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lost wallet

#21
Aberdumbie said:
I am completely with @Munjibunga on this one. In fact there are far more decent and honest people than otherwise. They are typically not as vocal so they seem to be in minority. Retrace your steps. Talk to the local authority. Some good soul may have already left it with a policeman.
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I went to 2 police stations in the area and searched on the streets for one mile with my bike. Also looked inside the waste containers hopping that someone just took the money and got rid of the wallet.
I will wait for 2 days (as advised in the police station) and then I start all the procedures for new papers and cards.
 
#24
nutdog said:
I'd cancel the cards asap.
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I did this about an hour later, when I realized my wallet is gone. I hope during this one hour they didn't do any withdrawal from a cash machine. (although I don't write the secret 4-digit in the card
I'm worried because I have no idea if there is a way to crack it)
 
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#25
tzohn said:
I did this about an hour later, when I realized my wallet is gone. I hope during this one hour they didn't do any withdrawal from a cash machine. (although I don't write the secret 4-digit on the card
I'm worried because I have no idea if there is a way to crack it)
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Naw, it'll be fine as long as you alerted the proper institutions asap. Looking in garbage cans was a good idea ... the common wallet finder who doesn't give it back is likely only interested in the cash. Going for more than that multiplies their risk of being caught, and messing with bank accounts or ID theft is a serious offense.
 
#26
catcauphonic said:
Naw, it'll be fine as long as you alerted the proper institutions asap. Looking in garbage cans was a good idea ... the common wallet finder who doesn't give it back is likely only interested in the cash. Going for more than that multiplies their risk of being caught, and messing with bank accounts or ID theft is a serious offense.
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In an effort to forget about the wallet, I was thinking that the title "a common wallet finder" could be a great song.
 
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#27
A while back I left my ipad in a Starbucks. I drove off and within a minute of leaving realized I'd left it there. I was in a total panic: Not over the ipad itself, but all the "stuff" on it. It was passcode protected, but still... Went back to the Starbucks, and luckily another customer had turned it over to the store manager, who knew me as a frequent customer. The finder was still there. I thanked her profusely for her good deed.
 
#28
Ironically, about 3 weeks ago, I get a knock on my door at about 9:30 at night. Open it up, and there's a young lady standing there with my wallet.
It must have fallen out of my pocket when I picked a pizza up.

I didn't have any cash in it to steal, but the cost and hassle of replacing ID and credit cards is huge.
And she went out of her way to bring it back.
Karma shall be repaid.
 
#30
tzohn said:
This morning an unknown left my wallet outside my door. Nobody saw him/her. Everything was in there except the cash but anyway I consider myself VERY lucky now.
Thank you all for posting.
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And the goodness of humanity is confirmed!! Great to hear this news!..... As some have suggested, it still may be a good idea to cancel and replace your cards.
 
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#32
You just don't know. I found someone's wallet in the street, got their contact info of their driver's license and returned it that evening, intact.

A coworker accidentally left her Dayrunner (remember those days) behind the security desk in our building. It had a bank slip in it. Someone who worked for security made a false ID badge, walked into her bank, and tried to clean out her bank account. My coworker testified at the security guard's criminal trial.
 
#33
I am very fortunate to live in a nice little country neighborhood. Many of the people who walk down the streets are retired ladies exercising. If any of them found it, not only would it be returned, but they would probably bring a tin of cookies over when they brought it back.

That being said, we are sandwiched in between a not-so-nice neighborhood and a gas station out on the highway. People from that neighborhood use our neighborhood as a cut through to get to the store on foot about a mile away. If one of them found it, I would be screwed.

Half a dozen times I have been stopped in my yard by some of these people. They will say "Hey man. I'm in a bind. My truck ran out of gas around the corner and I need $20 to run up to the store and get a gas can and some gas." I always offer to take them back to their truck with my gas can full of 5 gallons of gas to get them going....for free. They just get mad and storm off. One guy was clearly sunburned. His skin was blazing red. I offered him some water and even some sunblock or an old white dress shirt I had on my tractor to cover himself. (I don't wear dress shirts much any more and they make great lightweight yard work shirts.) He actually became offended that I had offered him anything other than cash money. Oy.

Anyway, to stay on point.... It's a crapshoot. If someone who lives in my neighborhood found the wallet I would be fine. If someone cutting through my neighborhood found it I would be hosed.
 
#35
I did some sort of root cause analysis (I am exaggerating a bit) and now I have to find a completely new "system" of carrying all the stuff I need with me. Its a little bit difficult to find a perfect solution because
I only ride motorcycle and comfort & safety make things more complicated. It really is a crapshoot no matter where you live, there is just a small variation in the possibilities.
But the positive is that indeed, the goodness is a real thing.
 
#36
tzohn said:
This morning an unknown left my wallet outside my door. Nobody saw him/her. Everything was in there except the cash but anyway I consider myself VERY lucky now.
Thank you all for posting.
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Just found this thread. I'm amused at the early posters who predicted you wouldn't get it back, glad you did and they were wrong. Would've been nice if the cash were returned too, were I the finder it would have been.
 
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#37
It's amazing that this thread came up, as I lost my wallet last saturday at the fireworks 2 towns over.

In retrospect it looks like I had it on the car door and it must have fallen into the road.

Literally hundreds of people walked by where i parked.

I realized I dropped it, looked all over for it, went back at 530 AM and looked through the bushes etc.

When I got back, still no one had tried to use any of my cards (there was no cash, its a money clip wallet.) I called the cops and they told me evidence was closed until Tuesday. I cancelled all of the cards.

Tuesday I called and no one had turned it in.

Wednesday I went to get the mail and inside was a priority mail envelope with my wallet, my ID, my library card which I memorized, my kids insurance cards, etc.

Someone sent it back to me anonymously, cost $6.45.

I wish I knew who it was so I could thank them.
 
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#39
My wife was stuck in a layover at some crappy airport a couple of years ago and suddenly found her wallet missing. She re-traced her steps, etc, but nothing turned up. Whether it was lifted or misplaced, someone could have saved her a lot of trouble by tossing it into a mailbox or abandoning it at a ticket counter once they stole the cash.

OP, I'm really glad you got your wallet back. I checked my pocket at least once while reading this thread.
 
#40
Your wife was very unlucky because I guess at places like airports where there is almost 100% cctv coverage, one wouldn't risk to pick it up without the intention to return it.
It was the first time I lost something like wallet, keys etc and now I understand someones frustration when this happens.
Ironically just a couple of days before I loose my wallet I was saying to a friend how things have changed. 20 years ago, men usually would only carry cash in one pocket,
2-3 keys in the other pocket and maybe an ID or driving licence. Today we carry everything, wallet with credit cards, memory sticks, mobile phones, phone batt. charger, pocket camera,
utility folding knife, sunglasses, kleenex pocket packs and who knows what else that we forget it's inside our bags.
 

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