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Some people just suck! Trying to do good, there's always at least one IDIOT out there!

hotrod53

hotrod53

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I found a ring a little while back in a park, I posted an Ad on Craigslist that I found a ring in this park, "if you can accurately describe it and tell me roughly where you lost it, I will return it to you". Here is what I got, word for word, poor grammer and all!:

IDIOT: That is my gold ring please contact me at 724 231 9718 (and I have no problem giving out his phone number ... scumbag)

ME: Can you please give me a detailed description of the ring and where you think you may have lost it?

IDIOT: The gold ring i lost that is mine it was a gift i need it back it was a special gift

ME: I understand, but I need a description of it. What is it made of, what design is on it, is it a man's or a woman's ring? I can tell you that it is very unique and the rightful owner will have no problem describing it.

IDIOT: Yes it is a very unique womans gold ring thankyou do we really need to get into this i already notified the police that my ring was found

ME: Yes, we really do need to get into this. Sorry, your description does not match what I found. You may want to notify the police that you were mistaken.

Sorry for your loss but this ring obviously is not yours by description. I will gladly help by searching if I had a location and a description.

That was the last that I heard, some people have a lot of nerve!
 
I hate a thief and that is what he was trying to do.
 
I'd be contemplating calling the police myself.
Scamming is illegal, and you have his phone #. If he didn't file a report on it missing, and told you that he had and had been in contact with the police more than once regarding it, then they will either be able to confirm his story, or be interested in spanking a scammer.
 
I reverse looked his number and he lives at least an hour away. it was a cell number. He sent the Email from his cell phone, therefore the number is confirmed to be accurate. If I had to guess, the next step would have been "I live far away, will you mail it to me".
 
Be careful handing out any info on the ring description, I did the same thing and made the mistake of telling the person that first called to much info. 5 mins later a different number called with the correct info I had given to the first caller. Luckily the could not give more info and I denied them the ring. D-bags...
 
UT, I thought about that, he could have easily called back from another number and used any information that I provided against me. My curious side wonders what would happen if I called him, the practical side tells me to drop it.
 
hotrod53 said:
UT, I thought about that, he could have easily called back from another number and used any information that I provided against me. My curious side wonders what would happen if I called him, the practical side tells me to drop it.
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If you call him, then he'll have YOUR number. If you're not going to pursue the illegal aspect of it, let it go.
 
I think its mine I lost in Az
or was it found in NM
 
I for one would just drop it! You never know who you are messing with or what they are capable of out of desperation or whatever. Years ago when I detected heavily I went through the same crap you are going through,,,, ONCE. After that if I found a ring and it had a name in it and I could locate the owner, I returned the ring for free. If you find a ring with no name in it just keep it. More than likely the owner has already made an insurance claim. In todays world you could be robbed advertising you found a diamond ring that you wanted to return. Too risky for me. A few years back a guy was killed and robbed trying to sell a diamond ring on Craigs List. I returned two rings with names in them (one had been missing for 10 years) for free. I think asking a finders fee gives metal detectorist a bad rap overall. That is just my opinion.
 
Sorry to hear of your failed try at attempting to return something that could have real meaning to the right person. I was more fortunate. I found a small class ring in a local park that had the school name, year of graduation and persons initials. With a little research I was able to locate the young ladies mother and was able to return the ring. The interesting thing was that the mother's fear was that I was running a scam and wanted a reward. We all suffer because of the few bad ones.
 
There's no excuse for bad behavior and some people are just naturals. At least you tried and I agree that I'm surprised you only heard from one sh**bum on it. The other side of that coin (good huh?) is that you only heard from 1. That means a whole lot of people that read that decided, "hey, that's not mine, so I won't contact him".
 
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