Archive for May, 2009
Where do You Fall in the Spectrum of Honesty?
If you find something that doesn’t belong to you, do you try to get it back to the owner? Would you feel more guilty about not returning a lost item if you know how to contact the person who lost it?
Beware – Losing Cell Phone Can Lead To Extortion
I keep coming across stories where people find lost items and try to cash in by demanding money for its return. If you find a missing item, like a cell phone, it is illegal to demand cash from the owner in order for its return.
There’s a little law on the books called extortion. I don’t [...]
Lost Ring Found After 50 Years
Joyce Tindall was at a doctor’s office in 1959 when she let her one year old daughter play with her Class of 1956 Rossville High School ring. Her daughter dropped the ring in an air conditioning vent. Tindall thought she would never see the bright blue stone and gold band again.
Lost and Found Departments = Frustration
We all know that customer service at most large retail outlets from grocery stores, restaurants, drug stores, and malls usually have a lost and found area, if not an entire department.
Black Market Emerges; Data on Lost Smartphones
A recent investigation found that there is a massive black market in Nigeria for second-hand BlackBerries. Their price, suprisingly, is not based on the age or model of the phone but rather the data it contains.
Lost Luggage Lawsuit Against British Airways Cleared For Takeoff
British Airways tops the list when it comes to lost luggage. According to a class action lawsuit filed in 2007, the airline lost 23 bags per 1,000 passengers carried, about 60 percent more than the industry average and twice as bad as the worst U.S. carrier. The suit represents American passengers who flew internationally on [...]
Lost Balls a Thing of the Past With Golf GPS
Have you ever been golfing and one after another, the the balls in your bag end up all over the course. You stock up in the morning knowing that you’ll be lucky to have 2 balls left by the 18th hole. Golf balls are one of the largest quantity of lost items on earth. They are small enough that they are rarely, if ever, turned into a lost and found but they are still expensive to replace. Well, technology again has come to our rescue with a new GPS golf ball revovery system made by Radar Golf.
Air Canada To Change Course On Luggage Policy
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Think you can’t fight the big boys and win? Don’t tell that to 26-year-old Gabor Lukacs.
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The Winnipeg man convinced the Canadian Transport Agency (CTA) to agree with him that Air Canada’s policy stating they are not responsible for delayed, damaged or lost luggage was unfair, and must be changed within 90 days.
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The CTA ruling impacts [...]
Microsoft Adds ‘Lost and Found’ Features to My Phone
Microsoft has just announced that it will open up it’s beta My Phone software to the general public. It was released in February as a Beta test program. My Phone has several functions to assist users in the management of their data if the phone is lost, as well as integrated GPS functionality.
Flight 1549 Passengers Get Lost Luggage Returned
Passengers of US Airways Flight 1549 are starting to get their personal belongings back, four months after their plane ditched into New York’s Hudson River.