That was very nice, especially these days. I took my kids to the movies a month or so back and they knocked my Blackberry off in the theater. Some teenager took it and decided not to give it back. They used it, checked voice mail, etc. I left a message offering a $100 reward if they returned it (just before shutting of service on the phone), but they never responded. I checked the phone bill and found a number they called. After buying a new phone, the number that was called from my phone when it was stolen, called my new phone and I tried to get information on who they were trying to call. All I could get was it was some 15 year old... not a whole lot I could do.
Time before that, I lost my phone in a cab in NYC. I called the cap company and they said they would bring it by the hotel I was staying at. Needless to say, that never happened and when I called the cab company the next day, they had no record of a cabby finding the phone.
The cell phone thing is such a scam. Sure, they are cheap when you sign up for a plan, but if you lose the phone and don't have insurance (which means you end up paying the cost of a replacement phone in a few months time), they charge you outrageous prices to get a new one without adding a new line or extended your contract for many years. The whole "free phone with activation" ends up costing $200-$300 for a new phone if you lose it. Lot of BS...
Glad you didn't have that happen to you BEG!
