as promising as I wished it would be. Sad to say, an experience that I had to learn the hard way. Then, during my PE class in the University, we found a phone in the locker room. My classmate and I tried to contact whoever it was that knew the owner, but after a few attempts of no answers, my classmate took out the SIM and threw it out. I was a bit disappointed. Then I suggested that we give the unit to another classmate who recently lost his phone from a hold-up. Our other classmate was shocked that we did that even though the semester just started. Sometime last year, I went to those kiosks in malls where you can purchase second hand units and probably those that you have mentioned. I went there to look for an electronic dictionary. I knew that it might be stolen since electronic dictionaries are out of place items in that scene. They are only suppose to sell cellphones after all. However, there is a chance that the owner sold it to them. Anyway, I bought one for my colleague and she is still using it up to now. Yes, this world has some weird way of how things work, but it's just how it goes. If we really want something to change, we should really start with ourselves.

Something similar like this has happen to me many years ago. My daughter was using my phone because she didnt have one. It was either stolen or lost. She is not sure. I tried calling the number but nobody answered. I called and cancelled the service. So if anyone did steal it they would have to have their own service and would cost them as much as if they had to buy a phone. Soon after that she bought a phone and replaced mine too.

Very insightful.

Hi Theresaaiza! So nice to see you again! Sorry about your phone. You actually had a conversation with the thief who took it? And they actually had the nerve to tell you that they won't give it back? That is really unbelievable and cruel! Even here in the US when someone finds a phone they're not stupid enough to answer it! The change the SIM or sell it (trade it in). I hate to say it, but there are many miserable people in the world who have no consciences and don't give a damn about anyone! It happens all the time all over the world!

Hello THeresaaiza, In my point of view, you can be wrong too WHY? because i have experience occasions of people leaving their phones behind accidentally and I manage to bring it back to them. there was one time at a jeepney where a group of people accidentally left their cool mobile Phone unattended when they also drop by to a subdivision. I manage to get it and brought it back to them, they thank me and kept looking at me but i decided to walk instead of riding a shuttle service. You're wrong because am not one of those Finders keepers, there are some still good people in this country. I was able to brought back a wallet too before this and it was years ago. but You are also right because my mom experience loosing a mobile phone from a tricycle driver, if my mom had the guts she should been aggressive to have it back. then, my brother found a phone and he never brought it back, threw away the sim, which i hated him for. that reminds me, i need to have my old phone fix so that i can bring this one instead of the Myphone that i kept bringing.

I couldn't agree with you more. Personally, I do not keep things that are not mine, simply because of the old saying...treat people as you want to be treated. So, I wouldn't want someone keeping my stuff if they found it, I would like for them to turn it in, just as I would. But you are so right, sadly enough, it is a FINDERS KEEPERS world. However, there are some still good people in the world, even the work release inmates.. like in my small community. There was a van full of inmates that were on work release for the day, picking up trash on the side of the road. My sister had lost her wallet hours earlier, and she got a phone call saying that a inmate had picked up her wallet on the side of the road and did she want to come pick it up. What had happened was someone had stole her wallet, got her credit cards and what small amount of cash she had, and had obviously thrown it out the window when done with the wallet. So the inmate pick it up and took it to the guard and told him that the person's street was only less than a 1/2 mile away from where they were at. So since my sisters number was in the wallet, the guard called my sister and explained what had happened. So my sister went to pick it up and actually talked to the inmate that turned it in, and thanked him. She asked was there anything she could do for him and he said no, but she went to the store and bought them some cold drinks and brought it back to them. So they had a real treat that hot afternoon. It just goes to show...sometimes you never know !

Just one month back, my library sir had also lost his costly mobile. But he lost that in my village. The villagers again submit that mobile in safe hands. That is the greatness of my village. I am from india. We are like here only.

Oh gosh yes and a cell phone at that, but a very new as I had gotten it the day before and the company bought it for me. $599.00 Blackberry at that. I too was at a restaurant and had it while inside as I emailed work with it while sitting there. Somewhere between the table and the door it was gone. Yikes and I am a really responsible person. As I reached the door I said huh, where is my phone so gone. I did have insurance and paid the $50 deductible so lucked out on the whole price and letting them know at work but what happened to my phone is still a mystery as according to the waiter nothing was there. Now it is attached to my like superglue as yes it was my fault and no possible way the waiter would not have seen it, I still kick myself to this date and this happened two years ago. It is unfortunate that we all live in this type of word.