Bloody hell, Frank. That sucks. I hope by some twist of fate you get
it back.
I suppose the similar stories being posted aren't making you feel a
whole lot better but I'll add mine anyway.
I left a backpack containing my trusty SFXn in a supermarket trolly at
the local shopping centre. I didn't even realise it was missing until
about a half an hour later, while I was having a quiet coffee, there
was an announcement over the centre's PA system asking me to come to
the manager's office. Actually, even after the announcement it didn't
occur to me that the backpack wasn't with me. It wasn't until I
arrived at the manager's office and saw the pack that the head
slapping started.
Someone had handed in the backpack and there was a power bill (or
something similar) in it with my name on it. I was lucky - and
grateful that there was at least one honest person in the centre that
day.
Cheers
Brian
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Brian Walters
Australian Native Plants Society (Australia)
http://anpsa.org.au
Quoting knarftheria...@gmail.com:
Ok, not really lost, rather, stupidly left on a bench.
It happened a week and a half ago. I was working at the time, had
taken my camera strap off my neck and put the camera next to me
while I sat in a shopping mall checking something in my wallet. Then
my Android beeped, telling me I got a call to pick up.
As I got off the subway about fifteen minutes later that sinking
feeling hit me; no camera around my neck.
I immediately got a second call to do, so unfortunately it was
almost two hours after I left my camera before I got back to the
mall. Checked with security and all the stores near the bench (who
would have brought the camera to security - mall policy); nothing
turned in.
Checked the local lost and found ads, placed lost and found ads
myself, continued to monitor ads and security.
Nothing.
Gone.
Ok, I know the person who found it and walked away with it did
nothing illegal, but you'll never convince me that keeping that
camera was morally right. The ~right~ thing to do would have been to
turn it in to security.
They might as well have stolen it from me.
I guess what bothers me most is that they won't get much for it if
they pawn it or sell it. It's worth far more to me than it's market
value.
Even worse, what likely happened is that the finder sold it at a bar
for $20 for a few beers.
Oh well.
About 30 lost images, maybe a few good ones but no prize winners.
The 18-55mm was on it and while I'll miss it, at least it's not a
valuable lens.
And I still have my venerable *IstD.
It was a terrific camera and took wonderful images. I'll miss it.
cheers,
frank
"If the world were clear, art would not exist." -- Albert Camus
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