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Put a label with your name and phone number on your keys. Problem solved

by bocklund 8y ago

akira2501 8y ago
I'd rather they be lost forever than give anyone an idea of where the keys might be used.
- danso 8y ago
  For such labels, I use a forwarding email address with a name that seems related to me (e.g. my initials and some digits), but vague enough not to reveal my identity nor bring up pertinent Google results.
Waterluvian 8y ago
In Canada we have this service [1] run by donations. You get tags you put on your keys. Anyone can then dump your found keys into any mailbox in the country and they get couriered back to you for free. [1] https://www.waramps.ca/ways-we-help/key-tags/ https://www.waramps.ca/ways-we-help/key-tags/
- justin66 8y ago
  Here in the US in the eighties, my father had a similar tag (made of metal) which even somehow included postage, such that someone could take the keys and put them into the nearest mailbox and they'd be returned to a company which would relay them to the person who lost them. I don't remember if it came from a car insurance company, a bank, his employer, or what but it was a good idea that never really took off. (come to think of it, quite possibly because having keys on a postal conveyor belt might cause no end of problems)
  - DKnoll 8y ago
    The War Amps key tag service doesn't require postage. You place any keys that have a War Amps tag on them in a Canada Post mailbox without packaging or postage and they get returned to the owner. It's been running since 1946.
  - fencepost 8y ago
    This was (is?) a service also provided by some loyalty cards that have small versions that attach to the keyring, most notably some grocery store cards. Checking what's on my keyring right now, Mariano's (WI/IL chain, now owned by Kroger) appears to have this. Albertson's at least had this policy in 2004, with some details from an employee: http://www.goodexperience.com/tib/archives/2004/06/albertsons_supe_1.html http://www.goodexperience.com/tib/archives/2004/06/albertson...
    - justin66 8y ago
      That looks like three differing accounts from three different employees. Interesting.
  - jen729w 8y ago
    Same here in the UK - pretty sure it was part of my dad’s house insurance policy. I think he still has that metal tag on his keyring.
    - justin66 8y ago
      The tag I'm thinking of was metallic as well. I'm sure it must have had a serial number stamped on it along with an address, but what I remember was that it was an irregular shape, perhaps with little flathead screwdriver-heads on the corners or something like that. And I'm not sure how accurate my memory from that time can possibly be, I imagine I only remember it because I was fascinated by the thought of putting something not-mail in the mailbox and I asked my father about it.
    - dave7 8y ago
      I have a UK one on my keyring right now, it's from Barclaycard. It reads "Finder, please deposit in any post box - no stamp needed", and also has an 0800 phone number on it. It's never been tested, but I like to think it works!

Put a label with your name and phone number on your keys. Problem solved

akira2501 8y ago

I'd rather they be lost forever than give anyone an idea of where the keys might be used.

danso 8y ago
For such labels, I use a forwarding email address with a name that seems related to me (e.g. my initials and some digits), but vague enough not to reveal my identity nor bring up pertinent Google results.

Waterluvian 8y ago

In Canada we have this service [1] run by donations. You get tags you put on your keys. Anyone can then dump your found keys into any mailbox in the country and they get couriered back to you for free. [1] https://www.waramps.ca/ways-we-help/key-tags/ https://www.waramps.ca/ways-we-help/key-tags/

justin66 8y ago
Here in the US in the eighties, my father had a similar tag (made of metal) which even somehow included postage, such that someone could take the keys and put them into the nearest mailbox and they'd be returned to a company which would relay them to the person who lost them. I don't remember if it came from a car insurance company, a bank, his employer, or what but it was a good idea that never really took off. (come to think of it, quite possibly because having keys on a postal conveyor belt might cause no end of problems)
- DKnoll 8y ago
  The War Amps key tag service doesn't require postage. You place any keys that have a War Amps tag on them in a Canada Post mailbox without packaging or postage and they get returned to the owner. It's been running since 1946.
- fencepost 8y ago
  This was (is?) a service also provided by some loyalty cards that have small versions that attach to the keyring, most notably some grocery store cards. Checking what's on my keyring right now, Mariano's (WI/IL chain, now owned by Kroger) appears to have this. Albertson's at least had this policy in 2004, with some details from an employee: http://www.goodexperience.com/tib/archives/2004/06/albertsons_supe_1.html http://www.goodexperience.com/tib/archives/2004/06/albertson...
  - justin66 8y ago
    That looks like three differing accounts from three different employees. Interesting.
- jen729w 8y ago
  Same here in the UK - pretty sure it was part of my dad’s house insurance policy. I think he still has that metal tag on his keyring.
  - justin66 8y ago
    The tag I'm thinking of was metallic as well. I'm sure it must have had a serial number stamped on it along with an address, but what I remember was that it was an irregular shape, perhaps with little flathead screwdriver-heads on the corners or something like that. And I'm not sure how accurate my memory from that time can possibly be, I imagine I only remember it because I was fascinated by the thought of putting something not-mail in the mailbox and I asked my father about it.
  - dave7 8y ago
    I have a UK one on my keyring right now, it's from Barclaycard. It reads "Finder, please deposit in any post box - no stamp needed", and also has an 0800 phone number on it. It's never been tested, but I like to think it works!