Yeah, but these aren't the facts -- none of this happened like you're describing it -- anyone can see that.
you were really going to the person who picked up a lost camera with the intent to return it to it's rightful owner?
I would daresay the police wouldn't consider it since you can't prove it happened. Like I've said countless times before, either the Lady or the GS dropped the ball. You keep insisting it's the Lady. To me, it sounds like the GS were the ones not communicating. Sounds like the GS aren't communicating....
personally, I would rather give the benefit of the doubt to a person who returned my camera than to an organization who has young kids peddle $4.00 cookie boxes which originally costs 50 cents
so when did you find out this woman knew the very next day that it wasn't her friend's camera? anyway, when you spell it out like you did, my guess is that the girl scouts are the one who dropped the ball, considering the woman came forward to say she had the camera when no one knew who had it.
One problem: the person to whom she thought the camera belonged was not the rightful owner of the camera. Then she failed for over 3 weeks to fix her mistake-- waiting for someone else to fix her mistake.
giddy - you keep fighting the good fight here. One of the few times I can say that I am glad that I am out of work as I now have the time to read the WHOLE thread. I'm up to page 6. Maybe when I get to this post, I'll have a job!
I agree that the GS dropped the ball, however (unless they are lying) we could look at their sent emails to her which were not responded to. Get serious enough and we could check phone records. The GS may look worse... at any rate, they were way to casual about their involvement. Nevertheless, as I understand the law that the lawyer surmised, there is some burden on the lady to return the camera. I don't know what legally amounts to a "request" but her lack of initiative lacks responsibility. Had I walked off with someone's camera (even with misguided good intentions), I would make haste to correct my mistake and apologize profusely for my mistake. She never did that. I have said countless times that both the Lady and the GS dropped the ball.
When the GS wont' divulge her name, what are you going to do? My wife called the GS every few days; should she have called every day?
Thankyou, Manny. You're a good egg. Hope you find a job faster than we got our camera back! I'm off to a family reunion this weekend-- one reason I pressed for the return of the camera. My wife is the family photographer and she has lots of elderly great aunts and cousins who may be gathering for the last time so we need some pictures for our kids.
I have a constructive suggestion: Why don't you photoshop pictures of these oldsters & fogeys from when they were younger (and presumably, much more pleasant to look at as the ravages of time and age are unkind...) with current pictures of your kids. Not only will it be a better visual, but you will spare us and yourself the trouble of having to start a similar thread if you perchance lose your Polaroid or whatever.
Then you misunderstand then law. She notified that GS within 10 days. That's not unreasonable. After you got her contact info, the camera was back in your possession within 1 day. 1 day. Based on your friend's legal excerpt and the known facts, the Lady has done nothing wrong. Would you like a cookie? Basically, it comes down to this... Your wife lost the camera. Lady finds the camera. Camera gets returned to you in 37 days. You want the Lady to apologize for the length of time it took for you to get the camera back. You don't deserve a cookie. Then why are you endlessly ranting about the Lady and almost ignoring the GS and your wife?
Off the top of my head, she could've physically gone to the GS headquarters to talk to them (and at least get them to try to call the Lady in her presence).
I just got back for a week in San Francisco and realized on the trip that I seriously need a new camera. The one I have is about 6 years old, an eternity (evidently) in the camera world. Anyone have a suggestion? This seemed like a good thread to ask (sorry, giddy!). I'd like to spend around or under $300.
I'm going to pop back in... someone already commented on this... BUT, you've been going on and on and on about how long it took, and we come to find out even you forgot about it for a couple of weeks - and clearly it was/is more important to you that you got your camera back than to the lady that she returned it to you. very confusing... Iphone or other smartphone? I haven't kept up to date with camera's, but I imagine the difference between a smartphone camera and a non-smartphone camera, in the under $300 price range, has gotten very small. And with a smartphone you can do so much more associated with photography, apps, etc.
