Car keys found and witheld until proof of ownership
Discussion
I don't currently know the full details yet but what I know so far is:
My friend lost her car key on Monday am. Assumed she had lost them in the house she looks all over.
Today a man knocks on her door and says he has found a car key on the pavement outside her house and asks if it is hers.
She says yes and that she was looking for it.
He wont give them to her until she shows him proof she owns the car.
The car is parked on a public road.
She doesn't have the log book as it is leased.
I can only assume she trusts him to bring the key back when she finds she has suitable proof its her car.
She has a 4 year old to get to nursery in the next village and has been relying on lifts.
What would be the quickest way of proving the car is hers?
I am obviously not as trusting as her as in my view, he has effectively stole her car key.
My friend lost her car key on Monday am. Assumed she had lost them in the house she looks all over.
Today a man knocks on her door and says he has found a car key on the pavement outside her house and asks if it is hers.
She says yes and that she was looking for it.
He wont give them to her until she shows him proof she owns the car.
The car is parked on a public road.
She doesn't have the log book as it is leased.
I can only assume she trusts him to bring the key back when she finds she has suitable proof its her car.
She has a 4 year old to get to nursery in the next village and has been relying on lifts.
What would be the quickest way of proving the car is hers?
I am obviously not as trusting as her as in my view, he has effectively stole her car key.
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hstewie said:
hstewie said: Nothing at all on paper or email to show she's
I have suggested insurance as its most likely to be available on phone. - Taxed it?
- Insured it?
- MOT'd it?
- Serviced it?
- Pays for it?
Unsure what she would have to prove who pays but will ask.
Edited by Nemophilist on Wednesday 11th December 22:54
Please don’t take this the wrong way, but I can’t comprehend this situation. Unless this is a prime example of two idiots colliding.
Man: hello, I’ve found some car keys outside have you lost any?
Friend: oh my god yes, I’ve been worried sick and looking everywhere.
Man: just to be safe what type of keys have you lost?
Friend: no problem, it’s ford key for the blue 19 reg focus just down there. I will show you.
Man: that’s great, here are your keys.
Man: hello, I’ve found some car keys outside have you lost any?
Friend: oh my god yes, I’ve been worried sick and looking everywhere.
Man: just to be safe what type of keys have you lost?
Friend: no problem, it’s ford key for the blue 19 reg focus just down there. I will show you.
Man: that’s great, here are your keys.
Flumpo said:
Is he still at the door?!
I would have given him the reg number, car colour type and walked with him to unlock it.
If that wasn’t enough I would begrudgingly show him an email about the car that surely exists.
If he was still refusing, police time.
I'm assuming shes let him go home. Not something I or I expect most people would do. I would have given him the reg number, car colour type and walked with him to unlock it.
If that wasn’t enough I would begrudgingly show him an email about the car that surely exists.
If he was still refusing, police time.
Flumpo said:
Please don’t take this the wrong way, but I can’t comprehend this situation. Unless this is a prime example of two idiots colliding.
Man: hello, I’ve found some car keys outside have you lost any?
Friend: oh my god yes, I’ve been worried sick and looking everywhere.
Man: just to be safe what type of keys have you lost?
Friend: no problem, it’s ford key for the blue 19 reg focus just down there. I will show you.
Man: that’s great, here are your keys.
My thoughts exactly.Man: hello, I’ve found some car keys outside have you lost any?
Friend: oh my god yes, I’ve been worried sick and looking everywhere.
Man: just to be safe what type of keys have you lost?
Friend: no problem, it’s ford key for the blue 19 reg focus just down there. I will show you.
Man: that’s great, here are your keys.
I cant help think that unless he was a very strange person she wouldn't be in this situation.
Edited by Nemophilist on Wednesday 11th December 22:53
Flumpo said:
Please don’t take this the wrong way, but I can’t comprehend this situation. Unless this is a prime example of two idiots colliding.
Man: hello, I’ve found some car keys outside have you lost any?
Friend: oh my god yes, I’ve been worried sick and looking everywhere.
Man: just to be safe what type of keys have you lost?
Friend: no problem, it’s ford key for the blue 19 reg focus just down there. I will show you.
Man: that’s great, here are your keys.
yeah you'd think so eh , could also say yeah theres a meatloaf cd in the glovebox and some used pink underkrackers in the spare wheel well or such like Man: hello, I’ve found some car keys outside have you lost any?
Friend: oh my god yes, I’ve been worried sick and looking everywhere.
Man: just to be safe what type of keys have you lost?
Friend: no problem, it’s ford key for the blue 19 reg focus just down there. I will show you.
Man: that’s great, here are your keys.
Edited by steveo3002 on Wednesday 11th December 15:51
Nemophilist said:
Flumpo said:
Please don’t take this the wrong way, but I can’t comprehend this situation. Unless this is a prime example of two idiots colliding.
Man: hello, I’ve found some car keys outside have you lost any?
Friend: oh my god yes, I’ve been worried sick and looking everywhere.
Man: just to be safe what type of keys have you lost?
Friend: no problem, it’s ford key for the blue 19 reg focus just down there. I will show you.
Man: that’s great, here are your keys.
My thoughts exactly.Man: hello, I’ve found some car keys outside have you lost any?
Friend: oh my god yes, I’ve been worried sick and looking everywhere.
Man: just to be safe what type of keys have you lost?
Friend: no problem, it’s ford key for the blue 19 reg focus just down there. I will show you.
Man: that’s great, here are your keys.
My friend is a little ditsy and disorganised but I cant help think that unless he was a very strange person she wouldn't be in this situation.
steveo3002 said:
yeah you'd think so eh , could also say yeah theres a meatloaf cd in the glovebox and some used pink underkrackers in the spare wheel weel or such like
Thats what I was thinking, there must be items of hers in the carboot that only she could describe. Ive asked her what on earths going on so will see what she comes back with.
She's just told me that she was so taken aback that he didnt just give her the keys that she didn't even think about looking for her insurance papers or anything else to prove it.
Hes not there now.
She has a number and said she will ask him to drop them to the police station and she will pick them up from there.
Im not too sure what proof the police ask for in these situations.
I'l offer to go with her to meet him if there's any trouble.
Hes not there now.
She has a number and said she will ask him to drop them to the police station and she will pick them up from there.
Im not too sure what proof the police ask for in these situations.
I'l offer to go with her to meet him if there's any trouble.
Lonely said:
Police haven't been responsible for lost/found property for years.
Must vary by force:https://www.westyorkshire.police.uk/advice/lost-an...
Nemophilist said:
She's just told me that she was so taken aback that he didnt just give her the keys that she didn't even think about looking for her insurance papers or anything else to prove it.
Hes not there now.
She has a number and said she will ask him to drop them to the police station and she will pick them up from there.
Im not too sure what proof the police ask for in these situations.
I'l offer to go with her to meet him if there's any trouble.
Different force areas have different protocols over property - some won't accept anything at all, so make sure you know before a wasted phone call to the bloke asking him to hand them in. Better off just getting some proof of ownership sorted then when he doesn't play ball phone the police to resolve.Hes not there now.
She has a number and said she will ask him to drop them to the police station and she will pick them up from there.
Im not too sure what proof the police ask for in these situations.
I'l offer to go with her to meet him if there's any trouble.
Unbelievable.
Yes, they are my keys, here is the car, in the drivers door you'll find a half eaten pack of minstrels and in the glove box is a pink fluffy deicing mitt.
Feel free to check if you really must, and then please can I have my keys back.
There must be some kind of identifying marks or objects that only she knows about,
Yes, they are my keys, here is the car, in the drivers door you'll find a half eaten pack of minstrels and in the glove box is a pink fluffy deicing mitt.
Feel free to check if you really must, and then please can I have my keys back.
There must be some kind of identifying marks or objects that only she knows about,
vaud said:
Lonely said:
Police haven't been responsible for lost/found property for years.
Must vary by force:https://www.westyorkshire.police.uk/advice/lost-an...
Riley Blue said:
vaud said:
Lonely said:
Police haven't been responsible for lost/found property for years.
Must vary by force:https://www.westyorkshire.police.uk/advice/lost-an...
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