That's a good idea, taping the phone number on the back of the phone. I
also put REWARD to help keep folks honest.
To bad it wasn't left on, so you could hunt for the ring. Can't tell
you how many times this has saved me, especially when a phone got lost
out in tall grass, while hiking. I used a prepaid backup phone to dial
for half an hour while listening for the ringtone.
I also keep a backup phone, ready to go, complete with address book, to
avoid service interuptions. Just a call to CS to activate it, instead
of the police report, insurance scramble. If you lose a business phone,
it can cost lots of money to be phoneless for a few days, not to
mention the inconvenience and mental anguish. Good backup phones are
cheap on Ebay, but most phone users have at least one laying around
The backup phone is my insurance, and much better than being phoneless.
I use to keep a backup in the car trunk for an even faster
ESN
swap...probably should start again, since you never no when a phone
will get lost or break.
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David