Recovery stories

Lost Things. Kind People. Happy Endings.

Every recovery is proof of what we believe: most people want to do the right thing. These stories are why ReturnMePlz exists.

One five-a-side player handing a water bottle back to another at the pitch, the ReturnMePlz label visible on its base Picture this

The bottle left at five-a-side

"It was a birthday present and I'd had it three weeks. Left it by the goal after our game and didn't notice until the next morning. A lad from the booking after ours had scanned the label and messaged me that night. I picked it up from him at the pitch on Thursday. He wouldn't take anything for it."

A parent handing a returned school PE kit back to another parent at the playground Or this

The PE kit that came home for tea

"Third lost jumper this term – but the first one with a label. A dad at the park scanned it and messaged me before we'd even noticed it was gone. Back the same evening."

A traveller smiling at his phone beside his suitcase, with its ReturnMePlz label, on an airport baggage carousel Or this one

The suitcase that took its own holiday

"My case went missing between two connecting flights. A baggage handler scanned the label and left a message with exactly where it was. It landed home three days after I did – but it landed home."

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