Submitted by ModelloVirus t3_yovfwr in nyc
It looks like your whole life is in the bag. I wouldnt want you to have a bad start to your week so I'll return it. Initials S.P if you by chance see this i got you.
Edit: Got in contact with the owner, arranged a meet up. Lets go! Will update on successful return.
Was returned to the owner, she was happy.
Lol holy shit that’s right near me.
I lost my backpack with my laptop and hard drives in a cab back in the day. My whole life was in it. Some one found it in midtown. I went to their office and one of their juniors brought it out. Wouldn’t take my money. Some people are awesome.
Many years ago, pre-Cell phone, pre-internet, I was working my company's booth at the CES Show in Las Vegas, and somebody left their wallet behind. I took it back to my room amd found his driver's license. I called the operator in his hometown and asked for his name. They didn't have a listing for him, but they had a woman. Hoping it was a relative, I had them connect me.
It turned out to be his mother. I asked her to contact him at his hotel, and tell him to come to our booth the next day and I'd have his wallet.
He showed up, and was hugely grateful that I had his wallet. Imagine being at a big conference like that with no wallet, no money, no credit cards, no ID? What a disaster. He wanted to give me $50, but I refused it, so he threw it at me and ran out of my booth.
I gambled it away on slot machines.
Now I’m just trying to imagine a pre-cell phone era CES
It was all audiophile stereo equipment, the beginning of home video games, and porn stars.
I remember the year they introduced Karaoke, and they had someone singing karaoke in the booth all weekend. I passed that booth on Sunday, when everyone was really exhausted from 4 days of working their busy booth, followed by staying out most of the night partying in Vegas. There was a guy dressed like Billy Idol (he'd been alternating with a woman singer), and he was slumped on a stool, barely able to mutter the words to White Wedding in a monotone. I thought Karaoke was stupid, and would NEVER catch on.
You’re a good person. That’s so nice of you.
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I lost my wallet a few months back that I've had for years, so naturally a bunch of shit jn there. Thankfully I was able to shut off my card, but I'm salty cuz when I've found phones and what not I always got them back to its owner.
I dropped my wallet a block from my apartment and the guy texted me being like “did you lose something”
Found my phone # off a dry cleaners receipt and decided to play some shitty joke on me. Thought it was spam so told him to F off after the 3 vague message of him asking maybe I should check my place to see if I lost something. He flipped out and said I shouldn’t lose my wallet like an idiot. Was kind enough to to return it to the dry cleaners tho
Oh, i had my wallet stolen years ago with my green card in it. Took me forever to get a new one. Since then I only carry a copy of it with me. Hope it goes smoothly for you.
Oh yeah no problem. Citizenship oath ceremony pending.
That is so incredibly close to me that I'm anxious!
Someone stole my CC for OnlyFans too. Thieves are getting real horny.
That's where they live. That's all residential on that block
Waaay back in 1985, I left my wallet at a concession stand on the Coney Island boardwalk. About six months later, I got a bigish envelope in the mail with the contents of my wallet wrapped in a rubber band, minus my cash.
I had no driver’s license or credit cards at the time, and I can’t remember what was in there that had my address on it.
It’s one of the weirdest things that’s happened to me.
That sucks. Doesn't it take hundreds of dollars and time to get it replaced?
Phone calls waiting 45 mins in line, in person appointments at an inconvenient time, and 9 months. And some $500. It took months just to get a stamp in my passport and then showing up at 7am to plead my case so I could travel. Friendly staff, but this is the most underfunded govt agency.
If there is an ID inside you might try searching social media to find the person.
Thanks for being a good person and trying to reunite the bag with its owner!
Already reached out to 3 different person with same name on facebook.
Bank cards? if you go to the bank and turn it in they will return it to the person. Gym membership card? pharmacy? phone? all places with membership cards can contact them for you and if their phone is on use siri and say call mom or dad to try it out
I recently found someone’s wallet and called Chase, bc they had chase cards. Chase was able to freeze all accounts but could not/refused to contact the owner. I had to find the owner myself. It was mildly infuriating.
I found a wallet with a fancy high credit limit Amex card…they thanked me profusely for reporting it, took my info and contacted owner.
they don't even go broke like the rest of us.
Amex 1, Chase 0
The “concierge service” is basically Amex’s biggest differentiator at this point, they lean on it a lot
Dam that suckst. ive always heard you can return wallets to financial institutions but never had to do it myself
Return wallets to the post office. They have an entire office dedicated to getting lost IDs back to the owner.
This happened to me too, with some other bank. The rep just kept saying "no one wants to meet up with people right now in person". This was a few months ago. So fucking stupid,
I assure you sir even in the height of 1st Covid I would have licked a stranger to get my wallet back! Jeez
You could always wear a condom on your tongue.
Same thing with me. I found a wallet full of money in the Chase bank lobby. Obviously had been dropped by someone at the ATM. Saw the Chase bank card and and out of state driver's license so brought it in to the banker so they could contact the owner. She acted like I was handing her a basket of snakes.
I hope they actually made the good faith effort to reach the poor woman.
I thought Siri only listens for the owner’s voice.
thats for the hey siri hands free way but anyone can press the button and use siri.
I tracked someone down with their doctors card. The doctor called them for me and told them if they want their wallet to call me. Worked well.
I lost my wallet on the UWS and the person then called Amex, who contacted me. Met him and got it. I didn’t even know I had dropped my wallet!
Holy shit! You found Sarah Plain’s bag??
Plain Sarah 🤣
Reach out the bank belonging to the credit cards. They’ll be able to probably be the most effective at getting ahold of them.
Kudos to you! Thank you for being a decent human being.
How much was in it ?
Police do better at tracking people did you try that?
Lol the police in NYC ain’t gonna waste their time with that.
too busy playing candy crush and complaining that no one respects them anymore lol
That's how I got my backpack with expensive stuff and my wallet with 750 dollar cash.
Color me surprised. The police found you and returned it to you?
My business card was in my wallet so a detective called my phone and got the news !! I was very very surprised 😯
I met him at union square station and everything was there. I lost my bag while riding a yellow cab and rushed out too fast while on the phone with my sister getting the news that my friend died from Colon cancer.
I found some girl's keys on the street once, called her ballet school from a tag she had, then called her mom and her mom said she was robbed. Then a NYPD detective called me and asked for more details about where I found the keys so it's not a bad idea to contact them.
sounds like a terrible experience tbh
How to become a prime suspect 101
Lmao you couldn’t pay the NYPD to give a shit about something like this.
Ha! I found a wallet on the train and gave it to a cop. The face he made. It was like I ruined his whole day. Now I wonder if the person ever got it back. I would have been better off throwing it into a mailbox.
Now that mailboxes only have narrow slits, I’m not sure what’s the best way to do it.
Last time I brought a lost wallet into a precinct they told me I should've just left it where I found it because "now the owner won't be able to come back and find it"... how fucking stupid and lazy is that?
Like on the off chance they didn't just drop it without realizing it and know exactly where they left it (which was on a random sidewalk), AND it doesn't get picked up by some other person who just steals it, MAYBE there's a tiny chance they're on their way to pick it up right now and now they won't get it because I picked it up... okay, yeah sure.
Or you could just look them up in your system and call them to come pick it up from their precinct.
The police returned my wallet to me last year. I had dropped it and some lady picked it up.
If you have their address, their phone number should be online
No, you can take it to the police and they will do it.
I wouldn’t trust Nypd in getting it done in a timely matter. The same if you find a wallet on the subway and turn it into the mta lost and found.
It happened to me. I lost my wallet, someone turned it in. They called me within about 90 minutes. Could’ve had it back that day, but I’d already left the area. Randomly asking on Reddit is not the way, lol.
The MTA is not the police, btw. But there are transit subway police, which would be fine for a wallet.
I have found ppls important belongs before and tried to move mountains to get it back to them. PSA: do yourself a favor and put your phone number in your wallet/bag/backpack/whatever. Make sure your ID address is current.
once got a guys wallet back to him by calling the business card of a pharmacy he had and asking if he was a regular.
Someone called my dentist on an appt card in my wallet and was able to return it w over $800 still in it 😭 I cried throughout the whole dentist appt and he kept having to wipe my tears lol
Awww hugs. Can only imagine what this feels like.
I almost didn’t go to the dentist appt bc I was up all night crying/freaking out about how I was going to pay rent without that money and I looked a mess 😂 so glad I did and forever grateful to the honest young man who picked it up
The phone number on your bag is a good tip. I have a wristlet/wallet that i take everywhere and my keys are clipped to it on a carabiner. After my dog died last summer I clipped his dog tag with my phone number onto the carabiner as well—two birds with one stone, i can commemorate him and hopefully someone will call me if they find my wallet and keys.
If you bring the bag to a Prada store each bag is registered with the purchaser and they can return the bag to the buyer.
Not if it was bought from Frada
nor if it was bought with a Frittata
Not if it was bought by a Britta
Oh, Britta's in this?
How else supposed to carry bagels?😂
Frauda*
Canal street’s frauda frada fake
Wow.
That’s really nice of you, same thing happened to my wife. The person was so kind and mailed it to us since her ID was in there
Some people do kick ass. My wife lost her pocketbook, couldn't figure out where or how she lost it. Some dude writes her on Facebook, tells her to go to the Target lost & found. He even took a photo of the cash he found in it, so that the clerk working at the lost & found wouldn't try to steal it (he even told the clerk this).
Oh man, hopping in the wholesome NYC story time. I must have dropped my wallet right outside my car one day after parking and going into work. It was a late day at work. When I finally got out to my car, there was a note on my windshield that said if you lost a wallet, call/text this number. It was actually a bus driver who noticed it when he stopped, and went out of his way to pick it up and leave a note. He was just leaving his bus at the depo in Manhattan but actually lived not too far from me in Queens (Bayside to Flushing). I was sooo lucky and relieved.
good in humanity still exists💗
ID probably has the persons address on it right?
Only id is a passport
omg this poor soul
I was about to say, Jesus Christ. So glad OP got in contact with them
A passport is all you need to identify a person and get it back to them.
Is it a US Passport?
Yup US
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Passports dont have addresses.
you might be able to take the passport to a post office to get contact info from the owner
US Passports have a space to update your address in pencil. I believe it's one of the last pages but will have to check mine when I'm home later.
My passport is my primary ID and I do not have my address in it, I assume most folks are the same.
I’m almost out of passport pages and never noticed the address field
Why is that? Look into IDNYC if you can't get a regular license. Easier to replace but not valid for travel.
Whats wrong with using your passport as an ID? I technically have a non-drivers ID but it's in my maiden name.
It just a pain to get it replaced, no? The regular ID can be issues by mail if stolen. The passport still requires a site visit - Mine leaves home only when necessary.
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As someone who has lost their bag with their whole life in it before - you’re a gem of a human.
that's super nice of you!
Please update us when you get it back to them!
If only everyone was like you, my husband just lost his wallet that I had gifted him for his first Father's Day. Dropped it when he got out the car and didn't realize till way after. It was a Gucci wallet with his initials in them. Wish the person that found it could've returned it...
If he just lost it, maybe someone dropped it in a mailbox and it's in the way back to you. One can hope.
So nice! I lost my wallet last week with my whole life in it and someone kept it ☹️
Same here. They could have kept the $ just give me back the rest
Are there any library cards, credit cards, memberships, etc that you can reach out to who would have their phone number or address?
Imagine it belongs Sarah Jessica Parker but she was trying to be v casual/inconspicuous with the “SJ”monogram.
Wait so this worked ? you posted here and someone knows someone who knows someone who knows the owner and they linked you up to them.
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This internet stuff is amazing
Lost my wallet. Next day while retracing my steps the person who found my wallet recognized me from my license photo. She was going to drop it in mail but luckily didn’t bc I’d moved. Broadway in Astoria. Good people are everywhere.
My wallet fell out of my pocket on the LIRR once. Some dude found me on Facebook and returned it. Praise Good Samaritans!
i dropped a few hundred bucks a couple months ago as i was walking out the subway station, guy behind me literally punched me in the shoulder called me a dick and handed it to me, took me a second to figure out what happened, i didnt even get a chance to say thanks, thanks dude, i owe you a street lunch at the least :)
You’re awesome. Hit up HONY and see if they’ll post it in their stories.
If their debit or credit card is there you can take it to a bank and they can contact them
Look for the bank cards, take the bag to that bank. The tellers should let you drop it off and they can contact the customer.
You're a good person
Check instagram too if you haven’t already
If you call one of their credit card companies, usually they'll reach out to the owner
Is this real? Must be nice. I've lost my wallet a few times over the years and have never had anyone return anything to me. A big 'thank you' to you OP for being so kind.
You are a very good New Yorker working to get this back to them! 💙
you're awesome OP! so glad this worked and you found the owner!
Take my free award!
Your a great person
No one returned my lost wallet. Thanks for being a nice person.
Probably a tourist if she kept everything in one bag, so you’ll definitely have a hard time finding her. If you hand it to the police, it’ll stay at the station until she somehow knows to go there to pick it up.
This is incredible of you!
People like you give me hope
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Once I found a brand new camera lens at photo expo years ago. Someone forgot to pick it up after visiting another booth. It's so tempting for me to keep it because it'll work for my camera. But i went to the Tamron booth where it was originally purchased by the owner. The receipt was still there too. I hope they reached out to the owner and give it back. I believe in Karma. Well done OP. God bless!
I lost my wallet with all my ID and cards. It took so much time to fix!
You’re a good person. I left my small purse in a cab once with my life in it - so, not much - but two forms of ID and my cards, phone. Assholes didn’t even bother to return the ID… I mean, just drop it in a mailbox, you piece of shit.
I returned 4 wallets while working in nyc. One was a foreign diplomats during UN week. Always returned anonymously and no return address. Why? I have lost my wallet numerous times. I just want my wallet back.
Glad you found who it belonged to!
You are a good person. Good for you. And forget about asking for thanks - a good deed is its own reward.
My kids found a cell phone while sledding on a hill in the park. They brought it home and I put it in a bag of rice. Once it was dried out and charged, we were able to contact “mom” and she came to pick it up—very grateful and insisted on giving the kids $20 for being good people. 🥰
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you are amazing I would award you but, one I am poor two, I have no awards to give.
Found a wallet outside a sleazy hot-sheet motel in VA, where our truck had broken down. Called the owner at home, got his spouse. When he came to pick up the wallet it was pretty easy to convince him to pay for our room in return for not having told his wife that we found it at that motel. Cheaper than a divorce lawyer, I guess.
idk why youre getting downvoted this is hilarious
this post was extremely unnecessary
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Thanks. I wish the person who found my wallet in Midtown had turned it in. Instead, I got to watch it travel on the MTA to 23-22 31st Ave, Queens, where it was used to purchase $100 in OnlyFans credit (rejected - glad Visa's model thinks I wouldn't do that). I had, and continue to have, grief because I stupidly lost my green card with the wallet. OP, you're doing a good thing.