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"Hmm... what to do?"

I found a mobile phone today - same model as my own, a Sony CMD-J70.

It was just sitting on a wall as I walked past. It doesn't have a SIM card in it, so I don't know if it's been nicked or what.

I don't know whether to hand it in to the police or get unlocked and make use of it/flog it.

If I hand it in, I don't think it stands any chance of getting back to the owner - more likely it'll get scrapped or remain unclaimed and some copper will keep it for himself.

Or I can get it unlocked (it's on the dodgy Vodafone network) and either flog it or use it for spare parts... a spare battery would be nice, and save me buying one for £30-40.

Hmm...?

Probably seeing as there's no sim card.

I know if you hand money in you can keep it if no one claims it.

Hand it into the police. I think you get to keep it if no one has claimed it after a certain amount of time don't ya?

Mr Snuggly wrote:
> I wait with glee for each one of you to have your mobile stolen.
> I'm sure when it happens, you'll all say 'well, I would have done the
> same.'

I have had mine stolen in the past - however there's a big difference between physically stealing it and finding one at the side of the road with no sim card in it.

The fact thats there's no sim card in the phone just seems plain strange to me.

As I said, if you can't live with the guilty conscience of keeping it - give it to me, I'll 'ave it.

I wait with glee for each one of you to have your mobile stolen.
I'm sure when it happens, you'll all say 'well, I would have done the same.'

*waits with glee*

Im sure people are being dishonest on here if they "don't keep it - hand it into the police, you'll have a clear concious"

Fook that -

Im sure if most poeple found say the value of the phone around - £50 lying on the side of a road your telling me they'd hand it in to the police?

Meh.

Wookie - you found it and it's up to you what you wanna do with it, if it were me i'd keep it and either use it for parts or sell it on.

Simple.

In that case you're much more of an honest person than me Sunggly.

Have to disagree with that - finding something isn't the same as nicking it.

By that reasoning, if I find a fiver fluttering down the street and don't hand it in to the police, I've effectively mugged somebody.

Starlight wrote:
> Keep it. I would. If you lost your phone, what's the odds someone
> would hand it in.
>
> Plus it has no sim card so it's probably already stolen.


So using the hypothetical reasoning that if you lost your phone no one would hand it in, that makes it okay to do the same? That's crazy.

If you don't hand it in, you've stolen someone's mobile, and that makes you a criminal. Doesn't matter if 'they wouldn't hand yours in', if you keep it, you nicked it. End of story.

Keep it. I would. If you lost your phone, what's the odds someone would hand it in.

Plus it has no sim card so it's probably already stolen.