Lost my 650

JGB · 06-24-2011, 03:00 PM

Can't find the damn thing anywhere. Traveled with it through 8 countries, and for 7 months on my motorbike, traded in my 505 when they had the good deals in the USA as I was passing through Texas. In less than a week at my parents it has vanished.

It never left my parents house where I've been staying. after a month I still can't find it.
Severely upset with myself, as I had yet to figure out a way to bookmark which books I'd read in the Calibre easily, so I just kept adding more, and leaving the old ones in my reader. I had at least a half dozen on the go.

More annoyingly, I haven't got any money to spare to buy another one. Being pretty far in debt from travel has curtailed any spending at all. Feeling like an idiot. Anybody else ever lose one, and where'd you find it?

Ditchleyportrait · 06-24-2011, 03:12 PM

is it possible you could have accidentally thrown it out?

GraceKrispy · 06-24-2011, 04:09 PM

Oh no! Say it isn't so! A fate worse than.... well, worse than not losing it!

I hope you do find it. Too bad there's not an option to call it or make it ring somehow. If you have any bookshelf or stack of books/magazines, I'd check there to be sure it didn't get hidden. Are you sure someone else in the house didn't appropriate it for personal use? I hope you find it. I'd be panicky and feel incomplete!

Asawi · 06-24-2011, 04:15 PM

Culd it have slipped between pillows in couch or chair? (I guess after a month that it would have been discovered if that was the case, but I'm grasping at straws here!)

My guess: You had it in your hand when you went to do something totally unrelated, and then just put it down in a really really odd place (for a reader at least). Have done that with different things, and they are darn near impossible to find if you can't backtrack wheat you were doing when it disappeared.

So sorry to hear of your (apparent) loss! Hope you find it and when you do, please let us know where on earth you put it!

pidgeon92 · 06-24-2011, 05:22 PM

I think one of your parents snatched it.

boykster · 06-24-2011, 11:41 PM

I left my 900 on a plane.....:-(

DMB · 06-25-2011, 08:27 AM

Sorry to hear of your loss. I had my first K3 stolen in December and yesterday I realised I had lost my Blackberry.

minspargal · 06-25-2011, 08:31 AM

How terrible!

carpetmojo · 06-25-2011, 12:36 PM

From personal experience -

a) Totally strip the bed you slept in, paying particular attention to the duvet ! They can somehow find their way inside, honestly .....

b) More likely ? Look under all chairs, sofas etc... You will certainly find some things, often money, but Readers are very thin , and slippery, so can get shunted under quite easily.

c) Quiz parents, under bright lights, concerning inadequate care of visitors belongings, and possibilities of compensation.
(You never know, you might get lucky... If the hard approach don't work, go for the sympathy vote.....)

solitarywolf · 06-25-2011, 06:50 PM

I am sorry to hear this. I fear loosing mine someday. I have been taping a business card to my Reader's for the last four years in case someone is honest enough to contact me if I do leave it behind. I figure that I will never see it if there is no information, but with the card on the back there is a small chance.

I do hope you find your's

greylin · 06-25-2011, 07:16 PM

I left mine in the dental surgery and the dentist liked it so much he bought one! I'm afraid this is no help to you though

and you have my greatest sympathy.

Rizla · 06-25-2011, 09:38 PM

Recall where you last had it and retrace your steps from there. Chances are you put it somewhere you would not normally put it and would not think to look.

graycyn · 06-25-2011, 09:58 PM

I agree with that last, keep looking. Whenever I lose something, it is always because I put it somewhere I would not normally place it and therefore don't think of looking there. Check things like pantries, linen closets, bathroom shelves, anywhere you might inadvertently have laid it down while thinking about something else.

Also, was it in a leather cover and do your parents have pets? If it could be a possibility that a pet dragged it somewhere, check under beds, chairs, sofas, etc...

Poppaea · 06-26-2011, 12:01 PM

Whenever I can't find something I call my best friend and have looked for it absolutely EVERYWHERE (what I think is everywhere)). She seems to know my weirdest moves and suggests places where I never would have looked for it. Normally I find it in a couple of minutes.

I do hope you will find it again. This is too big a loss, especially when you are not able to cover it.

Have you had a look out for the 350. I saw them somewhere mentioned to be sold for $99.

fafaforza · 06-26-2011, 01:21 PM

Too often, when I lose something,, I buy a replacement and end up finding the lost one a few days/weeks later. My Nintendo DS was behind the bed. A set of hex socket bits was behing a storage box.

So I suggest buy a replacement on credit, wait a little bit, and the old one will turn up, then just return the new one.

06-24-2011, 03:00 PM	#1
JGB Groupie Posts: 168 Karma: 1010000 Join Date: Jul 2008 Device: PRS505	Lost my 650 Can't find the damn thing anywhere. Traveled with it through 8 countries, and for 7 months on my motorbike, traded in my 505 when they had the good deals in the USA as I was passing through Texas. In less than a week at my parents it has vanished. It never left my parents house where I've been staying. after a month I still can't find it. Severely upset with myself, as I had yet to figure out a way to bookmark which books I'd read in the Calibre easily, so I just kept adding more, and leaving the old ones in my reader. I had at least a half dozen on the go. More annoyingly, I haven't got any money to spare to buy another one. Being pretty far in debt from travel has curtailed any spending at all. Feeling like an idiot. Anybody else ever lose one, and where'd you find it?

06-25-2011, 12:36 PM	#9
carpetmojo Wizard Posts: 3,117 Karma: 9269999 Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: UK Device: Sony- T3, PRS650, 350, T1/2/3, Paperwhite, Fire 8.9,Samsung Tab S 10.5	Well.................. From personal experience - a) Totally strip the bed you slept in, paying particular attention to the duvet ! They can somehow find their way inside, honestly ..... b) More likely ? Look under all chairs, sofas etc... You will certainly find some things, often money, but Readers are very thin , and slippery, so can get shunted under quite easily. c) Quiz parents, under bright lights, concerning inadequate care of visitors belongings, and possibilities of compensation. (You never know, you might get lucky... If the hard approach don't work, go for the sympathy vote.....)

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Ditchleyportrait Fanatic Posts: 504 Karma: 780086 Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: ny Device: Kindle DX Graphite	is it possible you could have accidentally thrown it out?

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GraceKrispy It's Dr. Penguin now! Posts: 3,909 Karma: 4705733 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: (USA) Device: iPad mini, Samsung Note 3, Sony PRS-650 (rarely used now)	Oh no! Say it isn't so! A fate worse than.... well, worse than not losing it! I hope you do find it. Too bad there's not an option to call it or make it ring somehow. If you have any bookshelf or stack of books/magazines, I'd check there to be sure it didn't get hidden. Are you sure someone else in the house didn't appropriate it for personal use? I hope you find it. I'd be panicky and feel incomplete!

06-24-2011, 04:15 PM	#4
Asawi Gadgetoholic Posts: 1,462 Karma: 2731820 Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Sweden Device: Kobo Libra2, Tolino Vision 6	Culd it have slipped between pillows in couch or chair? (I guess after a month that it would have been discovered if that was the case, but I'm grasping at straws here!) My guess: You had it in your hand when you went to do something totally unrelated, and then just put it down in a really really odd place (for a reader at least). Have done that with different things, and they are darn near impossible to find if you can't backtrack wheat you were doing when it disappeared. So sorry to hear of your (apparent) loss! Hope you find it and when you do, please let us know where on earth you put it!

06-24-2011, 05:22 PM	#5
pidgeon92 Wizard Posts: 3,144 Karma: 8426142 Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Chicago, IL Device: Kindle PW2, Kindle Voyage, Kindle DXG, Boox M90, Kobo Aura HD	I think one of your parents snatched it.

06-24-2011, 11:41 PM	#6
boykster Junior Member Posts: 4 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2011 Device: PRS-950	I left my 900 on a plane.....:-(

06-25-2011, 08:27 AM	#7
DMB Old Git Posts: 958 Karma: 1840790 Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Switzerland (mostly) Device: Two kindle PWs wifi, kindle fire, iPad3 wifi	Sorry to hear of your loss. I had my first K3 stolen in December and yesterday I realised I had lost my Blackberry.

06-25-2011, 08:31 AM	#8
minspargal Enthusiast Posts: 34 Karma: 154 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Texas Device: sony reader	How terrible!

06-25-2011, 06:50 PM	#10
solitarywolf Ink Drinker Posts: 217 Karma: 347666 Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: San Francisco, CA Device: Kindle Scribe, Kindle 2021, Ipad Pro, iPhone Pro	I am sorry to hear this. I fear loosing mine someday. I have been taping a business card to my Reader's for the last four years in case someone is honest enough to contact me if I do leave it behind. I figure that I will never see it if there is no information, but with the card on the back there is a small chance. I do hope you find your's

06-25-2011, 07:16 PM	#11
greylin Member Posts: 20 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: UK Device: Sony PRS-505	I left mine in the dental surgery and the dentist liked it so much he bought one! I'm afraid this is no help to you though and you have my greatest sympathy.

06-25-2011, 09:38 PM	#12
Rizla Member Retired Posts: 3,183 Karma: 11721895 Join Date: Nov 2010 Device: Nook STR (rooted) & Sony T2	Recall where you last had it and retrace your steps from there. Chances are you put it somewhere you would not normally put it and would not think to look.

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06-25-2011, 09:58 PM	#13
graycyn Wizard Posts: 1,497 Karma: 11250344 Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: NE Oregon Device: Kobo Sage, Forma, Kindle Oasis 2, Sony PRS-T2	I agree with that last, keep looking. Whenever I lose something, it is always because I put it somewhere I would not normally place it and therefore don't think of looking there. Check things like pantries, linen closets, bathroom shelves, anywhere you might inadvertently have laid it down while thinking about something else. Also, was it in a leather cover and do your parents have pets? If it could be a possibility that a pet dragged it somewhere, check under beds, chairs, sofas, etc...

06-26-2011, 12:01 PM	#14
Poppaea Lucifer's Bat Posts: 2,536 Karma: 19491715 Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Earth/Berlin Device: Kobo Libra 2	Whenever I can't find something I call my best friend and have looked for it absolutely EVERYWHERE (what I think is everywhere)). She seems to know my weirdest moves and suggests places where I never would have looked for it. Normally I find it in a couple of minutes. I do hope you will find it again. This is too big a loss, especially when you are not able to cover it. Have you had a look out for the 350. I saw them somewhere mentioned to be sold for $99.

06-26-2011, 01:21 PM	#15
fafaforza Zealot Posts: 140 Karma: 26780 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Brooklyn, NY Device: Aura ONE	Too often, when I lose something,, I buy a replacement and end up finding the lost one a few days/weeks later. My Nintendo DS was behind the bed. A set of hex socket bits was behing a storage box. So I suggest buy a replacement on credit, wait a little bit, and the old one will turn up, then just return the new one.