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  • 29-08-2014 10:58PM
    #1
    kneesocks11
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15 ✭


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  • #2
    The One Doctor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,322 ✭✭✭The One Doctor


    Stop buying expensive phones or buy phone insurance, problem solved. And keeping the phone secure was your responsibility, not McDonalds. Whining like a petulant child on a public forum won't help


  • #3
    kneemos
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,605 ✭✭✭✭kneemos


    Learn to back up your next phone,buy a new one and forget it.


  • #4
    kneesocks11
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15 ✭kneesocks11


    Great help guys, thanks...

    Something tells me that wouldn't be what you would do in my position.


  • #5
    Witcher
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,521 ✭✭✭✭Witcher


    You want their insurance to pay out for your mistake?

    You've some neck on you anyway.


  • #6
    Ficheall
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 9,067 ✭✭✭Ficheall


    kneesocks11 wrote: »
    I think its worth a read anyway...

    You're wrong there.


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  • #7
    ted1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,495 ✭✭✭✭ted1


    I don't think that this would classify as a theft.
    The individual found a phone that was mislead and took it to try and trace down the owner.

    You have learned a lesson , dont leave things lying around


  • #8
    fedor.2.
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,944 ✭✭✭fedor.2.


    What meal did ya get in mcdonalds


  • #9
    Little CuChulainn
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,624 ✭✭✭Little CuChulainn


    In future report the incident straight away to the Gardaí.


  • #10
    fedor.2.
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,944 ✭✭✭fedor.2.


    Ficheall wrote: »
    You're wrong there.

    :pac:


  • #11
    Awkward Badger
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,414 ✭✭✭Awkward Badger


    Tough break OP but honestly I don't think McDonalds should or would pay for the phone. Just one of those things, you messed up, they messed up, Gardai can't do much and some prick gets himself a phone. But given its your own mistake that caused the issue and everyone else is just attempting to help you if it doesn't work out its tough luck you.


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  • #12
    MS.ing
    Closed Accounts Posts: 680 ✭✭✭MS.ing


    kneemos wrote: »
    Learn to back up your next phone,buy a new one and forget it.

    ah in fairness those articulated ones take a while to get use to


  • #13
    Talib Fiasco
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,428 ✭✭✭Talib Fiasco


    Why do people put their phone down on a counter/table in public anyway? It's so much easier and safer to have it in your pocket or bag. It's a scumbag's Christmas when foolish people like that are around


  • #14
    The Moldy Gowl
    Closed Accounts Posts: 19,889 ✭✭✭✭The Moldy Gowl


    I read that. What a whiney self entitled post.

    Why dafuq would the manager/whoever give a flying **** about your phone?


  • #15
    uck51js9zml2yt
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,252 ✭✭✭✭uck51js9zml2yt


    kneesocks11 wrote: »
    Great help guys, thanks...

    Something tells me that wouldn't be what you would do in my position.

    You've no come back to McDonald's. You lost your phone, you left it a week to report it to the guards. Mistakes happen, wrong footage is downloaded. Could you not have gone in to look at it.
    If you had of taken the time to report it when it happened you wouldn't be in this situation. If it was android and you have a Gmail account everything should be backed up to it. Login and check your contacts. They will download automatically to your next phone.
    You could talk to the shop manager but I wouldn't be going in telling them your rights. As a gesture they may cover the cost but it would only be goodwill on their part.


  • #16
    Pat Mustard
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,554 ✭✭✭Pat Mustard


    Not saying that you have any sort of a case OP but if that man was identifiable and if McD's really wiped the video footage, then they may have possibly fcuked up any hope of catching the thief.

    Maybe see a solicitor to ask if they were negligent in doing so, and if so, whether you have any sort of action against McDonalds.


  • #17
    Gone Drinking
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,814 ✭✭✭Gone Drinking


    I feel for you. Some people are total pricks. I'd never ever ever not return a phone or wallet if i saw someone drop them, or if i found them and there was a way to find its owner.

    However, no there's not much you can do. Get onto your provider and have them lock the phone so the person can't use it at least.

    Insurance is a good idea if your phone is worth a few quid. There's also apps you can get that will let you track your phone, or even send it a message that will pop up even if that person is using a different SIM card.


  • #18
    Buona Fortuna
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,507 ✭✭✭Buona Fortuna


    I don't think McDonalds should pay for your phone but they should give you a free Happy Meal, and maybe a large Diet Coke.


  • #19
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 2,745 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    That Hamburgerlar is some menace


  • #20
    MS.ing
    Closed Accounts Posts: 680 ✭✭✭MS.ing


    ted1 wrote: »
    I don't think that this would classify as a theft.
    The individual I found a phone that was mislead and took it to try and trace down the owner.

    You have learned a lesson , dont leave things lying around

    fyp


  • #21
    Fr_Dougal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,167 ✭✭✭Fr_Dougal


    Was it an iphone? Please god tell me it wasn't an iphone?!


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  • #22
    dixiefly
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 2,965 ✭✭✭dixiefly


    Little CuChulainn wrote: »
    In future report the incident straight away to the Gardaí.
    This is jumping out at me. You should have gone straight away to the gardai. Always risky leaving for that lengh of time.


  • #23
    whirlpool
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,574 ✭✭✭whirlpool


    Ah it feels really sh1te when your phone gets stolen, the first time.

    By the time it gets stolen the fourth or fifth time, it's like water off a duck's back. So don't worry, you'll get over it.

    And with all the phones getting stolen all day every day absolutely everywhere, nobody honestly cares about your phone getting stolen. I say that as a statement of fact, not to be cruel.


  • #24
    MS.ing
    Closed Accounts Posts: 680 ✭✭✭MS.ing


    thats some trick managing to take away your wallet from the counter without knocking your phone on the floor. have you considered.....archery?


  • #25
    Banjo String
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,380 ✭✭✭✭Banjo String


    Ok, I'll ask.

    There was pics of yourself of an Erotic nature on the phone.

    Wasnt there op?


  • #26
    Mr. Incognito
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,798 ✭✭✭Mr. Incognito


    Let me get this straight.

    YOU lost your phone.

    Your rang McDonalds, not the guards and expected them to download the cctv. You only reported it when told you needed to. You have no right to see the security footage but you wanted a gawk anyway. You left it a week. It showed some random who allegedly stole your phone and they screwed up on the cctv so now you want them to buy you a new phone?

    You have zero chance.

    Take responsibility for YOUR actions.

    Some cheek.


  • #27
    Mr. Incognito
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,798 ✭✭✭Mr. Incognito


    The Mustard wrote: »
    Not saying that you have any sort of a case OP but if that man was identifiable and if McD's really wiped the video footage, then they may have possibly fcuked up any hope of catching the thief.

    Maybe see a solicitor to ask if they were negligent in doing so, and if so, whether you have any sort of action against McDonalds.

    I can tell you now she hasnt. Apart from the signs saying no responsibility will be taken for items lost or stolen on the premises even with a clear shot of the lad with no physical evidence zero chance of recovery


  • #28
    Buona Fortuna
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,507 ✭✭✭Buona Fortuna


    Banjo String wrote: »
    Ok, I'll ask.

    There was pics of yourself of an Erotic nature on the phone.

    Wasnt there op?

    Well we all wanted know but only Banjo had the neck to ask :pac:


  • #29
    Aint Eazy Being Cheezy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,634 ✭✭✭Aint Eazy Being Cheezy


    Demand a meeting with Ronald McDonald.


  • #30
    Witcher
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,521 ✭✭✭✭Witcher


    The Cunning Linguist wrote: »
    Demand a meeting with Ronald McDonald.

    Probably him that did it, those massive shoes don't pay for themselves..he gets those bad boys custom made in Italy:pac:


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  • #31
    Me?
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 269 ✭✭Me?


    OP any chance you could get me a snackbox when you go to Supermacs.
    It's statistically favourable that there is less phones stolen in Supermacs than McDonalds.


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