Left laptop on train, chances of getting it back?
A couple summers ago I left my almost brand new suit jacket on the train and I was pleasantly surprised when NJT called me and said they had it. It did take a few weeks though, as apparently it had to first be recovered at Dover or. Gladstone or wherever it ended up, then go to some processing site or something before being shipped up to NYP where I picked it up at the customer service office.
I suspect your outcome is at least partly dependent on how new/nice the laptop is -- the newer/nicer it is, the greater chance that a fellow passenger or NJT employee will claim it as their own.
If the machine is an old beater I'd guesstimate 2/3 chance you get it back. If it's newer and sleek, 1/3 chance.
I suspect your outcome is at least partly dependent on how new/nice the laptop is -- the newer/nicer it is, the greater chance that a fellow passenger or NJT employee will claim it as their own.
If the machine is an old beater I'd guesstimate 2/3 chance you get it back. If it's newer and sleek, 1/3 chance.
It's not that nice. Lenovo, a few years old. I wouldn't have suspected a transit employee, but who knows!! Crossing my fingers.
Apr 9, 2015 at 4:34pm Edited
Ha! Did you drop your jacket on the Maplewood center platform? I foud one and took it home, posted here and ultimately turned it in. Glad you got yours back.
http://forum.maplewoodonline.com//discussion/107455/#Item_3
And I have recovered a cellphone from Dover. They called me.
http://forum.maplewoodonline.com//discussion/107455/#Item_3
And I have recovered a cellphone from Dover. They called me.
I've mostly heard stories with good endings about getting stuff back. Go to the offices at your station, at the station where you left it, and the main station offices of that line (NYP, Hbkn) and talk to the charge conductor from that day. Good luck!
I left a bag on the overhead storage containing new shoes for my son, a scarf and a rare (my aunt got it in Senegal in the 70's), much-loved piece of costume jewelry. You'd think with a random assortment items I'd get it back. But no. I filed a report and checked in several times but never got it back. Sad.
Regretfully have left 2 clothing items on NJT; both reported, neither returned.
I have had luck in other lost item situations, so wish you the best.
I have had luck in other lost item situations, so wish you the best.
I left a wallet and got it back. A friend got her laptop back. You may get lucky.
I left a giant bag of Halloween candy on the train on Halloween. I didn't get it back. (I didn't ask.)
I have left a few items on buses and light-rail trains here in St. Louis. Some I got back, some I didn't. I once found a laptop someone left at a bus-stop. It had the person's last name and street address on it. The street address was two blocks away, so I tried to return it in person right then. Address was a large apartment building. The manager or concierge wasn't in, so I tried to find the exact apartment on the mailboxes in the vestibule. Turns out, people were listed only by their first name! WTF? I know there are privacy issues, but you could miss a lot of mail that way. So I turned around and caught the next bus and gave the thing to the bus driver to turn in to lost and found. I called in two days later and was told the appropriate person had retrieved the computer.
I left a smart phone on the 4:09 from New York, realized it as soon as the train doors closed.
Five minutes later, I got a call at home on our landline from a conductor who found the phone and called by pressing the "Home" icon the screen.
I picked up the phone at Customer Service in Penn Station the next morning.
Five minutes later, I got a call at home on our landline from a conductor who found the phone and called by pressing the "Home" icon the screen.
I picked up the phone at Customer Service in Penn Station the next morning.
paulsurovell said:
I left a smart phone on the 4:09 from New York, realized it as soon as the train doors closed.
Five minutes later, I got a call at home on our landline from a conductor who found the phone and called by pressing the "Home" icon the screen.
I picked up the phone at Customer Service in Penn Station the next morning.
Nice!
Left two suit jackets several years ago, never got them back. Left a bike helmet, never got it back, left a much newer bike helmet tonight with my name and phone number, and I don't have high hopes. I believe that conductors and maintenance crews mostly throw things out unless valuable and not traceable, like a watch, jewelry or fancy pen, in which case they keep it. If traceable like a cell phone, it is returned to lost and found.
My daughter left a fully stuffed (cash & cards) wallet a Westbound train when she got off at Maplewood. We let the station agent know. He reached out to someone, and her wallet came back on the next Eastbound train. NJT employees will do what they can to help you find your important stuff. Even the gruff ones are good people.
rbcole123 said:
Left two suit jackets several years ago, never got them back. Left a bike helmet, never got it back, left a much newer bike helmet tonight with my name and phone number, and I don't have high hopes. I believe that conductors and maintenance crews mostly throw things out unless valuable and not traceable, like a watch, jewelry or fancy pen, in which case they keep it. If traceable like a cell phone, it is returned to lost and found.
Then why does the lost and found have dozens, if not hundreds, of items in it, valuable and not?
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