Ok fedi we have a weird problem.

We’ve lost our Laptop (M1 Air Gold) in an ICE to Vienna last Friday. Have submitted lots item reports to DB and OBB but nothing so far.

But we still get occasional FindMy locations. Always on train station, always on the move for most of the day, always different trains.

We’ve tried chasing it around, but between infrequent updates and low accuracy it’s not much we can do there. Driver didn’t know about it.

Since it’s always on trains, and always on different ones around Austria, we assume it’s with some railway employee, that hasn’t handed it over to Lost&Found? It’s the only thing that sorts makes sense, but we’re just confused tbh.

Edit:
We used the tracking to find where they lived an put a poster on the front door of their apartment complex.
They called us the next day and we met up yesterday.
They were a train attendant that grabbed it, didn't have the opportunity to drop it off at Lost&Found and then forgot about having it in their bag.

Anyways, we are very happy to have it back

Any other tips?
#askFedi #obb #austria
Update: we’ve watched it leave the train, go to a grocery store, and then back to the residential building next to Westbahnhof. We are very sure that location is accurate. We’ll put up posters there.

We are still unsure what that means. A train attendant taking it with them seems the most likely, but why they couldn’t hand it to Lost&Found is a mystery.

If they wanted to steal it taking it with them to work seems pointless.

If they’re not a train attendant it doesn’t make sense why it’d be on trains for most of the day.

In any case, a poster on their front door with clear contact info and maybe a reward would make it easier for them
@phos Have you tried talking to the police? § 134 StGB Unterschlagung
It seems within the realm of possibility to determine which employee has it based on the trains s/he was on.