Comedy of Errors (left item on plane - AA not helpful)
Jun 25, 2007, 8:06 am
#16
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Join Date: Apr 2006
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D'oh! I've never even thought about doing this despite the amount of travel that I do. Hope everyone takes a few minutes to label their portable devices today. It won't stop a dishonest person from taking stuff that you leave behind, but it will help the honest ones find you.
Jun 26, 2007, 12:56 pm
#17
Join Date: Mar 2005
Posts: 200
I got a free "stuffback" sticker when I bought something online. These are pretty cheap and claim that cell phones, laptops, etc. have a much higher rate of return when you use these (or one of their competitors). Basically, you get a fairly cheap sticker to put on your item with an 800 number, a registration number (you register your item with stuffback) and something saying "reward for return". The standard package gives the honest finder something like 20 bucks. You can up that if you want(you set that up in advance with stuffback). You can get more premium services, but this one costs very little for the stickers and claims an over 50 percent return rate. Somebody apparently surveyed "finders" and they are mostly looking for an easy way to return the item to the owner which this does.