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06/07/2006 09:49:55 AM · #1 |
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06/07/2006 10:06:42 AM · #2 |
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06/07/2006 10:09:45 AM · #3 |
yeah, those peeps got there life just ruined in a way, man every knows who they are,
that goes to show, give back what you find
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06/07/2006 10:17:00 AM · #4 |
Ive always said, what comes around, goes around, So it oays to do the right thing..
Great story.
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06/07/2006 10:26:58 AM · #5 |
| Man, that is just wild. :) |
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06/07/2006 10:35:41 AM · #6 |
Bravo to them for doing this.
I wish I could have done something like this back in 97 when my computer was stolen while returning from overseas.
When I bought my new one I tried to log onto AOL and it wouldn't let me, so I called and they said there was already someone logged onto it...they quickly canceled the accounts and refunded me all charges. I contacted the military about it telling them that someone was using my computer on AOL and they could probably just get the phone records to track them down, but nothing was ever done.
If I would have thought about it I shouldn't have had the account canceled so quickly and maybe I could have found out more about them. I really could have cared less about the computer but the data on it was irreplaceable.
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06/07/2006 10:50:37 AM · #7 |
| My mom just lost her cell phone 5 days back . She left in a cab and cabbies switched off the cell phone immediatetly . We had found cell phone couple days before. It belonged to some one from europe and when i called them, they were so happy. |
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06/07/2006 10:55:51 AM · #8 |
not a course of action i would take, but an interesting story.
Choosing to humiliate a 16 year old girl who obviously hasn't had the greatest upbringing seems a bit childish to me - even if she did find a lost cell phone and chose to keep it. |
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06/07/2006 11:07:26 AM · #9 |
Originally posted by hopper:
Choosing to humiliate a 16 year old girl who obviously hasn't had the greatest upbringing seems a bit childish to me - even if she did find a lost cell phone and chose to keep it. |
Sure enough, but this might have been what set him off when he contacted her:
Originally posted by the guy who lost the phone:
I was immediately told that my “white ass” didn’t deserve it back. |
Not the most polite 16 year old I would say.
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06/07/2006 11:14:47 AM · #10 |
| I honestly don't understand why this person has not gone to the police about the theft. Why take risks messing with people when there's another option? I'm with "hopper" on this one, immature response to the situation. |
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06/07/2006 11:14:59 AM · #11 |
Originally posted by Telehubbie:
Originally posted by hopper:
Choosing to humiliate a 16 year old girl who obviously hasn't had the greatest upbringing seems a bit childish to me - even if she did find a lost cell phone and chose to keep it. |
Sure enough, but this might have been what set him off when he contacted her:
Originally posted by the guy who lost the phone:
I was immediately told that my “white ass” didn’t deserve it back. |
Not the most polite 16 year old I would say. |
Right. I think that broadcasting her sense of entitlement using racial epithets is where she went wrong. She gave her address willingly and completely unbidden for the sole purpose of picking a fight. She's made so many wrong turns that this treatment of the situation doesn't bother me in the least. What does bother me is that the site owner doesn't seem to understand that this girl has no moral compass at all and probably never will. The "shame" is never going to happen.
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06/07/2006 11:16:28 AM · #12 |
Originally posted by KaDi:
I honestly don't understand why this person has not gone to the police about the theft. Why take risks messing with people when there's another option? I'm with "hopper" on this one, immature response to the situation. |
I think there was initially some ambiguity as to whether it could be considered stolen since it was clearly first lost, how far "finders keepers" can go, etc. I gathered that she made a report later, or is planning to do so today.
Message edited by author 2006-06-07 11:17:38.
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06/07/2006 11:19:38 AM · #13 |
Originally posted by hopper:
not a course of action i would take, but an interesting story.
Choosing to humiliate a 16 year old girl who obviously hasn't had the greatest upbringing seems a bit childish to me - even if she did find a lost cell phone and chose to keep it. |
I say you reep what you sow!! She's old enough to know right from wrong. Her upbringing is irrelevant. Everybody has the ability to make their own choice, right or wrong, and suffer the consequences based on those choices.
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06/07/2006 11:21:38 AM · #14 |
Originally posted by karmabreeze:
Originally posted by KaDi:
I honestly don't understand why this person has not gone to the police about the theft. Why take risks messing with people when there's another option? I'm with "hopper" on this one, immature response to the situation. |
I think there was initially some ambiguity as to whether it could be considered stolen since it was clearly lost. I gathered that she made a report later, or is planning to do so today. |
I don't know where the ambiguity would be. The "finder" kept something of value that doesn't belong to her and then used it to her own benefit. I don't believe in "finders keepers"--Legally, morally or ethically. Just because you find my house keys doesn't mean you can enter my house, or if I find a lost child at the Mall that I can keep it, or someone's wallet that I can use their cash and credit cards. Theft is theft no matter how it comes about. |
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06/07/2006 11:24:20 AM · #15 |
Karma, baby. Karma. (Not the beautiful woman.)
And this story is less than a day old. That's the amazing part. |
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06/07/2006 11:36:44 AM · #16 |
| I just saw another pretty funny site that was somewhat similar. Some dude had sold a broken laptop, stated as working, on ebay. The guy who got it took it apart and the hard drive was working perfectly...and contained all this guy's info - scans of his license and passport and a bunch of pictures. I should have saved it, it was a good laugh. The internet is so wonderful. |
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06/07/2006 12:21:42 PM · #17 |
Originally posted by KaDi:
I honestly don't understand why this person has not gone to the police about the theft. Why take risks messing with people when there's another option? I'm with "hopper" on this one, immature response to the situation. |
He did go to the cops, and to T-Mobile. That's what makes it so interesting. :) |
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06/07/2006 12:35:33 PM · #18 |
| I wouldn't be too worried about gettin chased by that fat guy in those pics. He prolly has problems getting up to a very high speed. |
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06/07/2006 12:44:35 PM · #19 |
Originally posted by Spazmo99:
I wouldn't be too worried about gettin chased by that fat guy in those pics. He prolly has problems getting up to a very high speed. |
I'd worry more about what he might be packing. I have no doubt I could outrun *him*, but I might not be so successful outrunning a bullet.
Although these bigotted individuals deserve what they are getting, a previous poster hit it on the head; they will not see this as *shame*, they will just see it as an attempt to mess with them. I hope the protagonist has the good sense to get the police involved ASAP. |
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06/07/2006 12:50:51 PM · #20 |
Originally posted by blemt:
Originally posted by KaDi:
I honestly don't understand why this person has not gone to the police about the theft. Why take risks messing with people when there's another option? I'm with "hopper" on this one, immature response to the situation. |
He did go to the cops, and to T-Mobile. That's what makes it so interesting. :) |
I guess I missed the pro-active statement in this portion of the text: "As for contacting the police, a NYPD officer has contacted me already (he found this link on a blog) and informed me how to handle this situation. My friend and I will stop by a police station tomorrow with the receipt and serial. Another friend at T-Mobile has already gotten us the records we need to prove that these people took the phone as well as the numbers that they called with it." It seemed to me that this person started the "payback" and "shaming" and then was contacted by NYPD and friend.
Is the story amusing? Maybe, in the sense that the "thief" apparently is stupidly revealing their crime. But, for me, the amusment ends where the vigilanteism begins. |
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06/07/2006 01:28:19 PM · #21 |
Originally posted by kirbic:
Originally posted by Spazmo99:
I wouldn't be too worried about gettin chased by that fat guy in those pics. He prolly has problems getting up to a very high speed. |
I'd worry more about what he might be packing. I have no doubt I could outrun *him*, but I might not be so successful outrunning a bullet.
Although these bigotted individuals deserve what they are getting, a previous poster hit it on the head; they will not see this as *shame*, they will just see it as an attempt to mess with them. I hope the protagonist has the good sense to get the police involved ASAP. |
As soon as he reaches for his waistband, I'd toss him a couple Krispy Kremes. He'll lose focus and go for the donuts. |
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