Been there, done that. A bench in a lovely garden spot in a mall in Cancun. Mega bummer! I feel your pain ( as in the pain from repeatedly hitting yourself in the forehead.)
stan Sent from my iPad On Oct 23, 2012, at 10:20 PM, "knarftheria...@gmail.com" <knarftheria...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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 > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
