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Wallet stolen and trackable - what would you do?

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  • JiMMy 85 said:


    This is promising! It's been next to the Post Office for the last hour or so, so maybe it's on its way home... 
    He's not even called Jimmy! Get him!
    Not so Rich now
  • PopIcon said:
    JiMMy 85 said:
    This will probably sound insensitive but I don’t mean it to be - why have a trackable wallet and then ponder your actions when the scenario you are safeguarding against occurs?
    I have a tracker in it to see which room it is in when I can't find it, not to hunt down criminals. 
    Which room? How many wings do you have?

    Mine just shows which property it is in, before ringing rather loudly.
    I use Apple Air tags and an iPhone. When I open the FIND MY app, I tap on the thing I am looking for, then hit the FIND button it gives me an arrow and the distance to the object. I follow it, like a hi-tech game of Hot and Cold. And then I find the item. I am capable of losing my keys in a bedsit. My house does not need to be big for this to be helpful. 
  • edited December 17
    No, I didn't spend any money at all on Sunday other than a train ticket and that was before I got the cash out. 
  • Sounds like a good night @JiMMy 85  :)
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  • JohnBoyUK said:
    The airtags do give that piece of mind.

    When I'm shooting weddings, I can have 2-3 bags of kit with me and leaving them unattended is the stuff of nightmares when you start to add up the value of the kit inside.

    So invested in the tags and got the kensington lock things for them so they cant just be removed easily from the bags.  Set the tags to alert you on movement and you know when to make a runner for them.

    Also got them in my normal backpack, all our doorkeys (my wife is notorious for losing them).  We also stick them in our suitcases when travelling to make sure we know the cases are on the plane, after an incident a couple or years ago.
    That’s an interesting observation. I get the broad idea but again what could you even do once you are on the plane but don’t see your luggage as in the hold? 

    You can’t get off or do anything practical before you leave. Only be able to tell the airline on arrival your luggage appears to be at x location. I’m not sure it would give me peace of mind more than worry me for the whole flight and after whilst you still see your luggage not where it should be. Ignorance is bliss sometimes🙂

    I do get it for day to day keeping tabs on keys etc. 
  • I am glad this unfortunate episode has come to a satisfactory conclusion.
  • Redhenry said:
    Sounds like a good night @JiMMy 85  :)
    The best nights are the ones you don't pay for! 
  • Glad you got it back. I had a similar incident a few years ago when i found a wallet on a train when coming to Charlton.

    There was a business card in it and when i called turned out to be the guys mother. Sent it back and they rang to confirm it arrived. Ok cost me about 7/8 pounds to send it but the grief the other person would have had made it worth while.
    Presumably they offered to pay that and give you a bit extra? You'd like to think so anyway. 
  • JohnBoyUK said:
    The airtags do give that piece of mind.

    When I'm shooting weddings, I can have 2-3 bags of kit with me and leaving them unattended is the stuff of nightmares when you start to add up the value of the kit inside.

    So invested in the tags and got the kensington lock things for them so they cant just be removed easily from the bags.  Set the tags to alert you on movement and you know when to make a runner for them.

    Also got them in my normal backpack, all our doorkeys (my wife is notorious for losing them).  We also stick them in our suitcases when travelling to make sure we know the cases are on the plane, after an incident a couple or years ago.
    That’s an interesting observation. I get the broad idea but again what could you even do once you are on the plane but don’t see your luggage as in the hold? 

    You can’t get off or do anything practical before you leave. Only be able to tell the airline on arrival your luggage appears to be at x location. I’m not sure it would give me peace of mind more than worry me for the whole flight and after whilst you still see your luggage not where it should be. Ignorance is bliss sometimes🙂

    I do get it for day to day keeping tabs on keys etc. 
    Bags get lost, my stuff would go in the cabin baggage.
  • Talal said:
    Glad you got it back. I had a similar incident a few years ago when i found a wallet on a train when coming to Charlton.

    There was a business card in it and when i called turned out to be the guys mother. Sent it back and they rang to confirm it arrived. Ok cost me about 7/8 pounds to send it but the grief the other person would have had made it worth while.
    Presumably they offered to pay that and give you a bit extra? You'd like to think so anyway. 
    They did to be fair, but i declined and they did offer if i ever needed help in the future to contact them.
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  • I thought they didn't like airtags in baggage as they have lithium batteries. We went to the Galpogos last year, loads of flights. They said that our bags would follow us on. We waited at the carousel in Quito and up they popped. If we had not waited we wouldn't have seen them again.
  • JohnBoyUK said:
    The airtags do give that piece of mind.

    When I'm shooting weddings, I can have 2-3 bags of kit with me and leaving them unattended is the stuff of nightmares when you start to add up the value of the kit inside.

    So invested in the tags and got the kensington lock things for them so they cant just be removed easily from the bags.  Set the tags to alert you on movement and you know when to make a runner for them.

    Also got them in my normal backpack, all our doorkeys (my wife is notorious for losing them).  We also stick them in our suitcases when travelling to make sure we know the cases are on the plane, after an incident a couple or years ago.
    That’s an interesting observation. I get the broad idea but again what could you even do once you are on the plane but don’t see your luggage as in the hold? 

    You can’t get off or do anything practical before you leave. Only be able to tell the airline on arrival your luggage appears to be at x location. I’m not sure it would give me peace of mind more than worry me for the whole flight and after whilst you still see your luggage not where it should be. Ignorance is bliss sometimes🙂

    I do get it for day to day keeping tabs on keys etc. 
    Bags get lost, my stuff would go in the cabin baggage.
    I don’t know you, but reading between the lines it’s sounds like you could go in the cabin baggage as well. 
  • I Think this warrants an experiment. Go to the darts the next 5 nights drop a wallet in the crowd, and let’s see how many times it comes home. 
  • Brownie12 said:
    JohnBoyUK said:
    The airtags do give that piece of mind.

    When I'm shooting weddings, I can have 2-3 bags of kit with me and leaving them unattended is the stuff of nightmares when you start to add up the value of the kit inside.

    So invested in the tags and got the kensington lock things for them so they cant just be removed easily from the bags.  Set the tags to alert you on movement and you know when to make a runner for them.

    Also got them in my normal backpack, all our doorkeys (my wife is notorious for losing them).  We also stick them in our suitcases when travelling to make sure we know the cases are on the plane, after an incident a couple or years ago.
    That’s an interesting observation. I get the broad idea but again what could you even do once you are on the plane but don’t see your luggage as in the hold? 

    You can’t get off or do anything practical before you leave. Only be able to tell the airline on arrival your luggage appears to be at x location. I’m not sure it would give me peace of mind more than worry me for the whole flight and after whilst you still see your luggage not where it should be. Ignorance is bliss sometimes🙂

    I do get it for day to day keeping tabs on keys etc. 
    Bags get lost, my stuff would go in the cabin baggage.
    I don’t know you, but reading between the lines it’s sounds like you could go in the cabin baggage as well. 

    A cheaper ticket that way actually, although not so comfortable.
  • Brownie12 said:
    JohnBoyUK said:
    The airtags do give that piece of mind.

    When I'm shooting weddings, I can have 2-3 bags of kit with me and leaving them unattended is the stuff of nightmares when you start to add up the value of the kit inside.

    So invested in the tags and got the kensington lock things for them so they cant just be removed easily from the bags.  Set the tags to alert you on movement and you know when to make a runner for them.

    Also got them in my normal backpack, all our doorkeys (my wife is notorious for losing them).  We also stick them in our suitcases when travelling to make sure we know the cases are on the plane, after an incident a couple or years ago.
    That’s an interesting observation. I get the broad idea but again what could you even do once you are on the plane but don’t see your luggage as in the hold? 

    You can’t get off or do anything practical before you leave. Only be able to tell the airline on arrival your luggage appears to be at x location. I’m not sure it would give me peace of mind more than worry me for the whole flight and after whilst you still see your luggage not where it should be. Ignorance is bliss sometimes🙂

    I do get it for day to day keeping tabs on keys etc. 
    Bags get lost, my stuff would go in the cabin baggage.
    I don’t know you, but reading between the lines it’s sounds like you could go in the cabin baggage as well. 
    Pretty sure ryanair offer this service.
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