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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 121416" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>With lost phones - the kid has to pay for a replacement and do without in the meantime. And yes, they need to work with us to find where they lost it.</p><p></p><p>We also label things, so they have a better chance of making it home. I even labelled difficult child 3 until very recently (wrist tag with name and my mobile phone number; sticky schoolbook label on his chest with the same info plus his diagnosis).</p><p></p><p>Phones - if yours is on a plan, it could be network-locked (or is that only in Australia & NZ?) A network-locked phone cannot be used except as a paperweight, once you telephone the service provider and ask them to lock the phone from making any more calls. And even if they try to use the phone by swapping SIMS, a network-locked phone still won't work.</p><p></p><p>My phone's plan had elapsed when we went to NZ, but we didn't know the network lock had to be taken off by request - we didn't even know it WAS network-locked, until we tried to swap to a NZ pre-paid SIM and found it wouldn't work. Luckily we'd brought a spare hand-set (not locked) and I had to use that for the three weeks we were there. My phone lived in husband's backpack for the duration - except when we took an overnight trip to Milford Sound. husband took my phone out of his backpack (in case he backpack got stolen) and put my phone in a drawer in the time-share place we were staying in.</p><p>Then we had to 'bug out' in a hurry, to get ahead of the next, bigger, snowstorm. My phone got left behind. But because I hadn't been using it, we didn't realise until a week later, when we were heading back to Sydney. Our phone had been loose in NZ for a week and we hadn't known.</p><p>We emailed the resort, they said they only found one sock on our departure. Sorry. No trace of a phone, the diligent staff would have found it.</p><p></p><p>We thought about it more, then emailed back. "We bugged out fast. So did everyone else. Your cleaning staff were short-handed because of the snow and ice. It was mayhem. And we saw on the news -the same thing happened the following week. The phone is in the drawer underneath the radio, in a green plastic bag. I bet your staff just didn't have time to check, with all the rush. No blame to them - it was a hectic day.</p><p>PLUS - the phone is network-locked. There is no way a thief could use it, not even by swapping SIMS or changing providers. Our own password plus proof of ID is all that will unlock this phone. PLUS - it has a lot of phone numbers and contact details which are vital to my wife who is disabled and chronically ill and MUST remain in phone contact at all times."</p><p>They found the phone and posted it back to us. Minus the sock, but we didn't care about that.</p><p></p><p>I hope this helps.</p><p></p><p>And for future use - make her wear the phone on a lanyard. Put a sticker on the phone saying, "If you find this, please contact --- because the user of this phone needs to be in contact for heath reasons." Or similar. Whatever you think will work, without causing her problems.</p><p></p><p>Also - we keep old phones, off-plan, the 'bricks' which don't have the fancy bells and whistles and which otherwise go into landfill, and use them with pre-paid cards. That way if the phone is lost, we only lose an old (obsolete) phone with how ever many dollars were left on the card. Older phones are less likely to get stolen, too. If she wants a glamorous phone - she can save up for one herself.</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 121416, member: 1991"] With lost phones - the kid has to pay for a replacement and do without in the meantime. And yes, they need to work with us to find where they lost it. We also label things, so they have a better chance of making it home. I even labelled difficult child 3 until very recently (wrist tag with name and my mobile phone number; sticky schoolbook label on his chest with the same info plus his diagnosis). Phones - if yours is on a plan, it could be network-locked (or is that only in Australia & NZ?) A network-locked phone cannot be used except as a paperweight, once you telephone the service provider and ask them to lock the phone from making any more calls. And even if they try to use the phone by swapping SIMS, a network-locked phone still won't work. My phone's plan had elapsed when we went to NZ, but we didn't know the network lock had to be taken off by request - we didn't even know it WAS network-locked, until we tried to swap to a NZ pre-paid SIM and found it wouldn't work. Luckily we'd brought a spare hand-set (not locked) and I had to use that for the three weeks we were there. My phone lived in husband's backpack for the duration - except when we took an overnight trip to Milford Sound. husband took my phone out of his backpack (in case he backpack got stolen) and put my phone in a drawer in the time-share place we were staying in. Then we had to 'bug out' in a hurry, to get ahead of the next, bigger, snowstorm. My phone got left behind. But because I hadn't been using it, we didn't realise until a week later, when we were heading back to Sydney. Our phone had been loose in NZ for a week and we hadn't known. We emailed the resort, they said they only found one sock on our departure. Sorry. No trace of a phone, the diligent staff would have found it. We thought about it more, then emailed back. "We bugged out fast. So did everyone else. Your cleaning staff were short-handed because of the snow and ice. It was mayhem. And we saw on the news -the same thing happened the following week. The phone is in the drawer underneath the radio, in a green plastic bag. I bet your staff just didn't have time to check, with all the rush. No blame to them - it was a hectic day. PLUS - the phone is network-locked. There is no way a thief could use it, not even by swapping SIMS or changing providers. Our own password plus proof of ID is all that will unlock this phone. PLUS - it has a lot of phone numbers and contact details which are vital to my wife who is disabled and chronically ill and MUST remain in phone contact at all times." They found the phone and posted it back to us. Minus the sock, but we didn't care about that. I hope this helps. And for future use - make her wear the phone on a lanyard. Put a sticker on the phone saying, "If you find this, please contact --- because the user of this phone needs to be in contact for heath reasons." Or similar. Whatever you think will work, without causing her problems. Also - we keep old phones, off-plan, the 'bricks' which don't have the fancy bells and whistles and which otherwise go into landfill, and use them with pre-paid cards. That way if the phone is lost, we only lose an old (obsolete) phone with how ever many dollars were left on the card. Older phones are less likely to get stolen, too. If she wants a glamorous phone - she can save up for one herself. Marg [/QUOTE]
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