How to Find an Item Lost in an Uber Car

Hitesh Ramoliya
4 min readSep 23, 2017

Are you planning to visit any unknown location? Are you confused about which is the best option for that? Then UBER cabs should be your perfect match. Founded in 2009, UBER has become giant in taxi business & I don’t say it blindly. Here are some stats regarding this, UBER has now covered 83 countries and over 674 cities. 77% of US residents prefer UBER over any other mode of transport, which tells you about the impact of UBER. In fact, in 2016, the revenue of UBER was around $20 billion.

Everyone of us has experienced a scenario where we tend to forget our valuables in the UBER while traveling and that I tell you, would create a moment or two of panic because there is a special emotion related to that particular thing. Now the question that arises in your mind straight away is, How can I recover my lost items in UBER? The answer is very simple, you can contact the driver using the UBER app of your friend or relatives & he/she would agree on a specific time where you can meet him/her and get back your valuables.

But there’s always a twist in the tail! Which also applies to the lost item in UBER. Last year the company has announced that,

You have to pay $15 to get your lost luggage back from the driver”

This decision was taken on the basis of the complaint by the driver which stats about the difficulty in tracking down the customer for returning his/her items. This rule has only been applied in the US. In India, it has no relevancy at least for now.

Now According to a Survey conducted by UBER especially for Indian people, which they named as Lost & Found index, Here are some interesting insights which are worth looking at.

10 Most Commonly Forgot things in UBER India:

Most Common Days to Forget the Things:

  • Friday
  • Saturday
  • Sunday

3 Key Takeaways from this Survey:

  • Phone & Travelling bags are the most common item to be lost by an Indian during an UBER ride.
  • The citizens of Metro Cities top the list when it comes to losing the items in UBER.
  • Weekends are days when most people lose their valuable belongings in UBER.

Now you would be thinking about, what’s the big deal with losing an item? Everyone does it & then recovers it most of the time and that too without paying any money if you are in India. But hey, let me put some insights regarding this for you.

According to a survey by the reputed organization,

“An average People spends 2.5 days annually for finding their lost items”

In terms of money all the Americans collectively spend around $2.7 billion annually for replacing the lost items. This shows us that how big the impact of lost items would be in our daily life.

“You Can Use QTrace Device to prevent your luggage from being lost while traveling”

Some years ago, I also faced the similar difficulty while traveling in UBER as you all are facing now. I lost my wallet in the car & you know that how critical a wallet is for anyone. While discussing this topic with a few of my friends, I found out that QTrace is one application by which you can easily track your belongings. After which, I used that app and found it very interesting. So I thought that I should share this idea with you which can ease your problems.

“Most forgetful month in 2016 (month maximum items were reported as lost in India) December

All you need to do is download the QTrace app on your smartphone & buy a QTrace device which you can keep with any of the valuables. Now, if you lose any of your belongings while traveling in UBER, using the QTrace app from your smartphone, you can easily track it in a matter of minutes.

The USP(Unique Selling Proposition) of QTrace device is that it is not limited to UBER but can be used anywhere to track purse, key, wallet, mobile, pet, luggage, bags etc.

I hope you enjoyed reading this article as much as I did while creating it for helping you.

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Hitesh Ramoliya

Entrepreneur | Director of Strategy, Innovation and Development