Thieving taximan

Jimmy Conway · 14-09-2019 11:42pm #1

Wife just got taxi home after been out watching the Dubs game. As soon as she stepped in the door she realized she had left her phone in the car. At this stage he had driven off. She rang the phone and it rang out. Went to the find my phone app on the laptop and in that time the guy had switched the phone off. :mad:

She got his name and rang the Gardai. Nothing they could do over the phone, would have to make a report in person,

. So that will be tomorrow as the station doesn't open to the public until 9am.

Just thinking sure there is probably nothing that can be done really, he can just deny everything if approached by the gardai over it? Very annoying. So phone, bank cards and a €50 gone:mad::mad::mad:

Padre_Pio · 14-09-2019 11:43pm

Jumping to conclusions.

Tell your wife to mind her stuff.

Jimmy Conway · 14-09-2019 11:51pm

Do please enlighten me Padre Pio...

gwalk · 15-09-2019 6:40am

Have you proof that the Taxi Driver stole this?

Could have picked up another fare and they pocketed it?

poisonated · 15-09-2019 6:45am

There are bad people in most professions unfortunately.

Sleeper12 · 15-09-2019 6:50am

Can't you turn on the phone from the find my phone app?

leggo · 15-09-2019 6:59am

Gardaí can’t take a statement off someone who’s been drinking, that’s why they would’ve asked to call back today. There’s also no guarantee the taxi driver stole her phone. It could’ve been on silent or stuffed down a cushion and he may not have heard it ring, the next date could’ve found it and took it, there’s zero evidence either way. She might get the stuff back, most likely won’t, and it’ll just be a lesson for the future unfortunately. I wouldn’t expect much from the Gardaí because there’s no evidence a crime took place and they’re not in the business of finding people’s phones when they’ve lost them.

d15ude · 15-09-2019 8:36am

Jimmy Conway wrote: »

She got his name and rang the Gardai. Nothing they could do over the phone, would have to make a report in person, . So that will be tomorrow

Please don't waste their time.
Far more important things for them to do.

Sorry that her phone is missing.

Polar101 · 15-09-2019 8:38am

I don't think there's much the Gardai will do about this - it might not have been the taxi driver who took the phone, and maybe the phone wasn't even in the car (could have dropped it earlier, for instance). Unlucky, but I'd say the only way to get the phone back is that if the driver finds it and takes it to lost & found. If he took it, then that's not happening either.

listermint · 15-09-2019 8:39am

d15ude wrote: »

Please don't waste their time.
Far more important things for them to do.

Sorry that her phone is missing.

What a stupid bit of advice.

Report it, it's a crime.

Pauliedragon · 15-09-2019 8:43am

Crime or not do you really think the cops will investigate a lost phone.

Sleeper12 · 15-09-2019 8:45am

listermint wrote: »

What a stupid bit of advice.

Report it, it's a crime.

Totally agree. All crime should be reported even if it's just so we have a better idea on how much crime we have & in what areas

Having said that I'd try the Taxi driver / carriage office first in case it was handed in. It might not be a crime at all

listermint · 15-09-2019 8:47am

Pauliedragon wrote: »

Crime or not do you really think the cops will investigate a lost phone.

It doesn't matter if they do or not. It will be recorded. And it goes into the statistics.

It's what provides resourcing so yes crimes should be reported.

Also if she has phone insurance she will need to .

Mr.Crinklewood · 15-09-2019 8:47am

Does she have location tracking enabled on Google?

Could track it up until it lost power.

Esse85 · 15-09-2019 8:54am

So she left her bag in the car with her phone in it, bank cards and €50?

The thread title is very misleading, your wife left it there, the taxi driver didn't steal it on her.

db · 15-09-2019 9:58am

Esse85 wrote: »

So she left her bag in the car with her phone in it, bank cards and €50?

The thread title is very misleading, your wife left it there, the taxi driver didn't steal it on her.

If he kept it and didn't return it, that's theft.

Boxcar_Willie · 15-09-2019 10:07am

Most likely that he picked up another fare and they pocketed the phone .
Happened to my wife last year .

Padre_Pio · 15-09-2019 10:15am

db wrote: »

If he kept it and didn't return it, that's theft.

Sure you don't know if he did.

Someone could have hopped into the taxi 30 seconds after the wife had departed and took the bag, taxi driver none the wiser.

I've left two phones in a taxi, one i never saw again, and the second I got back after the driver answered.

Moral of the story, don't blame other people when you f*ck up.

Joe Kane · 15-09-2019 10:42am

listermint wrote: »

It doesn't matter if they do or not. It will be recorded. And it goes into the statistics.

It's what provides resourcing so yes crimes should be reported.

Also if she has phone insurance she will need to .

Would it?

Those statistics are known to be doctored too.

Personally as someone who has lost all trust & confidence in the Gardai I wouldn't bother with them at all. I'd just take my loss & move on.

SureYWouldntYa · 15-09-2019 10:45am

Esse85 wrote: »

So she left her bag in the car with her phone in it, bank cards and €50?

The thread title is very misleading, your wife left it there, the taxi driver didn't steal it on her.

She might have had a case on the phone with space for bank cards and a bit of cash rather than her handbag being left behind

colm_c · 15-09-2019 10:48am

One night I left my phone in a taxi, didn't even realise until the next day when my flatmate woke me up with, there's a taximan on the phone.

He rang some of my friends to locate me.

Got the phone back that afternoon, offered him 20 euro for his honesty, wouldn't take it.

What a legend.

OP, I wouldn't be jumping to conclusions until you have all the info, most taximen are sound, but there are a handful that give others a bad name.

Del2005 · 15-09-2019 10:54am

Check your local Garda Station. The taxi man could have dropped it there.

Sleeper12 · 15-09-2019 11:26am

db wrote:

If he kept it and didn't return it, that's theft.

Some posters have him tried & convicted when there are many possibilities. It's at least as likely that the next passenger pocketed it as the taxi driver took it.

Personally I'd like to see the thread titled changed to something more factual like "my wife left her phone in a taxi"

Portsalon · 15-09-2019 11:49am

listermint wrote: »

What a stupid bit of advice.

Report it, it's a crime.

Is leaving one's phone behind in a taxi a crime?

Because that's the only thing that we know for certain happened.

Jimmy Conway · 15-09-2019 12:13pm

Esse85 wrote: »

So she left her bag in the car with her phone in it, bank cards and €50?

The thread title is very misleading, your wife left it there, the taxi driver didn't steal it on her.

Never said she left her bag in the car, the phone bank cards & the €50 were in the phone cover which fell out of her pocket. She has her bag BTW. When I rang the phone the car would of been no more than 100 meters away, she realized that quickly it was missing. The phone rang and went to VM. By the time I booted up the laptop and logged into find the phone app, say 2 minutes would be reasonable, the phone was offline in the app. The battery didn't die before you suggest that.

How do I know this? Because now the phone is back online this morning.
Yes she left the phone in the car...by accident not on purpose.Once the phone rang it was knocked off. Not exactly going out of his way to return it when he was literally at top of the road? So lets just say he wasn't very honest.......:rolleyes:

Could someone have jumped into the car straight away? Perhaps, but unlikely, this is a residential estate not a busy main road where there would be a higher chance of someone flagging him down.

Oh and one last thing, in her conversation with him he mentioned he was originally from X but now living in Y. Where's the phone showing up now? Answers on a postcard please....

Masala · 15-09-2019 12:18pm

colm_c wrote: »

One night I left my phone in a taxi, didn't even realise until the next day when my flatmate woke me up with, there's a taximan on the phone.

He rang some of my friends to locate me.

Got the phone back that afternoon, offered him 20 euro for his honesty, wouldn't take it.

What a legend.

OP, I wouldn't be jumping to conclusions until you have all the info, most taximen are sound, but there are a handful that give others a bad name.

Same here..... got dropped to Airport by taxi to catch a flight. Got call from taxi man who picked up another fare on rank and passenger found my wallet sitting on back seat. He dropped his fare if and swung around to airport and met me outside with my wallet. Offered him €20 but he refused.

Padre_Pio · 15-09-2019 12:23pm

Jimmy Conway wrote: »

Oh and one last thing, in her conversation with him he mentioned he was originally from X but now living in Y. Where's the phone showing up now? Answers on a postcard please....

No one here is having a go at you, just saying not to jump to conclusions.

Driver might not have found the phone, it could still be in his car, he might have intentions or not to bring it back if he's near the area.

Sure go over to his house and find out for yourself. Let us know what happens

Pauliedragon · 15-09-2019 12:37pm

listermint wrote: »

It doesn't matter if they do or not. It will be recorded. And it goes into the statistics.

It's what provides resourcing so yes crimes should be reported.

Also if she has phone insurance she will need to .

My wifes jewellery that was stolen in 2014 was reported but never recorded. When asked 10 months later they still had no record of it. Never underestimate the laziness of some of our police force.

Padre_Pio · 15-09-2019 2:04pm

Pauliedragon wrote: »

My wifes jewellery that was stolen in 2014 was reported but never recorded. When asked 10 months later they still had no record of it. Never underestimate the laziness of some of our police force.

If you report you should get a PULSE number.

Slippin Jimmy · 15-09-2019 3:26pm

And she definitely had it when she got into the taxi?

Sleeper12 · 15-09-2019 3:52pm

OP some find my phone apps can trace the device even when turned off. when battery is dead you have no chance of tracking it

Alpha_zero · 15-09-2019 4:52pm

Hey Bro what level of inebriation was your wife in?

keyboard_cat · 15-09-2019 5:11pm

Jimmy Conway wrote: »

How do I know this? Because now the phone is back online this morning.
Yes she left the phone in the car...by accident not on purpose.Once the phone rang it was knocked off. Not exactly going out of his way to return it when he was literally at top of the road? So lets just say he wasn't very honest.......:rolleyes:

Could someone have jumped into the car straight away? Perhaps, but unlikely, this is a residential estate not a busy main road where there would be a higher chance of someone flagging him down.

Oh and one last thing, in her conversation with him he mentioned he was originally from X but now living in Y. Where's the phone showing up now? Answers on a postcard please....

Could you not go to the area where the phone is marked as being located and look for the taxi (assuming your wife recalls the make and model)
And knock on whatever door it’s parked outside log into find my iPhone on another phone and make it alarm when you are at the door if they say they do not have it

Ficheall · 15-09-2019 5:52pm

Are you sure she's your wife?

Jimmy Conway · 15-09-2019 6:54pm

Ficheall wrote: »

Are you sure she's your wife?

I see comedy isn’t one of your strong points...

And fair play to gardai one phone returned to rightful owner an hour ago. Find my phone app thumbs up, happy days!

pablo128 · 15-09-2019 7:00pm

Jimmy Conway wrote: »

I see comedy isn’t one of your strong points...

And fair play to gardai one phone returned to rightful owner an hour ago. Find my phone app thumbs up, happy days!

Did they really go and get it off your man the taxi driver? If they did, my faith has been restored in them. A bit.

Great result.

Ronan|Raven · 15-09-2019 7:01pm

Jimmy Conway wrote: »

Oh and one last thing, in her conversation with him he mentioned he was originally from X but now living in Y. Where's the phone showing up now? Answers on a postcard please....

Leitrim?

AlekSmart · 15-09-2019 7:07pm

Jimmy Conway wrote: »

I see comedy isn’t one of your strong points...

And fair play to gardai one phone returned to rightful owner an hour ago. Find my phone app thumbs up, happy days!

So.....is that taximan actually a Thief ?

twowheelsonly · 15-09-2019 7:09pm

SureYWouldntYa wrote: »

She might have had a case on the phone with space for bank cards and a bit of cash rather than her handbag being left behind

Those cases are the most ridiculous things ever.
The most common reported lost or stolen items in the country are phones.

"I think I'll stick my cards to my phone....be handy like... "

When I see fools on the phone with their credit cards hanging off their ear I feel like grabbing it myself just to teach them a lesson.

whippet · 16-09-2019 11:46am

and how can you rule out your wife dropping the phone as she got out of the taxi and someone walking by picked it up ?

martingriff · 16-09-2019 12:03pm

So a garda rocked up to someone house for a phone ya right. Not because I have little faith but do not see it happening for an alleged crime as you have mo proof.

So how about updating us.

Did he have the phone on him? Stupid thing if stolen with the wife's number

How about bank card and money?

gwalk · 16-09-2019 12:06pm

a freind of mine has gone to the Gaurds before about a stolen phone, there was cctv of it being lifted from her bag and she had it located on the find my iphone app

Gaurds said that theres nothing they can do based off this app, to just file a report and they will look into it.

Portsalon · 16-09-2019 12:51pm

gwalk wrote: »

a freind of mine has gone to the Gaurds before about a stolen phone, there was cctv of it being lifted from her bag and she had it located on the find my iphone app

Gaurds said that theres nothing they can do based off this app, to just file a report and they will look into it.

And did she?

gwalk · 16-09-2019 12:52pm

Portsalon wrote: »

And did she?

Filed a report - yes

get the phone back - no

16-09-2019 12:58pm

Guards do little about these sort of things unless it's a case of somebody being injured

I've had my car and house broken into and fully reported - zilch done really.

bladespin · 16-09-2019 1:04pm

listermint wrote: »

What a stupid bit of advice.

Report it, it's a crime.

Ok, just out of curiosity, what crime is it?

Jimmy Conway · 16-09-2019 1:21pm

So to update, guards rang her to collect the phone from station. They had the taximan's phone number and they were trying to contact him yesterday.

When she got the phone back shift had changed so the garda didn't say how it was returned. Yes he most likely dropped it back. And fair play to him for that. Just seemed odd he would ignore a ringing phone in his car and then turn it off. But switch it back on next day?

Oh the €50 was gone but hey you can't have everything #findersfee

olestoepoke · 16-09-2019 1:21pm

My wife went for a few drinks with pals last year. After only a few minutes in the pub she noticed her handbag which she had placed on the floor beside her seat was gone. Her new iPhone was in the bag along with other valuables and ID etc. She immediately called me and I tracked her iPhone online. I watched the phone go down the M1 and onto the M50 and then onto a house in Clondalkin. The app was able to tell me the exact address the handbag had stopped moving in. I took my laptop to the police to report it that evening and to our absolute amazement they told us there is nothing they could do. We considered knocking on the door ourselves but we knew this would lead to trouble so we had no choice but to forget it.

olestoepoke · 16-09-2019 1:24pm

gwalk wrote: »

a freind of mine has gone to the Gaurds before about a stolen phone, there was cctv of it being lifted from her bag and she had it located on the find my iphone app

Gaurds said that theres nothing they can do based off this app, to just file a report and they will look into it.

This is ridiculous, really there is nothing they can do?

martingriff · 17-09-2019 10:06am

Jimmy Conway wrote: »

So to update, guards rang her to collect the phone from station. They had the taximan's phone number and they were trying to contact him yesterday.

When she got the phone back shift had changed so the garda didn't say how it was returned. Yes he most likely dropped it back. And fair play to him for that. Just seemed odd he would ignore a ringing phone in his car and then turn it off. But switch it back on next day?

Oh the €50 was gone but hey you can't have everything #findersfee

Does your wife's phone not have a pin to turn it back on. If so how did he turn it off and then on. If she does not have a pin have one on it immediately

Mr.Frame · 17-09-2019 4:52pm

Jimmy Conway wrote: »

So to update, guards rang her to collect the phone from station. They had the taximan's phone number and they were trying to contact him yesterday.

When she got the phone back shift had changed so the garda didn't say how it was returned. Yes he most likely dropped it back. And fair play to him for that. Just seemed odd he would ignore a ringing phone in his car and then turn it off. But switch it back on next day?

Oh the €50 was gone but hey you can't have everything #findersfee

So perhaps change the title of your thread.
Not all taxi drivers are bad people

Thieving taximan

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