Honest people still exist!!!

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Scottwax

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I went out for a ride tonight, got in a good 26.5 miles on my road bike and when I got back, I realized my cell phone was missing from its case. ****. 7 miles one way of paved trails and it was getting dark. I've got a really good light on my bike (LED) so I headed back out to see if I could find it. 14 miles later, and nothing.



I get home, hoping maybe someone found it and either called my parents or found my e-mail address in my phone. I check my e-mail and one of my sons had e-mailed me to let me know some girl had found my phone and included her number. Not sure why he didn't just give her my e-mail address but whatever.



Anyway, to make a long and beautiful story short and ugly, I had to go out and find a damn pay phone (cut off my home phone long ago) and call the girl. She works nights at a local hotel but said she could meet me before she headed off to work. We meet up, I get my phone, I give her $20 reward (at first she refused it) and she heads off to work.



I've got insurance on my phone but I'd still be out $50 deductible and have to reprogram all the numbers from scratch.



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Nice story, the only thing that could have made it better was if you met up with her, she was hot, and you got it on all night long with her while she was on the clock working at her hotel. I'm glad a shady person didn't pick up your phone and ring up an enormous bill, especially considering you're in one of the border states and calls to Mexico rack up quickly.



Somehow, someone stole my identity and opened a cell phone and landline account and racked up more than $3,000 on their landline. I don't see how anyone could get a phone bill that high without calling internationally, and in my case my best guess would be they were calls to Mexico.



I'm pretty careful about who I do business with and protecting myself from fraud, so I have a feeling that whoever did this might have known me from where I used to work, where we had all access to run credit and get people's information.



To make it worse, no one seems to want to help. I got so much runaround from everyone, including my local sheriff's station. I still have to resolve these issues, but haven't had much time lately to take care of this properly. I just know that it's not as easy as I'd like it to be.
 
Honesty is contagious too. I'm glad you got your phone back. A similar incident happened to me a while back. I actually lost my wallet. I dropped it somewhere. Boy, it was a pain. Canceled my credit cards, called the places I've been to, was going to apply for a new driver's license...then I get a call from someone. He found my wallet! I met him and he said that he had picked it up where I dropped it.



The way it ended is was stuck in my mind til this day. I offered him all the money in my wallet, only about $60. He refused, and told me just remember this and do the same to another if it happens the other way.
 
BlackElantraGT said:
Nice story, the only thing that could have made it better was if you met up with her, she was hot, and you got it on all night long with her while she was on the clock working at her hotel. I'm glad a shady person didn't pick up your phone and ring up an enormous bill, especially considering you're in one of the border states and calls to Mexico rack up quickly.
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She was more towards the average range in the looks department but I probably would have romped it as a thank-you for finding my phone. That's just the kind of guy I am. :)



Considering all the obvious illegals at this park, one of them finding my phone could have turned out really bad.
 
I've got one for you. When I was in college I had about 700 dollars in cash in my wallet. I had been visting my parents, whom lived hear my college (UCF) then drove off to class. I left my wallet on my roof.



I get a call later that day from my dad who says a guy who worked for Orlando Electric and Water found my wallet on the street and brought it over to his house. I was estatic, but figured it was empty. When I got to my parents, all the money was in tact. I asked my dad if he gave the guy a reward and he said no! I tried for 3 days to locate the guy who returned my wallet but couldn't!!!!



700 dollars and not one cent touched. I still feel bad to this day, as I would have easily given the guy 100 dollars, at least!
 
TH0001 said:
I've got one for you. When I was in college I had about 700 dollars in cash in my wallet. I had been visting my parents, whom lived hear my college (UCF) then drove off to class. I left my wallet on my roof.



I get a call later that day from my dad who says a guy who worked for Orlando Electric and Water found my wallet on the street and brought it over to his house. I was estatic, but figured it was empty. When I got to my parents, all the money was in tact. I asked my dad if he gave the guy a reward and he said no! I tried for 3 days to locate the guy who returned my wallet but couldn't!!!!



700 dollars and not one cent touched. I still feel bad to this day, as I would have easily given the guy 100 dollars, at least!
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That's a sign for us. If you find a wallet with money, or anything of value, you'll know exactly what to do.
 
Man, same story with me. I rented a 350Z in San Diego and on the 3rd day I dropped my cell l behind the seat. My girl reaches for it and grabs another cell... I'm like, ***?? So I returned the car, flew back to Denver, and mailed the guy the phone paying $4.95 out of my pocket. The guy was amazed I did it.



He next next time I'm in San Fran (that's where he lives) or when he comes to Denver he will buy me a beer... I'll be waiting for it...
 
[quote name='BlackElantraGT'] I don't see how anyone could get a phone bill that high without calling internationally, and in my case my best guess would be they were calls to Mexico.

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The funniest thing is that you can get calling cards to Mexico for 2 cents a minute. Why go through all the hassle of stealing someone's identity... That must have been a pain for you. Something similar happened to a co-worker and her credit is shot now...
 
When I discovered this a few weeks back, I decided to join a credit monitoring service (they had a really good deal for $12.99 for 3 months). For the last few years, I really got lazy and didn't review my credit consistently and if I had, I would have discovered this. When I spoke to the people at the credit monitoring service, they were actually the only people I talked to that was willing to help and point me in the right direction. Their CS reps were some of the nicest people I've spoken with (and I used to work with CS reps too.) They didn't sound very surprised though that even the sheriff's station was giving me the runaround.



As an advice to anyone who cares about their identity and their credit, I highly suggest getting a credit report at least once a year to take care of inaccuracies or see if any accounts had been opened without your knowledge. I used to run thousands of credit reports on strangers but yet neglected the one person that should matter the most... myself.
 
Couple good honesty stories...

I was in San Diego for vacation a few years ago. After checking into the hotel, we decided to go out on the town for the night for some drinks and fun. We get all the way to the gas lamp district and find a bar. When I reach for my pocket to get my ID, I find nothing but a big hole! We drove all the way back to the hotel thinking our night and week was ruined as I had a few hundred dollars in there. I was also wondering how I would fly back home with no identification.



In the room, I find my wallet on the table with a note from the front desk. "Your wallet was found in the parking lot by the staff." I gave the front desk $20 and told them to give it to the guy that found it.



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Last year, we found someone's cell phone in a snow bank as we were going out to celebrate. The phone was getting text messages all night saying, "Happy New Year, Emily!" And we kept replying, "Happy New Year, but tell Emily she lost her phone. Have her call ###-####". She got her phone back, but you couldn't believe how many drunks we confused that night.

(One girl replied... "well, just call her and tell her!")
 
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