what do i do with this? (phone found)

so my girlfriend gets a bike come through free which alot of you will have read,

now last nite after a training corse, in a pub, found a phone wedged behind the sofa,

read the txts which said if you find this phone call this number,
did that no answer
txted the number explainiung had found the phone would he like to come and get it.

txt back, no mate, have left area, phone blocked, getting another on insurance

now so ive got a blocked phone, dont want to bin it, i know it will work abroad, can i sell it on ebay or or will voilate rules, its not stolen, and ive tried to return it,

seems a shame to bin it, no point in recyling if they wont take blocked phones,

Hand it in to the police ..... their problem ....

[Dave20046]

You have some odd luck ...
I'd be tempted to bay it.

Guess if you hand it into the police the owner may get done for insurance fraud.

police will destroy it i guess

well he lost it a few days ago, hadnt found it, claimed on insurance, seems a valid claim to me,

[Bluepete]

Hand it over to the Cops.

There is an offence of "Theft by finding" and if it is reported stolen and you sell it on Ebay, guess what?

Sell it on ebay, when the Prince of Nigeria bids for it you won't feel so bad about sending it to him!

[tigersaw]

No point in giving to police, just create more work for them repeating what you have already done.
Odd the owner didn't want it back, even though its blocked. Would have thought his numbers on the sim or in the phone etc were of value.

yeah i thought the same, offered to send it, but he said dont bother, prob get a better more upgraded phone, its not theft, i havent stolen it, i found it contacted owner who didnt want it back, so therfore its now my useless blocked phone, well how i see it anyway, hand to police, ok thankyou, fill out 600 forms, and send it off to be destroyed? no use to anyone then, waste,

[Dave20046]

Originally Posted by Bluepete

Hand it over to the Cops.

There is an offence of "Theft by finding" and if it is reported stolen and you sell it on Ebay, guess what?

Is that still true despite the owner seemingly giving it him?
Or would it be stealing from the insurance company or something?

phone now belongs to the insurance company, either sell it in the pub for a tenner (untraceable) or hand it into police