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Left Ipad on plane.

Theophany said:
Ouch. Still, not as bad as the guy (Walt Mossberg, I think?) who chucked out his MBA with a stack of old papers and magazines!!
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I remember that and thought of immediately the first (and last!) time I set my iPad on a stack of papers. It would be pretty easy to lose because it's so flat, especially if you live with someone else who might not be as aware of it as you are.

My sister is a flight attendant and she HIGHLY recommends travelers use a brightly colored case, even if it might not be your first choice because you are much more likely to notice it. It also helps them see left items, like phones, etc., when they do their walk-through.
 
antiprotest said:
I noticed the almost, but disagreed with it, since MobileMe has other valuable uses, such as those I listed. If what is left after the "almost" is something valuable, then the almost is misused.

I find writing skills in short supply too. For example, you said, "I find reading comprehension to be in short supply...along with sarcasm." This could imply that sarcasm itself is in short supply, and not the point that I made, which was that the ability to detect sarcasm is in short supply. It is not clear whether you agreed with me but made a bad sentence, or whether you disagreed with me, so that it was an assertion to the effect that there is little sarcasm in these forums.
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Actually, I was editing my post to state sarcasm detection when you quoted me. But I could add "an over-abundance of wordsmithing zealots" to the argument at this point as well it would seem. :)
 
iSingandiDance said:
Good luck recovering it.

Most people still don't know what it is, so that should give you some hope.

I really do hope you recover it, OP.
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Most people don't know what it is it? Serious? With a million sold many people know what an iPad is today.

Any updates from the OP? Albeit shocking, boltjames has some decent advice.
 
Although most people ignore it (I do), one other potential avenue for monetary recovery of the cost of the device is via travel insurance. Depending on how you buy your ticket, you may even get travel insurance included as a service fee. Check with your booking agent or booking website. For example, Orbitz offers free travel insurance that covers some types of lost luggage (inclusive of carry-on) or damage to contents if you are at their top tiers of travel.

Just reaching but if you make enough claims you may recoup the purchase price of a replacement.

More than likely, the next passenger on that plane who sat in your seat got themselves something much nicer to read than the in-flight magazine. If the device WAS turned in to lost and found, it may have been at any number of later flights that plane took during the remainder of the day, or even the next day. You'd need to be checking all the lost and found claim centers for any airport that the plane visited after your departure.
 
NNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I believe this may have been the reaction you were looking for
 
As boltjames said. During the day. The clean staff usually just skims through the aisles and looks for obvious stuff such as napkins, items on the floors, etc.. The thorough cleaning is not usually done until the night when most airports are closed and the plane stays there till the morning, or in the event there was an accident on the plane.

1) If clean staff found it. Unlike a phone it's not something they could really just slip in their pocket. Could put in a garbage bag or so but the risk of others seeing is greater. If your aisle was clean other then fix the seatbelts I doubt they found it.

2) If not found by clean staff it will probably come down to the honesty of the person who got your seat next.
 
OneMike said:
As boltjames said. During the day. The clean staff usually just skims through the aisles and looks for obvious stuff such as napkins, items on the floors, etc.. The thorough cleaning is not usually done until the night when most airports are closed and the plane stays there till the morning, or in the event there was an accident on the plane.

1) If clean staff found it. Unlike a phone it's not something they could really just slip in their pocket. Could put in a garbage bag or so but the risk of others seeing is greater. If your aisle was clean other then fix the seatbelts I doubt they found it.

2) If not found by clean staff it will probably come down to the honesty of the person who got your seat next.
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Honesty/dishonesty of employees aside, the lost & found system on airplanes is seriously flawed and even if the most conscientious employee found it and turned it in there's a real lack of motivation on the airline's part to make the effort to get it back to you.
 
Hey Vinnie: I'm the world's worst at leaving things on the plane and I fly Continental all the time. I left a pair of Bose headphones on a flight coming back to Newark. GO IN PERSON to baggage claim (are you going back to Newark?) and speak to the Continental Customer Service reps, there's a specific place for this at baggage claim, Terminal C. Give them the date, seat # and the flight #. I've always had my stuff returned...Continental is great about this. Just don't expect any help from a phone call, I tried that before and it was pointless.

Wishing you good luck on this!
 
ReallyBigFeet said:
Actually, I was editing my post to state sarcasm detection when you quoted me. But I could add "an over-abundance of wordsmithing zealots" to the argument at this point as well it would seem. :)
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As you were the one who appealed to your own "almost," I think my insistence on precision was not out of line. Nevertheless, as being referred to one of the "wordsmithing zealots" seems harmless enough, and could be considered merely a pejorative spin on a good quality, I am happy to consider this a peaceful resolution.
 
jessica. said:
Most people don't know what it is it? Serious? With a million sold many people know what an iPad is today.

Any updates from the OP? Albeit shocking, boltjames has some decent advice.
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There are 307 million people in the US. A million is nothing.

And plus, it's called wishful thinking.

Like I said, OP I hope you recover iPad. Don't give up hope. :)
 
antiprotest said:
As you were the one who appealed to your own "almost," I think my insistence on precision was not out of line. Nevertheless, as being referred to one of the "wordsmithing zealots" seems harmless enough, and could be considered merely a pejorative spin on a good quality, I am happy to consider this a peaceful resolution.
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Haha! that was the most gentlemenly, amusing flamewar I read all week. thanks!
 
There is a feature I use on my iPhone and iPad, auto-password lock. If one obtains my devices they have unfettered access to all my contacts, calendar, email accounts etc. (I set it to lock after 5 min)

What someone may have access to is far more expensive to me than the device itself. If someone finds, they will not know it is mine to return, but after 10 invalid password attempts the device is erased.

Question to those that use MobileMe, does erasing the device remove the feature to locate remotely?

Are we a minority that returns things we find? Anything but loose cash on the street gets turned in. My five year old found a toy the other day at McDonald's and turned it in, he said someone is going to be sad they lost it.
 
jessica. said:
Kudos on reading the thread where the OP posted that he didn't have it turned on. :rolleyes:

OP, I'm not sure you can conisder this theft. It's a lost item. You don't know someone has it yet and you probably can't use the current suit as precedent because it's not yet over. That said, I'm real sorry this happened. Hopefully you can find a way to get reimbursed for it by way of insurance or something.

For anyone wondering how this can happen, that seat back pocked is big enough to hide the ipad without it being seen. In the rush to deplane there is no doubt that the ipad could be missed.
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apple considers it theft... ask the guy who found the "Lost" iPhone....
 
Zazoh said:
Question to those that use MobileMe, does erasing the device remove the feature to locate remotely?

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thankfully ive not had to do it, but I guess at that point it doesnt matter as its wiped? Unless ofcourse what your saying is that photos are not wiped, in which case you have a good point. hmmm


p.s that was sweet about your kid, made me smile.
 
Hang in there

All may not be lost. Last week from Philly to Nashville I was playing with my iPad while waiting at the gate. Called us to line up and I carefully stowed my iPad in the brief case and boarded the plane, as I got the the door I did my usual double check, MBA, iPad, and iPhone....oh ****, in remembering my iPad, I had obviously left my iPhone on the seat in the terminal. Flying Southwest with an A5 boarding number and having to return to the terminal is painful but no phone is worse. Walking back up the ramp a young lady stopped me and asked if my name was Rob. I said yes and she handed me my phone and gave me a place in line. When I asked why she didn't turn it in she said knew how to find the owner and figured the flight attendant was the best one to return it and if I hadn't been on the plane she was keeping the phone because she had identified the ICE contact and knew she could actually get it to me. Thankfully she was a wine drinker and had someone picking her up in Nashville because I damn sure bought her all she wanted :). Good luck....
 
uh my mom used to work for a cleaning business for United Airlines

and I have bad news...

those people that clean the plane after the passengers leave and find "good stuff"; they give it to their supervisors but some don't care and simply tell them to keep them...

my mom knew people that took iPhone's...cell phones...wallets...

shame but reality is you won't see it, cause they're sneaky bas*** that just keep them.
 
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