Hardware (a late christmas miracle) lost my phone, found a switch.

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Hmm, story sounds pretty fishy. Whether it's true or not, this is absolutely NOT stealing. If the guy knew who the owner was then it would be a different story.

Wish I lived in your world. Not your property, you don't own it. There's a reason "squatting" is illegal.

"Finders keepers" isn't valid outside of 3rd grade. No matter what you choose to believe.
 
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Do what you please.. The universe doesn't work like most people would hope to believe. And if you didn't post this thread, no one would have known that you had it in the first place. It's really up to you if you want to return it or not, but you won't get any judgement from me. If I was careless enough to lose my belongings in a backpack on the street, and someone found it, I would understand if I never saw it again.
 

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Do what you please.. The universe doesn't work like most people would hope to believe. And if you didn't post this thread, no one would have known that you had it in the first place. It's really up to you if you want to return it or not, but you won't get any judgement from me. If I was careless enough to lose my belongings in a backpack on the street, and someone found it, I would understand if I never saw it again.

This is the sad truth, though it doesn't make it right.

Do what you want with lost property, I guess. If it gets found out, then the "justice system" (lol, yeah right) will take care of you.
 

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Just log on and solely use your account. I doubt Nintendo has implemented any type of blacklisting aside from card fraud and cheating.

I know you didn't ask for advice per se but an option would be to give it to the police as a lost item once you've had your fun. In most places the police allow people to turn in lost items and put a claim on them as the "finder". If the person who lost the item doesn't contact them to claim it in a predetermined amount of time (Usually 90 days.) then you can invoke your right as a finder and keep it. (I know that's the case where I live. I found a motorized bike in a lake once and had the police come pick it up. Forgot to put in a claim though 90 days later so I'm sure they sold it.) This is just an option to allow you to have a bit of fun with the system, clear your conscious and also potentially come out with a Switch as well.
 

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An honest man would bring the device to the police or use the information on the Switch itself to contact the owner.
 
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I'd turn it in...if I wasn't homeless. I gotta admit, wrong or right, I'd be very tempted to keep it for my own entertainment in that particular situation. Gotta have my vidjas, probably a bigger addiction than caffeine.
 
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Only here people could think that finding something on the side of the road is stealing. You guys will literally go to any lengths to tear people down, won't you? I doubt the guy could return the switch even if he wanted to. I mean, its not like your address and phone number are registered to your account. How would he even find the original owner? Put up a Craig's List ad? ....please. The guy is homeless, down on his luck, and probably couldn't return the system to its rightful owner even if he wanted to. Admit it, if you morons found a Switch lying around, you'd keep it too, so don't try to act holier-than-thou.

Maybe this guy is a troll, maybe he is a liar, maybe not. I don't know him at all so I wont judge him, but lets face it... Most of the people here freaking out and calling this guy a "common thief" based on the tiny bit of info they actually know.... just stop. I'm willing to bet that the majority of you still live under mommy and daddy's financial security blanket, and have no clue just how tough it is to be on the street. So many people here are such assholes these days. I'm starting to remember why I don't come here frequently any more....

EDIT: Here's an example of what I mean. Let's say you're walking down the street, and you see a $100 bill blowing down the sidewalk. You pick it up. Is that stealing too? I mean, it was someone else's $100 bill at one point. Would you go to the police station and try to find the original owner? Of course not... There is a LARGE difference between finding something that isn't yours, and stealing it.
Only difference here is that a dollar bill doesn't have a user account attached to it with a perfectly functional customer support.
If you're going with the "finding money" example, a credit card would be much better here, since it has both, and of course you're gonna return it instead of using it.
 
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Only difference here is that a dollar bill doesn't have a user account attached to it with a perfectly functional customer support.
If you're going with the "finding money" example, a credit card would be much better here, since it has both, and of course you're gonna return it instead of using it.
Nope, a credit card is just a piece of plastic. The credit card itself is absolutely worthless. The Switch is nothing like that.
 

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Nope, a credit card is just a piece of plastic. The credit card itself is absolutely worthless. The Switch is nothing like that.
The point here is that you can easily contact a bank and have the credit card returned, just like with a Switch and Nintendo Support. A dollar bill is untraceable, unless someone writes their phone number on every bill they get.
 
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I would try to return it, via a police station, Nintendo customer support, etc. If you can't find the owner within a couple weeks, just keep it
 

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Do people really believe this story? It's sounds so fishy and odd. A new account, a karma story and homeless to boot. I don't believe it for a second.
And s/he lives on the streets and happen to come to GBATemp of all forums? And how the heck do the person go online?
 
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Do people really believe this story? It's sounds so fishy and odd. A new account, a karma story and homeless to boot. I don't believe it for a second.
And s/he lives on the streets and happen to come to GBATemp of all forums? And how the heck do the person go online?
Library computers
 
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@Kefka It is stealing. Punished by law or not. If I did it myself I would feel ashamed of someone finding out. If I knew someone did that, I will certainly not look them in good eyes, I will not trust this person.
 
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If there are someone's name and address somewhere in the bag or something like that then you have no right to steal it and ignored it. Be a good guy and return it. Just saying. If there is no name and address in it at all and no way to access to find someone then you can keep it.
 
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