Company prevents stress of losing items by facilitating and rewarding honest returns

Aug. 12, 2010 - PRLog -- It starts with an impressively strong label (with the choice of green, blue or grey in a variety of sizes) imprinted with a tracking number, placed simply on the back of a cell phone or the inside flap of a wallet. The owner then registers the item, along with their contact information, to their unique customer code online at www.ImHONEST.com.

This simple method worked well in the case of an iPod, lost in a winter storm, in Torrey, Pennsylvania. After being dropped in a snow bank outside of a convenience store, the iPod was recovered by a store employee a week later when the snow melted. The employee was able to call the 1-800 number on the label, report the item as found (and miraculously, working!), and drop it off at the nearest UPS store to be shipped to the address the owner had registered to the item, free of charge to the employee who found it. This and other ImHonest.com success stories can be found at HonestyBlog.com.  

Founded by Joël Núñez after a lost wallet scare, ImHONEST facilitates the basic human reaction to do the right thing. Mr. Núñez feels “people are honest if given the opportunity,” but if there is no contact information or easy way to return a found item, it renders the task impossible. With ImHONEST, the process becomes easy. In addition, the company gives part of its proceeds to non-profit organizations, and rewards those who return items with $30 worth of ImHONEST labels so people who have found and returned items may be returned the favor in the future.

As the company develops, Mr. Núñez hopes to extend its reach by working with the community and organizations to encourage the tenants of honesty and good deeds that the company was founded upon.

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About ImHonest.com:
ImHONEST.com is not a traditional lost and found Web site. We help people take a proactive approach by identifying and registering their valuables before they are lost and found. In addition, ImHONEST makes it easy for the finders of lost items to return valuables. Finders can take advantage of a convenient UPS pick-up from their home, business or a drop-off the lost item at any of The UPS Store® locations. Good deeds do not go unrewarded. For their honesty, finders not only receive the reward of doing a good deed they also receive a tangible gift worth $30 of ImHONEST Personalized ID Labels, so they, too, can identify their personal valuables.
At ImHONEST, we're committed to offering an identification and recovery service for items of value that rewards honesty and donates a portion of proceeds to not-for-profit organizations. Visit www.ImHONEST.com for more information.