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Found A Lost Passport What Do I Do?
« on: May 14, 2019, 10:18:08 AM »
I purchased a backpack from Amazon, right when i got it i can tell that it was a return i didn't really care so much since it was in literately brand new, while packing my stuff in i found the previous owners passport ???! its not expired yet, what should i do with it?
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Re: Found A Lost Passport What Do I Do?
« Reply #1 on: May 14, 2019, 10:20:22 AM »
I purchased a backpack from Amazon, right when i got it i can tell that it was a return i didn't really care so much since it was in literately brand new, while packing my stuff in i found the previous owners passport ???! its not expired yet, what should i do with it?

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Re: Found A Lost Passport What Do I Do?
« Reply #2 on: May 14, 2019, 10:20:34 AM »
I purchased a backpack from Amazon, right when i got it i can tell that it was a return i didn't really care so much since it was in literately brand new, while packing my stuff in i found the previous owners passport ???! its not expired yet, what should i do with it?
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Re: Found A Lost Passport What Do I Do?
« Reply #3 on: May 14, 2019, 10:25:25 AM »
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Re: Found A Lost Passport What Do I Do?
« Reply #4 on: May 14, 2019, 10:27:43 AM »
I purchased a backpack from Amazon, right when i got it i can tell that it was a return i didn't really care so much since it was in literately brand new, while packing my stuff in i found the previous owners passport ???! its not expired yet, what should i do with it?
If you don't want to spend money mailing it, I once heard that you can just drop it in a USPS box or better yet bring it to a post office, but I can't confirm that either of those will get it back to the owner. But according to the State Department:

If you find another person's lost U.S. passport, please mail it in a sturdy envelope to:

U.S. Department of State
Consular Lost and Stolen Passport Unit (CLASP)
CA/PPT/S/L/LE/CP
44132 Mercure Circle
PO Box 1227
Sterling, VA 20166-1227

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Re: Found A Lost Passport What Do I Do?
« Reply #5 on: May 14, 2019, 10:30:23 AM »
If you don't want to spend money mailing it, I once heard that you can just drop it in a USPS box or better yet bring it to a post office, but I can't confirm that either of those will get it back to the owner. But according to the State Department:

If you find another person's lost U.S. passport, please mail it in a sturdy envelope to:

U.S. Department of State
Consular Lost and Stolen Passport Unit (CLASP)
CA/PPT/S/L/LE/CP
44132 Mercure Circle
PO Box 1227
Sterling, VA 20166-1227
i think ill do that not gonna waste time trying to call, i heard that too about a ID or Drivers license.
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Re: Found A Lost Passport What Do I Do?
« Reply #6 on: May 14, 2019, 10:31:29 AM »
Mines working fine!
Start a thread on GFST and find a buyer. There's always a scammer or two lurking here :)

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Re: Found A Lost Passport What Do I Do?
« Reply #7 on: May 14, 2019, 10:33:33 AM »
Start a thread on GFST and find a buyer. There's always a scammer or two lurking here :)
Lol! And then a PSA when i get scammed with payment?!
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Re: Found A Lost Passport What Do I Do?
« Reply #8 on: May 14, 2019, 10:35:25 AM »
you shoud prob complain to amazon theyll give you your $ back

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Re: Found A Lost Passport What Do I Do?
« Reply #9 on: May 14, 2019, 11:01:13 AM »
i think ill do that not gonna waste time trying to call, i heard that too about a ID or Drivers license.
I believe that only works with IDs that have an address on them. I once lost my license, and had it mailed back to me. A passport doesn't have an address, so don't think it works.
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Re: Found A Lost Passport What Do I Do?
« Reply #10 on: May 14, 2019, 11:07:35 AM »
you shoud prob complain to amazon theyll give you your $ back
the 1st thing that popped in to my head ;D
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Re: Found A Lost Passport What Do I Do?
« Reply #11 on: May 14, 2019, 02:20:25 PM »
considering the passport owner probably used the backpack for a trip before returning it

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Re: Found A Lost Passport What Do I Do?
« Reply #12 on: May 14, 2019, 03:31:00 PM »
considering the passport owner probably used the backpack for a trip before returning it
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Re: Found A Lost Passport What Do I Do?
« Reply #13 on: May 14, 2019, 04:50:30 PM »
I would mail it to the address and just consider the $3 in postage as a donation to our postal system.

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Re: Found A Lost Passport What Do I Do?
« Reply #14 on: May 14, 2019, 05:19:11 PM »
I would mail it to the address and just consider the $3 in postage as a donation to our postal system.

As far as I remember, their is no address in a Passport ..

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Re: Found A Lost Passport What Do I Do?
« Reply #15 on: May 14, 2019, 05:20:04 PM »
As far as I remember, their is no address in a Passport ..
There was an address for the state department lost passports office.

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Re: Found A Lost Passport What Do I Do?
« Reply #16 on: May 14, 2019, 07:43:57 PM »
If I am not mistaken according to Rashi it is Assur to do Hashavas Aveida to someone who isn't רעיך.

ETA: "והמחזיר אבידה לנכרי – עליו הכתוב אומר: 'למען ספות הרוה את הצמאה לא יאבה ה' סלח לו'" (סנהדרין עו ע"ב). ופירש"י: "השווה וחבר נכרי לישראל, ומראה בעצמו שהשבת אבדה אינה חשובה לו מצות בוראו, שאף לנכרי הוא עושה כן שלא נצטווה עליהם".

וכך פסק השולחן ערוך: "אבדת העובד כוכבים מותרת, שנאמר 'אבידת אחיך' (דברים כב, ג). והמחזירה, הרי זה עובר עבירה, מפני שהוא מחזיק ידי עוברי עבירה" (שולחן ערוך, חושן משפט, סימן רסו, סעיף א).
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Re: Found A Lost Passport What Do I Do?
« Reply #17 on: May 14, 2019, 07:54:03 PM »
Put in trash and move on

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Re: Found A Lost Passport What Do I Do?
« Reply #18 on: May 14, 2019, 08:13:05 PM »
If I am not mistaken according to Rashi it is Assur to do Hashavas Aveida to someone who isn't רעיך.

ETA: "והמחזיר אבידה לנכרי – עליו הכתוב אומר: 'למען ספות הרוה את הצמאה לא יאבה ה' סלח לו'" (סנהדרין עו ע"ב). ופירש"י: "השווה וחבר נכרי לישראל, ומראה בעצמו שהשבת אבדה אינה חשובה לו מצות בוראו, שאף לנכרי הוא עושה כן שלא נצטווה עליהם".

וכך פסק השולחן ערוך: "אבדת העובד כוכבים מותרת, שנאמר 'אבידת אחיך' (דברים כב, ג). והמחזירה, הרי זה עובר עבירה, מפני שהוא מחזיק ידי עוברי עבירה" (שולחן ערוך, חושן משפט, סימן רסו, סעיף א).

Would that apply to something like a passport that has $0 value to anyone but its owner?

Also, any reason for the omission of ואם החזירה לקדש את השם כדי שיפארו את ישראל וידעו שהם בעלי אמונה ה"ז משובח ובמקום שיש חילול השם אבידתו אסורה וחייב להחזירה ובכל מקום מכניסים כליהם ככלי ישראל מפני דרכי שלום: from the שלחן ערוך quote?
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Re: Found A Lost Passport What Do I Do?
« Reply #19 on: May 14, 2019, 10:39:25 PM »
Would that apply to something like a passport that has $0 value to anyone but its owner?

Also, any reason for the omission of ואם החזירה לקדש את השם כדי שיפארו את ישראל וידעו שהם בעלי אמונה ה"ז משובח ובמקום שיש חילול השם אבידתו אסורה וחייב להחזירה ובכל מקום מכניסים כליהם ככלי ישראל מפני דרכי שלום: from the שלחן ערוך quote?
True in the sense that Its probably a goy's so you shouldn't return it unless it will make a kiddush hashem.   
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