Have You Lost and Found Anything on Lost & Found Day?

Keep it for yourself

Leave it where you found it

Report it to the authorities or a nearby lost and found service

Sell it for profit

A tree

A book left on a park bench

A pet with identification tags

A car parked in a designated area

To prevent theft

To personalize your belongings

To make them easier to recognize

To increase their value

To create inventories

To determine the value of the item

To prevent fraudulent claims

To increase administrative efficiency

To sell lost items for profit

To keep lost items for a certain period of time

To reunite lost items with their rightful owners

To promote the importance of losing items

Reduced chances of finding lost items

Increased chances of finding lost items

No need to report lost items

No need for labeling personal belongings

To encourage hoarding of lost items

To promote the importance of checking lost and found services

To discourage reporting of lost items

To celebrate lost items

Not reporting the loss

Spreading false information about the lost item

Posting flyers and online notices

Asking strangers for help

To make them look more attractive

To increase their value for selling

To provide information about the owner

To enable tracking using GPS

To celebrate finding lost items

To encourage people to search for their lost belongings

To raise awareness of lost and found services

To promote the importance of sharing lost items

Wait for someone to find and return it

File a police report

Inform the nearest lost and found service

Give up and accept the loss

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Australia

To keep the lost item and sell it for profit

To immediately return the item to the finder

To assist in finding and returning lost items

To discard the lost item

Provide identification and proof of ownership

Offer a cash reward to speed up the process

Describe the item vaguely to test the service's knowledge

Thoroughly inspect the item before claiming it