I lost my cellphone last night in the Hilton lounge. There was a little bruhaha in the lounge and we got kicked out… I got back to my room and realized I did not have my phone… what a crappy feeling. Then I went down and scoured the area and did not find it.
What sux now is I dunno if I should run to the local sprint store and drop like 600$ on a new one (how bad does that suck) or chill in hopes someone picked it up.
If you have it or know someone who might have picked it up please try to find me at the conference. I will love you long time.
April 12, 2007 at 10:33 am
you should ask your provider to block your number, maybe someone found it and is calling to everyone and is spending like $xxx … Just get it blocked so nobody can call with it.
April 12, 2007 at 10:39 am
Have you been calling it continually since? I have to resort to that all the time..
April 12, 2007 at 10:42 am
I guess someone finally got some truly “Free Ringtones.”
April 12, 2007 at 10:48 am
I assume someone will return it. Who steals cell phones these days? If it was a wad of cash, thats understandable, but a cell phone?
April 12, 2007 at 10:52 am
Uh, you did borrow someone else’s phone and try to call the one you lost, right?
April 12, 2007 at 10:53 am
Is it safe to assume you’ve tried calling yourself…
April 12, 2007 at 10:55 am
April 12, 2007 at 10:59 am
I say wait if you can, if you need to make the calls go buy one. You can always sell it again on eBay.
Know the feeling, I lost all my keys and my USB drive a few weeks ago. I did get them back and it was a real load off my mind.
April 12, 2007 at 10:59 am
Phone the phone.
April 12, 2007 at 11:01 am
Its bad .. get info from reception? :-s
April 12, 2007 at 11:01 am
I too lost my phone in a hilton hotel, but that was after I threw up in the plants in the driveway of the hotel waiting for a taxi. I seem to remember we lost a bottle of dom perignon as well which my drunken buddy procured from a display in an exhibition about the history of champagne in the lobby?? That was an expensive night….
April 12, 2007 at 11:21 am
ouch
If it’s likely you’ll get a call which is worth more than $600 to you in the next few days, it’s probably (financially) worth your money buying a new phone.
(If worst comes to worst, you can run a competition on your blog – “Win My Shoephone!”)
If having a phone isn’t worth $600 to you in the next few days, then you’re probably better off waiting for it to turn up.
I think the value of the phone is inversely proportionate to the likelihood it will turn up.. I can’t get rid of my brick
Brent
P.S. – I gotta ask – what was the bruhaha? In fact, what sort of bruhaha could possibly happen at an SES conference?
April 12, 2007 at 11:27 am
By the way – is it my imagination, or is your site running pretty slow lately? :S
April 12, 2007 at 11:30 am
Perhaps Ms Dewey picked it up?
April 12, 2007 at 11:35 am
My wife just lost her Treo 700 yesterday too.
April 12, 2007 at 11:37 am
hey shoe,
I got a free treo 650 here! I was skeptical too but they delivered right to my Hotel room in like 15 minutes, just enter your email address and answer some silly questions. It takes like three minutes. Just cut and paste this url into your browser!
http://www.freeTREOatspammydomain.com
Just hope you backed it up. I lost my phone earlier this year… Now I’m going to back my new one up RIGHT NOW! I don’t even know my girlfriends phone number, my phone just knows. Who memorizes numbers anymore?
April 12, 2007 at 11:54 am
Missing mine too, but for a very different reason. One of my kids got their hands on it (I think), shortly before I needed to charge it, so while I know my phone is in the house, I can’t call it to figure out where it is. It should turn up soon, but it’s my 2 year old who doesn’t talk who tends to snag it, so questioning doesn’t help.
Drives me nuts, but at least I only rarely get calls on it.
April 12, 2007 at 12:26 pm
What a great deal! I love those Free TREOs from Spammy Domains!
April 12, 2007 at 12:27 pm
Post and/or check on newyork.craigslist.org
Good luck!
April 12, 2007 at 12:33 pm
Hopefully some one will return it.
April 12, 2007 at 12:34 pm
That sucks, I couldnt stand losing all the numbers in the phonebook. Need back ups of those.
April 12, 2007 at 12:37 pm
So that’s why you haven’t been returning my calls! :p
April 12, 2007 at 12:44 pm
i’ll mail you a new phone… what you need?
April 12, 2007 at 12:56 pm
Drunken Phone Losing is a favorite past time of mine – check out this service: http://www.returnit.com.
April 12, 2007 at 1:05 pm
Ahh that really sucks, I know how you feel to. I have lost my cell phone 2 times. I’m a cingular user so I just bought some cheap phone to replace it. I’m a poor college kid that can’t afford phones ahah.
April 12, 2007 at 1:07 pm
Haha, don’t you love kids. You will remember these days when you get older and laugh.
April 12, 2007 at 1:08 pm
So are we going to see your phonebook on John Chow’s blog? His blog seems to be down right now for some reason, so he might be rifling through it now!
April 12, 2007 at 1:15 pm
Why didn’t you get your friend to phone it while you were looking for it?
Or maybe you did:P
April 12, 2007 at 1:18 pm
Hey, the link’s busted, could you fix it?
April 12, 2007 at 1:23 pm
That really sucks I know how that is my fiance broken my ipod, and both of my cellphones.
he skates.
April 12, 2007 at 1:52 pm
Suck man, good luck
April 12, 2007 at 1:52 pm
I laughed. Oh how I laughed.
April 12, 2007 at 1:58 pm
You’re sweating over $600 but your ReviewMe’s basically pay for it. Think about us poor blokes.
April 12, 2007 at 2:24 pm
This is like a competition. Who find the phone with a website review
April 12, 2007 at 2:24 pm
I heard Shoe through someone out a window Marsellis Wallace style after they called him a white hat.
April 12, 2007 at 2:27 pm
I also had a similar experience in losing a cell phone. The next time I purchased one, I made sure I took out the insurance plan. Sometime expensive, but worth it if it is ever lost or stolen.
April 12, 2007 at 2:55 pm
$600 are peanuts for you.
April 12, 2007 at 2:56 pm
BTW will you review my blog if I buy you a new?
April 12, 2007 at 3:01 pm
Money your on just buy another.
Kev
April 12, 2007 at 3:02 pm
Block your phone, and any important numbers, tell them to expect dodgy calls.
Kev
April 12, 2007 at 3:08 pm
That’s what I was thinking… the perosn who has it probably isn’t answering it at all just using it to rack up$ in calls.
April 12, 2007 at 3:18 pm
Add another vote for returning to a FULL RSS feed. Or provide separate feeds for full and teaser.
Good luck with the phone & keep up the excellent posts.
April 12, 2007 at 3:39 pm
I hope i will lose my phone the day apple will present their iPhone… so I will have the courage to spend 600 bucks on a phone too
April 12, 2007 at 3:40 pm
Cheer up – I lost my cell phone at Affiliate Summit (Vegas) and somehow it was returned…there’s hope!
April 12, 2007 at 3:47 pm
Bad news about the phone but I am sure you can easily afford another one.That said, I am more interested about the “bruhaha” and “getting kicked out” aspect of this event. Care to share?
April 12, 2007 at 3:55 pm
Emailed ya Shoe, hope you find it man!
April 12, 2007 at 3:59 pm
that is a good idea actually. Shoe should offer a free review for whichever companies mail him a phone first.
April 12, 2007 at 4:05 pm
I have your phone at Hilton for. Send me your magentic AdSense. Or face my magnets.
April 12, 2007 at 4:25 pm
dude let’s split the price then
Later on you review my site on your blog, in that case people going to your site will see my review too
April 12, 2007 at 5:06 pm
Dang Shoe, that stinks. Hope you find it man!
Sprint > all
April 12, 2007 at 5:07 pm
That will teach you to bruhaha at the Hilton
April 12, 2007 at 6:22 pm
if we all chip in, we could get shoe a new one
April 12, 2007 at 6:30 pm
OH NOOOO!!!
April 12, 2007 at 8:23 pm
Ouch. I lost my cell one time in Chicago Midway airport during a layover on my way to a job interview. Very stressful.
April 12, 2007 at 8:24 pm
I’m guessing he can actually afford a replacement.
April 12, 2007 at 8:25 pm
Yeah, the simplest step is to just try calling it. Maybe someone picked it up but isn’t smart enough to figure out who owns it.
April 12, 2007 at 8:26 pm
Hahahahaha.
April 12, 2007 at 8:31 pm
Check YouTube for the ShoeMoney sex video…
April 12, 2007 at 9:06 pm
The least I would do is report the phone and also call up Sprint even if you don’t have a insurance. I had the same situation and to my surprise, they helped me out.
April 12, 2007 at 9:19 pm
Kind of like the feeling I got when my dog ate my cell phone. Sucks to have to get a new one… especially if you have some data you want to get out… hope you find it.
April 12, 2007 at 9:48 pm
Shoe,
What kind of phone you want? I run a Sprint Store in Columbus, Ga. Phone is on me contact me on MySpace or at TeeP @ bluedevilmedia dot com.
April 12, 2007 at 10:05 pm
And I just donated 2 Treo 650s last week. Bad timing.
April 12, 2007 at 10:32 pm
lol that was a good one I have to admit.
April 13, 2007 at 3:35 am
LOL, “check youtube for shoemoney sex video”, I spilled Gatorade all over my keyboard, ok not really but it was really funny.
I’ve never lost a cell phone and I’ve had it for 3 years, my friends lose them all the time. By the way, is that in Vegas? I was recently there and will live there in the future.
April 13, 2007 at 5:07 am
I cant imagine loosing my phone… I guess I am going to backup all contacts now
April 13, 2007 at 5:36 am
So much for the illusion that Shoe is making money hand over foot if he’s worrying about a $600 phone.
April 13, 2007 at 7:43 am
HAHAHA! heheh…hehe..he…woooh!
That’s funny man!
Sorry Shoe!
April 13, 2007 at 7:44 am
While you’re mailing it, mind getting another envelope and stuffing one for me as well
April 13, 2007 at 9:16 am
Yeah, I work for US Cellular… I’ve never had a stolen cell phone report at all… Because it’s no use to the stealer. They can have it for a day maybe, and then the line will be suspended, or if they try to do anything the serial number is known to be stolen. I’m sure someone found it, it’s not like it was a ring or anything.
April 13, 2007 at 9:55 am
lol i got so many dam phones lol
April 13, 2007 at 10:31 am
If you find the Phone, list it on eBay, I am sure ShoeMoney’s phone would go for quite a bit of money!
April 13, 2007 at 11:24 am
Judging by the readership of this blog, it’d be more popular than Paris’s
April 13, 2007 at 1:20 pm
I probably will get US Cellular when I buy a phone
April 13, 2007 at 2:24 pm
Who cares about the damn phone. Who the hell was fighting?
April 13, 2007 at 2:42 pm
that sucks man… maybe you will get lucky and someone will return it but i wouldn’t hold my breath.
April 13, 2007 at 2:49 pm
So we’ll expect to see you with a phone necklace in the future?
Prediction: Upcoming discovery of self-taken topless photos of Shoe & him posing with little dogs.
April 13, 2007 at 3:15 pm
dam… i’d like one of those!
April 13, 2007 at 3:16 pm
you should get one laser inscribed with the super shoe logo, it would cost nothing!
April 13, 2007 at 4:12 pm
Unless that includes a tracking device, a laser inscription has nothing to do with retrieving a lost phone.
April 13, 2007 at 5:20 pm
Sucks to hear about ur phone. Droped my Treo in a toilet over the holidays…Sprint’s insurance co. was nice enough to replace it and told me not to bother sending it back…
April 13, 2007 at 10:32 pm
Well.. at least you didn’t lose your wallet, which I absolutely hate losing.. credit cards, cash, id, driver’s license are a real bummer to replace.
April 13, 2007 at 11:59 pm
Mike McDonald lost his phone on the bus. He was lucky enough to get it back the next day when Ken found a picture of it with Mike on his camera from the dinner.
April 14, 2007 at 12:56 am
That’s pretty lucky.
Hey Shoe – any luck with the phone?
What did you end up doing?
April 14, 2007 at 6:44 am
OMG that is classic! I can see the website now… Click here to hear Shoemoney’s ringtones and download them FREE!
April 14, 2007 at 7:57 am
Someone might return it, let me tell you my story.
I live in upstate, NY. My fiance went to the Bronx (1hr and 45 mintues away)to drop off my niece at her mom’s. Anwyay, he dropped his phone in the building and didn’t notice. He has a camera phone. The picture is of me and our son.
I get a phone call from a lady that is visiting someone in the building. She resides in Boston Massachusetts. She tells me she was going to the store to buy pampers for her child and found the phone on the floor, in front of the elevator. When she opened it, she saw our picture and she found “Home” in the phone book. She asked me what she should do with the phone?! She dropped the phone off at my sister’s apartment.
What’s the point? Leave cute pictures of your kids, niece or nephew on your phone. They make people feel guilty. HaHa!
No, really … there still are people out there that are honest. I always return cell phones when I find them at the supermarket, WalMart and the mall. I believe “What comes around, goes around.”
Good luck!
April 14, 2007 at 11:24 am
That sucks Shoe. Hope it all works out for you.
April 14, 2007 at 1:50 pm
that sure sucks .. i don’t think anyone will return a valuable items such as a handphone
April 14, 2007 at 3:07 pm
you will let us know the story if anything happens?
April 14, 2007 at 4:29 pm
I’d rather lose my left arm then my cellphone :\
April 14, 2007 at 6:23 pm
Do you have the new iphone ;p, My ipod recently broke, so I’m waiting for that to come out. I’ll be getting an Ipod with a new phone.
April 15, 2007 at 10:54 am
Always hold your cell phone with your right hand. That way, if you do lose your left arm, you’ll still have your cell phone.
April 15, 2007 at 11:41 am
Ok… have you checked eBay yet? I would imagine if you have a huge fan base, there might be a few knuckle heads out there that would be like, “Oh wow! I have ShoeMoney’s Cell Phone!”, and put it on eBay. Naturally, they won’t be thinking of the consequences… but still, it’s worth a shot!
Ok, all kidding aside, I am sorry that you lost your cell phone. That really sucks. I have lost mine a few times and it gives me the most empty feeling. I wish you the best on finding it.
April 15, 2007 at 10:30 pm
Dude, you find your phone yet?
April 15, 2007 at 10:57 pm
just read this & lol’d
April 16, 2007 at 5:20 am
i could use a new cell phone though…!
April 16, 2007 at 11:00 am
Is this post like the ultimate Shoemoney/ringtone/treo linkbait post or what?
Hopefully by now you’ve either found your phone, blocked your number, or something…it definitely sucks to have lost your phone, especially in a big city like NYC. I’d be surprised if you get it back.
Anyhow, I left my cell phone once on the way to the airport in Memphis and had left it on the seat of the shared ride van…went immediately back and turned out the driver had picked it up and turned it into his office. I was able to get it back right away that time.
Did you have the phone locked and a password on it by chance? Perhaps someone picked it up and turned it into the bartender or hotel staff? Man, does this bring back memories…
April 16, 2007 at 12:06 pm
Too bad there aren’t more people as nice as you. Anyone ever try/have luck with one of the tag and track companies? They give you labels with an 800#, ID# and a note offering a reward if found.
April 16, 2007 at 9:39 pm
So, did you find it
April 17, 2007 at 1:56 pm
what model of the phone and which brand, that you’ve dropped. I hope that you will get it back soon, man. Cheers, tomorrow might be a better for you.
April 18, 2007 at 3:19 am
Did you already find it. Whole wolrd knows about your phone lost so I think someone could return it already and have nice feeling than
April 18, 2007 at 8:01 am
Cmon Shoe – you’ve got 100 posters here wanting to know – did you find it?
April 20, 2007 at 3:39 pm
Hope you backed it up. It’s like you dropped the soap or something.
January 1, 2008 at 4:06 am
“Who steals cell phones these days?”
That comment was just stupid. EVERYONE steals a cellphone. That’s the first thing muggers steal. They don’t care about the SIM, they sell phone on black market.
January 28, 2009 at 3:40 pm
Your MessageMake sure your phone is immediately shut off by your provider, and next phone you get you should cover with a lost and found recovery service. I use TrackItBack and they will return your items for free. Good luck finding your phone.