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Cards stolen from wallet, to report?

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  • 17-04-2020 7:10pm
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    fantastic98
    Registered Users Posts: 313 ✭✭


    Hi. My wallet was stolen on bus. I went to the bus station and it was handed in minus my cards. They took my name and phone no. but am worried, that if they catch the person, that they may want me to press charges. I don't want to do that as I'm from a small town and my second name stands out so as to be easily identifiable. Any info appreciated...


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    hullaballoo
    Administrators, Entertainment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 18,719 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭hullaballoo


    Hi OP, your post is a bit difficult to follow but the thread title as it was was utterly meaningless so I have updated it so people might have some inkling what it is about.


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    #3
    Victor
    Registered Users Posts: 78,335 ✭✭✭✭Victor


    You really need to tell your bank that the cards have been stolen, otherwise you will be stuck for the cost of anything the thieves buy.


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    Lmklad
    Registered Users Posts: 433 ✭✭Lmklad


    fantastic98 wrote: »
    Hi. My wallet was stolen on bus. I went to the bus station and it was handed in minus my cards. They took my name and phone no. but am worried, that if they catch the person, that they may want me to press charges. I don't want to do that as I'm from a small town and my second name stands out so as to be easily identifiable. Any info appreciated...

    If you didn’t report it to the Gardai then it isn’t reported stolen.


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    endacl
    Registered Users Posts: 22,261 ✭✭✭✭endacl


    You don't 'press charges' OP. We live in this country, not the one on the telly.


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    antix80
    Registered Users Posts: 2,419 ✭✭✭antix80


    Sounds like a trolling attempt

    No one's going to look for your wallet. Rest easy.


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    Lmklad
    Registered Users Posts: 433 ✭✭Lmklad


    Should have also added, definitely contact your bank though, with tap increases to €50 you could be loosing a lot of money and the banks only refund if you report the cards as stolen to Gardai.


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    KaneToad
    Registered Users Posts: 3,254 ✭✭✭KaneToad


    The bus station won't be actively looking for your wallet nor would they be looking for you to press charges. Unless you're living in North Korea.


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    Samuel T. Cogley
    Registered Users Posts: 10,684 ✭✭✭✭Samuel T. Cogley


    You'd have to move heaven and earth to get the Guards to investigate a stolen wallet. I wouldn't be worrying your pretty little head about it.

    Here's     a useful link if it does all go wrong though!


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    Rodney Bathgate
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,445 ✭✭✭Rodney Bathgate


    May just be that the wallet inspector confiscated it.


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    mcgragger
    Registered Users Posts: 441 ✭✭mcgragger


    Define Stolen on a bus?

    Were you mugged?


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    un5byh7sqpd2x0
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,862 ✭✭✭un5byh7sqpd2x0


    antix80 wrote: »
    Sounds like a trolling attempt

    No one's going to look for your wallet. Rest easy.

    There’s no need for anyone to look for the wallet, they got it back. Or did you miss that nugget with your faux outrage?


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    fantastic98
    Registered Users Posts: 313 ✭✭fantastic98


    Lmklad wrote: »
    If you didn’t report it to the Gardai then it isn’t reported stolen.
    Thanks. Was just worried that the bus company might contact the guards about it..


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    loyatemu
    Registered Users Posts: 14,851 ✭✭✭✭loyatemu


    Shelby Some Food wrote: »
    There’s no need for anyone to look for the wallet, they got it back. Or did you miss that nugget with your faux outrage?

    good, they can dust it for prints and get their top men onto the investigation.


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    fantastic98
    Registered Users Posts: 313 ✭✭fantastic98


    Shelby Some Food wrote: »
    There’s no need for anyone to look for the wallet, they got it back. Or did you miss that nugget with your faux outrage?

    Yes they got it back but the cards had been taken .


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    fantastic98
    Registered Users Posts: 313 ✭✭fantastic98


    loyatemu wrote: »
    good, they can dust it for prints and get their top men onto the investigation.
    Nice one.


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    [Deleted User]
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    Cancel the cards, get replacements, and get on with your life.


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    fantastic98
    Registered Users Posts: 313 ✭✭fantastic98


    Lmklad wrote: »
    Should have also added, definitely contact your bank though, with tap increases to €50 you could be loosing a lot of money and the banks only refund if you report the cards as stolen to Gardai.
    Thanks . I've had the cards cancelled already. The man in the the lost property office made a phone call( probably to the bus driver but got no answer. He then asked for my phone number and said he'd ring me back. I should have asked him why but didn't.


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    fantastic98
    Registered Users Posts: 313 ✭✭fantastic98


    mcgragger wrote: »
    Define Stolen on a bus?

    Were you mugged?

    No. I left it behind me getting off the bus by accident. Would they be able to see the robbery on cctv


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    lawred2
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    fantastic98 wrote: »
    Hi. My wallet was stolen on bus. I went to the bus station and it was handed in minus my cards. They took my name and phone no. but am worried, that if they catch the person, that they may want me to press charges. I don't want to do that as I'm from a small town and my second name stands out so as to be easily identifiable. Any info appreciated...

    Press charges?


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    lawred2
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    fantastic98 wrote: »
    No. I left it behind me getting off the bus by accident. Would they be able to see the robbery on cctv

    That's not a robbery


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    fantastic98
    Registered Users Posts: 313 ✭✭fantastic98


    Samuel T. Cogley wrote: »
    You'd have to move heaven and earth to get the Guards to investigate a stolen wallet. I wouldn't be worrying your pretty little head about it.

    Here's     a useful link if it does all go wrong though!
    Thanks for that. Just worried bus people might want to see on their CCTV who did it .


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    antix80
    Registered Users Posts: 2,419 ✭✭✭antix80


    Shelby Some Food wrote: »
    There’s no need for anyone to look for the wallet, they got it back. Or did you miss that nugget with your faux outrage?

    What outrage?

    It's good he got it back because now the cops can dust for fingerprints.


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    Guy:Incognito
    Registered Users Posts: 38,247 ✭✭✭✭Guy:Incognito


    fantastic98 wrote: »
    No. I left it behind me getting off the bus by accident. Would they be able to see the robbery on cctv

    When you say robbery, what you mean is some form of the word "found"


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    mcgragger
    Registered Users Posts: 441 ✭✭mcgragger


    fantastic98 wrote: »
    No. I left it behind me getting off the bus by accident. Would they be able to see the robbery on cctv

    I would say the driver saw it all. Do you not know that bus drivers have eyes in the back of their heads.
    Its a pre requisite:eek:


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    Pkiernan
    Registered Users Posts: 4,315 ✭✭✭Pkiernan


    Guy:Incognito wrote: »
    When you say robbery, what you mean is some form of the word "found"

    Google Theft by Finding and quit being such a jerk to the OP.


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    mcgragger
    Registered Users Posts: 441 ✭✭mcgragger


    Pkiernan wrote: »
    Google Theft by Finding and quit being such a jerk to the OP.

    Ok thats from the finders point of view.

    The OP left it behind (allegedly) - Is he the victim of a theft?


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    Guy:Incognito
    Registered Users Posts: 38,247 ✭✭✭✭Guy:Incognito


    Pkiernan wrote: »
    Google Theft by Finding and quit being such a jerk to the OP.

    None of what happens fits the definition of a robbery.


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    fantastic98
    Registered Users Posts: 313 ✭✭fantastic98


    Guy:Incognito wrote: »
    None of what happens fits the definition of a robbery.

    Thought it was a robbery when someone steals my bank card . The wallet was left behind empty.


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    son.of.jimi
    Registered Users Posts: 351 ✭✭son.of.jimi


    fantastic98 wrote: »
    that they may want me to press charges. I don't want to do that as I'm from a small town and my second name stands out so as to be easily identifiable. Any info appreciated...

    Sorry OP but are you Ron Burgandy? Kind of a big deal? Do you own many leather bound books?


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    punisher5112
    Registered Users Posts: 24,647 ✭✭✭✭punisher5112


    The bus company couldn't give a fluck and won't report anything.....

    If you requested the footage under the new gdpr they could furnish you with all the footage you were present in but everyone else face would be blurred.

    If you request footage to be kept for the Gardai to investigate they will do so but you would need to go give a statement.

    Highly unlikely they'd ever chase it up though.


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