# Best Way to Retrieve Item from Munich Airport? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [September 28, 2010, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-way-to-retrieve-item-from-munich-airport/555365 "2010-09-28T16:55:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Caractacus\_Pott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e19b73/32.png) [@Caractacus\_Pott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caractacus_Pott)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2010, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-way-to-retrieve-item-from-munich-airport/555365/41 "2010-10-08T07:15:15Z")
You got it. ---
**Author:** ![Indian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@Indian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indian)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2010, 8:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-way-to-retrieve-item-from-munich-airport/555365/42 "2010-10-08T08:31:00Z")
Cool šŸ†’ ---
**Author:** ![constanze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f9ae1b/32.png) [@constanze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/constanze)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2010, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-way-to-retrieve-item-from-munich-airport/555365/43 "2010-10-08T14:52:45Z")
> [@Caractacus\_Pott](#): > > The adventure was more interesting than looking at duty-free and blue checkerboarded tchotckes. Nitpick: 1. The Bavarian colours are white-blue, not blue. (Nothing labels you a foreigner faster than messing up our heavenly colours!) 1. The pattern is a Rhombus/[Lozenge](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Bavaria) (Raute), not a checkerboard. If somebody sells you white-blue checkerboard-pattern stuff, they are trying to rip you off. šŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![Caractacus\_Pott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e19b73/32.png) [@Caractacus\_Pott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caractacus_Pott)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2010, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-way-to-retrieve-item-from-munich-airport/555365/44 "2010-10-09T04:16:00Z")
Kindle has been delivered. Did it arrive in working conditions? The world may never know, unless **obfusciatrist** tells us. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2010, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-way-to-retrieve-item-from-munich-airport/555365/45 "2010-10-09T04:56:49Z")
> [@Caractacus\_Pott](#): > > Kindle has been delivered. Did it arrive in working conditions? The world may never know, unless **obfusciatrist** tells us. Well, given the Munich airport angle, I can just picture, obfu finding his e-books all deleted. ā€œTheyā€™re all gone!ā€ Whatā€¦ too soon? ---
**Author:** ![obfusciatrist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/4af34b/32.png) [@obfusciatrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/obfusciatrist)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2010, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-way-to-retrieve-item-from-munich-airport/555365/46 "2010-10-09T13:02:23Z")
It never occurred to me to check back on this thread after Caractacus Pott and I exchanged information. I do have the Kindle and it is fully operational and unharmed. Iā€™d like to publicly thank Caractacus Pott for being so generous with his time and helping me keep my streak alive. You see, this is the third country (previously France, and USx2) in which Iā€™ve managed to missplace it and so far I havenā€™t yet successfully lost it. Iā€™d also like to thank the Lufthansa pilot who text messaged me to tell me the crew had found it (I ā€œnamedā€ my Kindle ā€œIf found, call (US) xxx-xxx-xxxxā€ which he saw when he turned it on). If he hadnā€™t done that Iā€™m thinking the airport Cabin Found people might not have acknowledged they had it. When I talked to them the first time they said they didnā€™t have it, then I said ā€œbut the pilot says it was handed over to you guysā€ and only then did they say ā€œoh, here it is.ā€ So again a big thanks. And to pay it forward, Iā€™ll be in Tokyo next September so if anybody wants to lose something there in late August Iā€™ll be happy to get it back. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2010, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-way-to-retrieve-item-from-munich-airport/555365/47 "2010-10-09T14:16:35Z")
Yay, a happy ending! Well done, **Caractacus**. ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2010, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-way-to-retrieve-item-from-munich-airport/555365/48 "2010-10-09T18:07:44Z")
Good work **Caractacus**. ---
**Author:** ![Caractacus\_Pott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e19b73/32.png) [@Caractacus\_Pott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caractacus_Pott)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2010, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-way-to-retrieve-item-from-munich-airport/555365/49 "2010-10-10T02:23:21Z")
Thanks. I blushā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![mjbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/57b2e6/32.png) [@mjbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mjbird)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2010, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-way-to-retrieve-item-from-munich-airport/555365/50 "2010-10-10T23:39:41Z")
Caractacus, Way to go! You are truly a man to be admired. After my son left our (brand new) camera in a Florentine hotel in 2006, I paid to use the ā€˜[stuffbak.com](http://stuffbak.com)ā€™ site, and have the stickers on all the electronics I care about. Itā€™s worked once and not worked twice. Putting the number as the name of the Kindle it a wonderful idea. If I lost my old G1, itā€™d be a great excuse to upgrade. Yes, Caractacus, the Kindle seems to have exploded in popularity. I got mine (as a get-well gift from my co-workers when I was temporarily on disability) and no one knew what I had or was that interested in what I was looking at. They assumed it was a laptop/netbook/tablet (no, the iPad was NOT the first tablet, just the first commercial one). Now, everytime I pull it out to read it in a public place (restaurant, bus, etc.) I keep getting interrupted by people who want to ask me about it. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2010, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-way-to-retrieve-item-from-munich-airport/555365/51 "2010-10-16T22:24:53Z")
I just saw this thread on thread spotting. What a fun story! Pretty cool **Caractacus** ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2010, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-way-to-retrieve-item-from-munich-airport/555365/52 "2010-10-16T22:28:16Z")
Late to the party, but for anything to do with Germany: Donā€™t. . .mention. . .the war. ---
**Author:** ![Caractacus\_Pott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e19b73/32.png) [@Caractacus\_Pott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caractacus_Pott)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2010, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-way-to-retrieve-item-from-munich-airport/555365/53 "2010-10-16T23:52:56Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > Late to the party, but for anything to do with Germany: Donā€™t. . .mention. . .the war. What? Oh. Oops. I guess thatā€™s why the flight attendants kept throwing bags of peanuts at me. šŸ˜› Thread spotting? I donā€™t understand. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2010, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-way-to-retrieve-item-from-munich-airport/555365/54 "2010-10-17T00:23:38Z")
> [@Caractacus\_Pott](#): > > > [@Chefguy](#): > > > > Late to the party, but for anything to do with Germany: Donā€™t. . .mention. . .the war. > > What? Oh. Oops. I guess thatā€™s why the flight attendants kept throwing bags of peanuts at me. šŸ˜› > > Thread spotting? I donā€™t understand. The home page of the Dope has a section for threads that people think are cool, funny, or of interest. Itā€™s on the right hand side, I think. ---
**Author:** ![Caractacus\_Pott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e19b73/32.png) [@Caractacus\_Pott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caractacus_Pott)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2010, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-way-to-retrieve-item-from-munich-airport/555365/55 "2010-10-17T01:33:16Z")
Thanks. I donā€™t go to the home page very often. ---
**Author:** ![solomonpaul1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/97f17d/32.png) [@solomonpaul1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solomonpaul1)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2012, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-way-to-retrieve-item-from-munich-airport/555365/56 "2012-06-17T00:08:31Z")
My daughter recently traveled from Sofia to Munich to DC. She forgot her Kindle in the flight to Munich, and it is now in the hands of Munich Airport. I called DHL and they said they donā€™t have remote pickup service anymore, and I called FEDEX to see if they would pick it up. They do, but the cost is more than the kindle itself. I was wondering if anyone is travelling to Munich and would be willing to help? Iā€™m willing to pay for the hassle of retrieving and bringing it back to the USā€¦ Thanks, Paul ---
**Author:** ![manila](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e5b9ba/32.png) [@manila](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manila)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2012, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-way-to-retrieve-item-from-munich-airport/555365/57 "2012-06-17T02:24:52Z")
Yehey I love sequels! Can we title this one ā€œRe-kindle - The Book of Lost Tales ?ā€ Good luck with your search! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-way-to-retrieve-item-from-munich-airport/555365.md?page=2)