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Originally Posted by MadDog_
Interesting discussion. Two contacts in the address book? Huh? I have over 1,000.
In my experience, I've found that there are two basic kinds of people in this world; good and bad.
I've actually found 2 phones in the last 3 years. Three years ago, I found one laying in the road. I picked it up, put it in my pocket (riding my bike), and then when I got home, figured out how to get into the address book, called someone, and made arrangements for the owner to pick the phone up.
Second case was about 6 months ago, when I found a BLACKBERRY. This was before I pretty much even knew what one was. It was at work, I managed to figure out the company that it belonged to from the info I could see on the screen, and got it back to them.
NEVER thought twice about this being "found treasure," so I hope this makes me a decent person. You know what they say; what goes around comes around.
On the other hand, I LOST my cell phone about 3 years ago. Must have broken off the clip I was using. Once I figured out where I lost it, I went back looking for it, without luck. "Gee, it would be nice if someone returned the favor and returned MY phone." About three hours lapsed from the time I lost my phone until I called AT&T to have it shut off.
When I got my bill, it turns out that whoever found it had IMMEDIATELY starting making international calls (Mexico) non-stop until my service was shut off. AT&T credited all those calls, but it's a pretty sad state of affairs when people do something like that.
So, in my book, you're either good or bad.
Good = return phone or attempt to return phone.
Bad = How do I take advantage of this and keep my new toy?
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I had the same situation when I lost a cellphone. I got the 'phone shutdown within one hour, but the finder (as in your case) started making calls all over the US. I got the list and started calling all of those folks up and identified the thief. I couldn't get him arrested but he lost his job at the rental car place where I'd dropped the phone.
Also...regarding a BB, isn't the PIN a unique identifier of the instrument to that the owner could be found that way, or, alternatively, the instrument's use in either BIS or BES could be curtailed?