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Should I keep this iPhone? (story)

Now everybody is saying "Keep It" because of the way the person acted? :confused:

Money has no feelings……his money was spent on it. You don't agree with any of his actions or how he talks…he might not agree with any of your actions or how you talk…..thats life.

Stop being judgmental on people YOU do not know. This doesn't give you a right to keep his stuff.
 
I'd do the donate to charity thing.

Wipe it clean, remove the sim and donate it. Brownie points for you, bad karma for ****** and it can't come back and bite you in the hiney.
 
Unfortunately the "right" thing to do would be to turn it in to the police or bus lost and found.

However, if i lost my phone, my first message to the person who took my phone would not be so vulgar and mean. The last thing you want to do is piss off the person who found it for you.

So think of this situation, perhaps you were in the same situation, but left the phone.

The next person that gets on the bus gets on and finds the phone and decides to hang on to it like you, but doesn't know the guy is a d-bag, so they think, oh i'll just wait for a text or something and be nice and return it.

And he still would have sent the same text, if i had just randomly found a phone and that was the first text i got back as the person's way of "asking" for their phone back, i'd be much more reluctant to give it back directly if at all.

My vote was for keeping it.
 
I voted "No" on the "Give it back?" question, but I would also vote "No" on a "Keep it?" question.

You owe this ****** no favors. But it's not your phone, if you keep it you're stealing. Erase all data and settings, remove the SIM, and drop the phone in a charity box.
 
Im not sure how i would react in this situation, to be honest as has been pointed out your moral fibre is telling you one thing, and in reality you are probably subconcioussly embelishing on the facts to try and justify keeping it.

If what you said was completely true, then i personally would wipe it, jailbreak it and flog it on ebay or to a friend having disposed of the sim, or perhaps as has been suggested i would first take the sim out and give it in to a local police station and claim it after the 90 day period.

Call me a scumbag or think what you like of me, it matters not, i am a good person and a strong believer in karma, people with racist, homophobic or sexist views or who dont respect the elderly and use foul language in a public place deserve a hell of a lot worse than having to file an insurance claim on a lost iphone.
 
I'm going to throw my hat into the "give it to the police" ring as well. That way you're not assuring that he gets it back, and you may get to keep it legally. You've "done your part", but you haven't catered to the needs of a total jerk. Seems like a win/win if you go that route.
 
@OP: Just because the guy is a functionally anencephalic buffoon doesn't clear you of the crime of theft. If the phone is tracked down and you're caught with it, you will be arrested and possibly convicted. Nobody needs that in their life. Just return the phone to a police station.

Mind you, I'd be tempted turn the phone to a police station in an inner city ethnic minority neighborhood where the local people don't tolerate racist cr@p. :)
 
I am absolutely appalled by this forum.

There are way too many people telling OP (a stranger on an internet forum) to keep someone else's phone based on the one-sided conversations/interactions he overheard on a bus ride.

It is uncontested that the OP found some guys phone and has kept it despite knowing who the owner is. What is contested is what he overheard, the context of the situation and what is being relayed to us from his memory.

Legally: absolutely illegal for you to not return it to he owner/police.
This is a simple case of conversion of chattel. That property belongs to him, no matter how big a jerk he is.

But the thing is, no one here, even you, know who he really is simply based on how YOU perceived him from that time you spent on a bus with him.

Morally: That's up to you. Sure it's slightly better if everything you say is true, but it is still not right. The thing is we have no idea if what anything you are saying is true or not. I am not calling you a liar. I am not saying what you relay is untrue. All I am saying is for other people on here to just believe everything you say as 100% accurate, and to tell you to keep someone else's phone based on that unreliable and circumstantial information is crazy.

Really guys? From voting down anything related to Android (even the legitimate posts where people are just asking fair questions) to telling someone to break the law just because OP told you a story?

:rolleyes:
 
Those Saying keeping it makes you a thief and then suggesting to drop it into charity, doh that's still stealing.
 
Zxxv said:
Just like dishing out a beating to a bad guy. No bad karma in that. Sometimes we are the instruments of retribution.
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Just wow.. I find this disturbing on many levels. With an attitude like that I would place you squarely with the guy that lost his iPhone.

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SidewaysTakumi said:
I'd do the donate to charity thing.

Wipe it clean, remove the sim and donate it. Brownie points for you, bad karma for ****** and it can't come back and bite you in the hiney.
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How is it brownie points to donate stolen goods to a charity? they can still get into trouble for receiving stolen goods, charity or not. Giving something that you didn't work for away to someone else doesn't give you brownie points, there is no effort behind it, no sacrifice on your part. And can't come back to bite? the UK has the most cctv cameras per capita in the world, there is probably a full on recording of him picking up the phone on the bus.
 
For the ***** and giggles OP, turn it in a police station in a nieghborhood where there is loads of diversity and old people.

He can be culturally enriched when he picks up his iPhone.

That will probably set him straight.
 
TuiSong said:
Just wow.. I find this disturbing on many levels. With an attitude like that I would place you squarely with the guy that lost his iPhone.

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Disturbing oh my sides are splitting. You need to toughen up.
Sounds like you live in a monestry

So you don't believe in courts who dish out retribution? Is it ok for Them to do it for you?

And What's the difference if they do it or you do it?

I guess you wouldn't fight to save your own life either. You'd expect someone else to do it for you. Hmm
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Zxxv said:
So you don't believe in courts who dish out retribution? Is it ok for Them to do it for you?

And What's the difference if they do it or you do it?

I guess you wouldn't fight to save your own life either. You'd expect someone else to do it for you. Hmm
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I believe in courts where people who are not directly involved, emotionally, in a situation can listen to evidence and make a judgement and then set out punishment based on well established laws. and the whole proceedings are regulated. If you can't see the difference between that and a back alley beating up of someone you 'think' has slighted you or done you wrong in some way, then we really do have some serious issues going on

Wouldn't fight to save my own life? wow that is kind of a far leap, not really worth responding to that.
 
Even though he appears to be a very poor human being, you have no right keeping the phone. Return it. Probably easiest to return it to your closest police station.
 
Give it back to him. He sounded like a dick, but that doesn't justify you stealing his phone. Be the better man OP
 
TuiSong said:
I believe in courts where people who are not directly involved, emotionally, in a situation can listen to evidence and make a judgement and then set out punishment based on well established laws. and the whole proceedings are regulated. If you can't see the difference between that and a back alley beating up of someone you 'think' has slighted you or done you wrong in some way, then we really do have some serious issues going on

Wouldn't fight to save my own life? wow that is kind of a far leap, not really worth responding to that.
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From here it's you with the seriuos issues mate. But hey ho on with life. I see no reason to discuss any further with you as I keep good company :)
 
I vote for give it back, however, I would take the time to put a long passcode on the phone. That would require the owner to have to restore the phone and lose everything he had on it....That would give you some satisfaction.
 
Anyone remember dances with wolves where he looses his hat

John Dunbar: [at the celebration of the buffalo feast, noticing a big Sioux man has his Lieutenant's hat] That's my hat... that's my hat!
Big Warrior: [in Lakota, as all becomes quiet in the tent] I found it on the prarie. It's mine.
Wind In His Hair: [stands up, in Lakota] The hat belongs to Lieutenant.
Big Warrior: He left it on the prarie. He didn't want it.
Wind In His Hair: Well, you can see he wants it now. We all know it's a soldier hat. We all know who wears it. If you want to keep it, that's fine. But give something for it.
[the Sioux takes his knife and sheath off his belt and gives it to Dunbar]
Wind In His Hair: [in English, to Dunbar] Good... trade!
 
I'm also in the "turn it into the police" camp too.

Although if you happen to "accidentally" trip & the phone happens to "accidentally" fly out of your hand onto the pavement on your trip there...whoops! ;)
 
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