Got my stolen phone back!

Peetrik

Got my stolen phone back!!!

So my phone went missing out of my pocket on Saturday night at the Grand Social. Phone itself wasn't sold in Ireland, only on the orange network in the UK so fairly rare. Sunday afternoon I spot the same phone up on adverts.ie, no photos of it, the guy doesn't know if its unlocked or not, no charger. Suspicious.

So I make him a lowball offer for the phone like I'm trying to bargain him down and arrange a meeting. My good friend HammerHeadGym, legend that he is, waits ten feet away pretending not to know me but ready to step in if it all goes a bit pear shaped.

A large Arab looking gent approaches me and identifies himself as the seller. As soon as I see the phone I know its mine, same cracked case over the camera, the guy is pretty big so I give my mate the nod to come over and stand behind him and I confront him about it being my stolen phone. The guy stammers some excuse about just buying it in the club for €20 on the night, he works there, how could he have known it was stolen etc. Me and Hammerhead walk away like gunslingers into the sunset with the recovered phone

FatherLen

thank god
i was so worried for a while.

Fromthetrees

That's a cool story.

I once farted an entire plum.

My story is better.

Pj!

Did you or HammerHead report this guy to the cops?

gustafo

Peetrik wrote: »

Got my stolen phone back!!!

So my phone went missing out of my pocket on Saturday night at the Grand Social. Phone itself wasn't sold in Ireland, only on the orange network in the UK so fairly rare. Sunday afternoon I spot the same phone up on adverts.ie, no photos of it, the guy doesn't know if its unlocked or not, no charger. Suspicious.

So I make him a lowball offer for the phone like I'm trying to bargain him down and arrange a meeting. My good friend HammerHeadGym, legend that he is, waits ten feet away pretending not to know me but ready to step in if it all goes a bit pear shaped.

A large Arab looking gent approaches me and identifies himself as the seller. As soon as I see the phone I know its mine, same cracked case over the camera, the guy is pretty big so I give my mate the nod to come over and stand behind him and I confront him about it being my stolen phone. The guy stammers some excuse about just buying it in the club for €20 on the night, he works there, how could he have known it was stolen etc. Me and Hammerhead walk away like gunslingers into the sunset with the recovered phone

All i say is BULL ****

Rented Mule

Pj! wrote: »

Did you or HammerHead report this guy to the cops?

..or better yet to the 'club that he works at'.

Freddy Smelly

report that guy in the grand social for stealing or handling stolen phones and get him the sack

pc7

Pj! wrote: »

Did you or HammerHead report this guy to the cops?

Or the place he works in where it was taken from you?

Peetrik

Pj! wrote: »

Did you or HammerHead report this guy to the cops?

No, I had no way to prove the guy stole it himself I figured it would be a waste of time. I was just happy to get my phone back

Spiritual

Any chance you could track down my bike. It was a blue one stolen on December 28th 1982.

There's no rush but if you could get it back before the 28th of December it would be great as I will be able to organise a 30th reunion party. You and Hammerhead would be guests of honour.

Thanks.

joydivision

I love stories with arabs in them .

davet82

you sucked him off to get your phone back, didnt you

AEDIC

joydivision wrote: »

I love stories with arabs in them .

Arab 'looking'

AnonoBoy

Go to the Grand Social. If he does work there tell the manager he's been either stealing phones or buying stolen phones in the pub.

Peetrik

AnonoBoy wrote: »

Go to the Grand Social. If he does work there tell the manager he's been either stealing phones or buying stolen phones in the pub.

Oh I'll be reporting him alright

working fool

I lost the key to my locker at school in greystones on a school trip
It had 319 on it and had a ford keyring on it

ronjo

gustafo wrote: »

All i say is BULL ****

why why why why why???

Fair play OP

Jarren

No Bull at all

http://www.adverts.ie/search/user-640771/status_sold/type_all

Looks like George managed to acquire a few devices in a very short time.

All sold from what I can see

Congrats OP on getting your phone back

Spiritual

gustafo wrote: »

All i say is BULL ****

You are such a cynic.

MajorMax

Badly disguised "I have a friend and a phone" thread

Johnnio13

When was this grand social. I didn't get an invite!
As for George755 - should be banned from Adverts/Donedeal for selling stolen property.

phasers

story sucks, no faces were kicked

RainMaker

phasers wrote: »

story sucks, no faces were kicked

Yea Peetrik - you of all people letting us down like that! Back to MT training with you and next time we want more violence in the story!

giant_midget

If George was in his own country his hands would be missing now..

kowloon

...and I deeclayred a jeehahd on dehm.

Oink

MajorMax wrote: »

Badly disguised "I have a friend and a phone" thread

Poorly concealed "thinly veiled" comment.

SEPT 23 1989

Saw this earlier in the LGBT forum

well done lads

Mocha Joe

Did he make you ask for it back in a girls voice?

5starpool

Johnnio13 wrote: »

When was this grand social. I didn't get an invite!
As for George755 - should be banned from Adverts/Donedeal for selling stolen property.

Absolutely. OP should report him to the adverts mods.

super_furry

Bet he was Persian. Them lads aren't happy with tributes of water and earth anymore, it's all iPhones and Playstations now.

Peetrik

5starpool wrote: »

Absolutely. OP should report him to the adverts mods.

Yep already done

qz

Damn Mexicans.

Khannie

Nice work, P. The only thing that I'm upset about is that you didn't get me to go along in case it all went pear shaped.

HammerHead may be twice my size but (I have no comeback from that).

Ghandee

'Hammerhead' sounds hot....

Tell me more about him OP......

alphabeat

was this him ?

https://lh3.ggpht.com/_AxPVm5NUxzU/TNWEjD_VdyI/AAAAAAAADAE/MZ0HwUwXWWo/s1600/ABU_HAMZA_al-MASRI.jpg

razorblunt

Peetrik wrote: »

Oh I'll be reporting him alright

To the coroner's office...
YEEEEAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH

mfceiling

Pics of hammerhead or GTFO...

Jev/N

MajorMax wrote: »

Badly disguised "I have a friend and a phone" thread

Does this mean that 'thinly veiled' is now in fact banned? :pac:

Fair play BTW OP

edit: I see Oink got there (well) before me

Scioch

Peetrik wrote: »

Got my stolen phone back!!!

So my phone went missing out of my pocket on Saturday night at the Grand Social. Phone itself wasn't sold in Ireland, only on the orange network in the UK so fairly rare. Sunday afternoon I spot the same phone up on adverts.ie, no photos of it, the guy doesn't know if its unlocked or not, no charger. Suspicious.

So I make him a lowball offer for the phone like I'm trying to bargain him down and arrange a meeting. My good friend HammerHeadGym, legend that he is, waits ten feet away pretending not to know me but ready to step in if it all goes a bit pear shaped.

A large Arab looking gent approaches me and identifies himself as the seller. As soon as I see the phone I know its mine, same cracked case over the camera, the guy is pretty big so I give my mate the nod to come over and stand behind him and I confront him about it being my stolen phone. The guy stammers some excuse about just buying it in the club for €20 on the night, he works there, how could he have known it was stolen etc. Me and Hammerhead walk away like gunslingers into the sunset with the recovered phone

Why didnt you punch him in the face and say something cool like they'd have done in the movies ?

PizzamanIRL

Admit it OP, you paid the asking price on the ad to get it back.

ArtyM

I guess you caught him red orange handed!

see what I did there? orange network....



Ok. I already have my coat on.

Logical_Bear

post the link to the adverts add..AH can go troll the fuk out of him

Jarren

mfceiling wrote: »

Pics of hammerhead or GTFO...

Is the vid any good ?

http://vimeo.com/31689675

Not sure if this is the same Hammerhead we are talking about here

SHOVELLER

HammerHeadGym


:D:D

Twiki

HTC San Francisco? A very rare phone indeed.

Cee-Jay-Cee

Freddy Smelly wrote: »

report that guy in the grand social for stealing or handling stolen phones and get him the sack

Ask to check if he has a work permit

rusty_racer94

Peetrik wrote: »

A large Arab looking gent

As true as this story is, you might aswell had Osama as the main character.

Peetrik

rusty_racer94 wrote: »

As true as this story is, you might aswell had Osama as the main character.

When I said Arab I simply meant that to me (and I could well be way off) he looked like to be from Western Asia/North Africa. I wasn't referring to any specific country/religion/stereotype.