Lost wallet... action to take?
Dec 3rd 2005, 6:03 am
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Re: Lost wallet... action to take?
HunterGreen wrote:
> No not mine, my husband's. :D
>
> He didn't have much in it, main things were his driver license
> (with SSN) and one credit card (and a few cute pictures of the
> kidlet... *weep*).
>
> Here's what I did:
What did HE do?
> No not mine, my husband's. :D
>
> He didn't have much in it, main things were his driver license
> (with SSN) and one credit card (and a few cute pictures of the
> kidlet... *weep*).
>
> Here's what I did:
What did HE do?
Dec 3rd 2005, 3:42 pm
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Re: Lost wallet... action to take?
Mr. Travel, what did he do? Lost his wallet, why? That was the important part.....
Elaine
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Dec 4th 2005, 1:09 am
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Re: Lost wallet... action to take?
Originally Posted by HunterGreen
No not mine, my husband's. 
He didn't have much in it, main things were his driver license (with SSN) and one credit card (and a few cute pictures of the kidlet... *weep*).
Here's what I did:
* called credit card company and blocked credit card
* called Transunion and had an 'initial 90 day fraud alert' put on his account so nobody can get credit with his SSN. They will inform Equifax and Experian
* called the police station to set up an appointment to file a report
* got paperwork ready for new driver license
His hunting and fishing licenses apparently don't matter too much as far as identity theft goes, I guess.
I have the feeling that there's more I (yes I, he's hopeless in situations like this
) should do, that I'm overlooking something.
I actually worry too about kidlet's pictures being in their with our address. Yes, I'm paranoid when it comes to the little one.
Any thoughts and comments?
Elaine
He didn't have much in it, main things were his driver license (with SSN) and one credit card (and a few cute pictures of the kidlet... *weep*).
Here's what I did:
* called credit card company and blocked credit card
* called Transunion and had an 'initial 90 day fraud alert' put on his account so nobody can get credit with his SSN. They will inform Equifax and Experian
* called the police station to set up an appointment to file a report
* got paperwork ready for new driver license
His hunting and fishing licenses apparently don't matter too much as far as identity theft goes, I guess.
I have the feeling that there's more I (yes I, he's hopeless in situations like this
) should do, that I'm overlooking something. I actually worry too about kidlet's pictures being in their with our address. Yes, I'm paranoid when it comes to the little one.
Any thoughts and comments?
Elaine
have you seen those kids gloves with string/cord attached to both gloves, threaded through the jacket so kids dont lose them????, perhaps you should get a similar device for hubbys wallet
- your welcome!! Ant
Dec 4th 2005, 9:40 am
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Re: Lost wallet... action to take?
Originally Posted by antjen
have you seen those kids gloves with string/cord attached to both gloves, threaded through the jacket so kids dont lose them????, perhaps you should get a similar device for hubbys wallet - your welcome!!
Ant
- your welcome!! Ant
Thanks!
Dec 5th 2005, 1:42 pm
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Re: Lost wallet... action to take?
Scary stuff - one of the reasons why i stopped carrying a wallet.
Dec 5th 2005, 2:24 pm
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Re: Lost wallet... action to take?
Originally Posted by Chorlton
Scary stuff - one of the reasons why i stopped carrying a wallet.
Hate carrying it though.
Dec 5th 2005, 2:34 pm
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Re: Lost wallet... action to take?
Originally Posted by BigDavyG
I never carried one in the UK - always had cash on the hip, but over here it seems you need a wallet what with using a credit card for everything (people just stare at you if you use cash) and needing id for driving and getting served in pubs.
Hate carrying it though.
Hate carrying it though.
True, I have a pocket full of cards, but at least I should only lose one at a time. The real Texan wannabe cowboys around here have those giant wallets that stick out of their back pockets - I always imagine them as a tourist on the underground
Dec 5th 2005, 2:37 pm
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Re: Lost wallet... action to take?
Originally Posted by Chorlton
True, I have a pocket full of cards, but at least I should only lose one at a time. The real Texan wannabe cowboys around here have those giant wallets that stick out of their back pockets - I always imagine them as a tourist on the underground
Dec 6th 2005, 7:59 pm
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Re: Lost wallet... action to take?
Originally Posted by BigDavyG
Never understood people that put their wallets in their back pockets. Surely that can't be comfortable
Dec 7th 2005, 1:51 am
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Re: Lost wallet... action to take?
Originally Posted by BigDavyG
Never understood people that put their wallets in their back pockets. Surely that can't be comfortable
Ant
Dec 7th 2005, 3:34 am
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Re: Lost wallet... action to take?
Originally Posted by CaliforniaBride
How did this poster get themselves deleted? Gawd, I miss all the goings on around here!
Dec 7th 2005, 3:46 pm
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Re: Lost wallet... action to take?
Lost my wallet a few weeks back, retraced the bar crawl and found it at one of the bar with all cards and money still in it.
Split my cards up now and only carry a certain amount of cash.
Split my cards up now and only carry a certain amount of cash.
Dec 7th 2005, 4:53 pm
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Re: Lost wallet... action to take?
I rarely have cash on me, I always use my cards, it helps to keep track of my money. Does anyone have any of those key chain credit cards? That has to be the dumbest invention I've ever seen! I told a friend of mine that had them here that they were a silly idea & that if she ever lost her keys, it would be like losing her wallet too. Needless to say, a few days later, she lost her keys. Luckily she found them at the store she was just at, she had put them down to look at a t-shirt, luckily for her, no one else picked them up & she found them 45 minutes later. She took the mini cards off straight away.
By the way, yes I must be psychic, this kinda thing happens to me all the time!!!
By the way, yes I must be psychic, this kinda thing happens to me all the time!!!
