[Hans]

Help!!!! I have lost my phone in a taxi cab. How can I get it back? No one is answering it.

[vivek]

1. Call the Mobile-Lost-In-Taxi Hotline 662453-5678-46-8294.
2. Every phone that does NOT answer is a likely candidate of being your phone. Confiscate them all. This reduces your search space. Arrange them in a graph. Perform Dijkstra's algo.
3. Pay visit to Temple Street Triad HQ. Meet boss. Pay $7000 to find your phone and beat up taxi driver.
4. Go to the nearest police station. (AND file a report with your IMEI no.)

[KnowItAll]

On a slightly serious note.

If a passenger leaves something on the taxi, he/she can call the Police and provide it with detailed information of the lost and the contact. It is expected that the police can maintain a communication with the passenger in case they can receive the lost. Passenger can also call Road Co-op Lost & Found 24 Hours Free Hotline for Lost Property on Taxis launched by Commercial Radio 1872920 or check through taxi associations to find the lost.

http://www.qtssc.org.hk/eng/faq/faq.html

[abhi]

One of my friend lost his phone within 2-3 months of its purchase. It turns out that he bought his phone using credit card and the purchase was insured (partially i guess). I believe that the period is 1 yr after the purchase.

Also his service provider (Orange) gave him the sim free of cost and continued his plan.

Other knowledgable aboard, kindly confirm!!

[Ace]

lol...vivek....not funny........I have lost 600 USD in a taxi......so well tht does it ........

[whoever]

you might as well forget about it.
I called the Taxi Lost & Found number and a very helpful lady took down all the details...i was then asked to pay around 350 or so HKD to arrange for a broadcast.... and there is not guarantee that a taxi driver will turn in the phone....thought i will use that money to buy a new phone instead and did just that..

[shri]

True, with phones running at about $600-800 its not worth spending the money. Way too many street side hawkers buying phones without any verification of the sellers identity -- i.e. your phone can be disposed off in minutes for that extra tip.