Real stories by real people spreading really goodwill. Proof that you can’t make this stuff up! Also proving there is a lot of global goodwill out there. Send us your remarkable lost and found story. Featured stories receive a free combo pack of Okoban tracker and luggage tags, with our compliments. To submit your story [...]
Oops! iForgot My New iPad on the Plane; Now What?
We found this terrific Wall Street Journal article about how many iPads and Kindles are left in airplane seat pockets and the problem the airlines have returning these valuables. After 30 days, the airlines sell the lost items as salvage. Now, your secure Okoban tag allows the finder to contact you immediately, notifying you that your item [...]
iPad found me at airport
“Our flight arrived in Chicago late. I was traveling with my two young children with all of the expected paraphernalia (stroller, carry-on luggage, books). With all of the activities of exiting the aircraft, gathering up all of our stuff, my daughter left our iPad in the seat pocket of the airplane. We left the airplane [...]
My lost passport found me in Germany!
I was traveling through Germany with some friends from school. We had stopped at a café and then hopped on a bus to our next stop. While I was on the bus, I checked my email. I was shocked to see an email from Okoban saying that my passport had been found. I thought for [...]
Travel with Okoban tags on EVERYTHING!
“I lost a suitcase years ago and it made my business trip miserable. I know now to put Okoban on EVERYTHING! Such a small cost for peace of mind.” Ken Gritter Waco, TX
“Airport Insecurity: The Case of Missing & Lost Laptops”, Ponemon Institute, Dell, 2008
Airport Insecurity: The Case of Missing & Lost Laptops
Saskatchewan Bird Finds Camera Lost Eight Months
Saskatchewan resident Karen Gwillim found and returned a camera that she recovered from a bird and returned it to a Saskatoon man who had lost the camera eight months earlier. She found the owner by publishing the photos from the camera’s memory card in local news media. As for the bird, Ms. Gwillim reported that [...]
NYC Taxi Driver Delivers Lost Gear to Filmmaker – Good People Doing the Right Thing (A Video)
NYC filmmaker Casey Neistat tells a beautiful personal lost and found story, successfully recovering his filmmaking gear after leaving it in a NYC taxicab. A testimonial to “good people doing the right thing”. http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/25/opinion/taxi-lost-and-found.html
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