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jedavis1 · 09-02-2009, 07:38 AM

On Monday, I went to give blood at a local Red Cross drive and being a typical blood drive, I knew it would take a while so I took my PRS505 and red it. When I was done, I rounded up my kids picked up my back-pack and went out to get in the car. I went back to work, met my wife and other kids for supper and went home. When I went to go to work the next day, I went looking for my book... I tried to remember where I had it last, but couldn't remember using it past the blood drive. I called the church and asked if anyone had turned it in, called the Red Cross, call the local police, drove back around to where I had been... nothing. I received a final call from some one I had left a message with and they hadn't seen it. Finally, about 7:00 last night I gave up and accepted that it was gone for good and that I would have to start saving for a new one.

About 15 minutes later, I received a call from someone that asked if I had lost something... I said yes and explained what it was. I thought he was someone from the church that had the blood drive, but it turns out, it was a gentleman that lived about 2 miles around the corner from me, he had found it along a country road about 2 miles from his house (4 from mine) and thought it looked like something important so he picked it up. Thanks to JeffElkins' PRSCustomizer, the were able to get my name and phone number from the about page. If only Sony had done this by default!

So, not only was someone able to contact me because of a "hack", but there was a great human being honest enough to call and return it, but it survived a fall off the roof of my 1.75 m tall jeep going over 55 MPH! The only damage was a little cover scuffing and 1 little dink in the corner of the metal casing. The screen is perfect, the light is still good! I have the SonyWedge light, inside of a leather daytimer cover with a zipper.

To those that carry their's everywhere, I suggest you grab PRSCustomizer and put your information in it and get a durable cover that complete closes with a zipper or velcro.

I am ecstatic that I have it back, with just a few cosmetic reminders of it's ordeal!

09-02-2009, 07:38 AM	#1
jedavis1 Zealot Posts: 103 Karma: 148 Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Huntington, IN US Device: Sony PRS-505	Sad tale that ends happily! On Monday, I went to give blood at a local Red Cross drive and being a typical blood drive, I knew it would take a while so I took my PRS505 and red it. When I was done, I rounded up my kids picked up my back-pack and went out to get in the car. I went back to work, met my wife and other kids for supper and went home. When I went to go to work the next day, I went looking for my book... I tried to remember where I had it last, but couldn't remember using it past the blood drive. I called the church and asked if anyone had turned it in, called the Red Cross, call the local police, drove back around to where I had been... nothing. I received a final call from some one I had left a message with and they hadn't seen it. Finally, about 7:00 last night I gave up and accepted that it was gone for good and that I would have to start saving for a new one. About 15 minutes later, I received a call from someone that asked if I had lost something... I said yes and explained what it was. I thought he was someone from the church that had the blood drive, but it turns out, it was a gentleman that lived about 2 miles around the corner from me, he had found it along a country road about 2 miles from his house (4 from mine) and thought it looked like something important so he picked it up. Thanks to JeffElkins' PRSCustomizer, the were able to get my name and phone number from the about page. If only Sony had done this by default! So, not only was someone able to contact me because of a "hack", but there was a great human being honest enough to call and return it, but it survived a fall off the roof of my 1.75 m tall jeep going over 55 MPH! The only damage was a little cover scuffing and 1 little dink in the corner of the metal casing. The screen is perfect, the light is still good! I have the SonyWedge light, inside of a leather daytimer cover with a zipper. To those that carry their's everywhere, I suggest you grab PRSCustomizer and put your information in it and get a durable cover that complete closes with a zipper or velcro. I am ecstatic that I have it back, with just a few cosmetic reminders of it's ordeal!