Left my viola in the boot of a taxi last night? Not sure what firm. Where do I start?!?

Slightly drunkenly left my viola in the boot of a taxi last night. Live in Bristol UK. Asides from ringing around every taxi firm in the yellow pages, how do i start looking for it?

Left my viola in the boot of a taxi last night? Not sure what firm. Where do I start?!?
I think you should start by checking Viola prices online... Might be cheaper to order you new viola online, than paying cash for it.
Reply:lol the taxi might have taken it to his family and sold it or something Report It

Reply:u cant trust em' they barely get payed a lot Report It

Reply:copied from website: (good luck!)





Transport for London's Public Carriage Office is responsible for licensing both London Taxis (the recognisable "Black" cab) and London's Private Hire Vehicles (typically ordinary saloon cars). Taxis can be hailed on the street whilst Private Hire Vehicles must be booked with the company concerned. Because of this difference, property found in Taxis is handled differently to property found in Private Hire Vehicles.





Taxi





Property found in a London Taxi is handed in at a London police station and forwarded to the TfL Lost Property Office. Property can take up to 5 working days to arrive at the Lost Property Office.





You can make a report of your loss at a London Police Station which will be forwarded to the TfL Lost Property Office.





You can also enquire at the TfL Lost Property Office whether your property has been found. If it can be positively identified, you can pay a restoration charge to have your property returned.





You can enquire whether your property has arrived at the Lost Property Office in one of the following three ways:





1. You can enquire in person by visiting the Lost Property Office (near Baker Street Underground Station) between the hours of 09:00 and 14:00, Monday to Friday with the exception of bank holidays.





2. You may make a telephone enquiry by telephoning 020 7918 2000 between 09.00 - 16.00, Mondays to Fridays excluding bank holidays.





3. You may make a written enquiry by either:





* Filling in a printed Enquiry form (available at London Underground stations and London Bus garages) and either posting or faxing it.





* Posting or faxing a letter.


* Completing the on-line form





The details that you need to provide are:





* Your name, address (and email address if you have one)


* Details of property lost - as much detail as you can provide


* Details of where and when the property was lost


* For mobile phones, it is essential that you supply details of the phone make and model, mobile phone service, and either the IMEI number of the phone or your SIM card number. Due to the quantity of mobile phones received, individual mobile phones cannot be identified without this information.





If we believe that we have received your property, we will write to advise you to make a further enquiry in person. We do not normally reply to you if we have not received your property - if you would like us to write to you to confirm that we have not received it, you will need to send us a stamped addressed envelope with your postal enquiry.





Postal enquiries should be sent to the following address:





TfL Lost Property Office


200 Baker Street


London NW1 5RZ





Fax enquiries should be sent to:


Fax: 020 7918 1028





If we can positively identify your property, it can be returned to you in person at Baker Street or by post. A restoration fee, award for the taxi driver and postage costs need to be paid in advance before your property can be restored to you. The following fees are payable:





Restoration fee: Depending upon property type and value


Award fee: Depending upon property type and value


Postcard notification: £0.20


Restoration post: Depending upon weight and size





Please make sure that you are given a receipt for any fees you pay.
Reply:Unless you had your name, address, and phone number in the case I can't think of an option except to call all the companies. They usually have a lost and found and I would guess that that is probably where it is now.


Maybe if you remember the color of the cab (do your cab services come in different colors) you could start looking for companies that drive the kind of cab you remember.
Reply:If it was a public hire taxi (usually a black cab) then this will be difficult because they are usually individually owned, try going back to the rank at the same time tonight.





If it was a private hire taxi you will need to have booked it through the base office, look at mobile phone records or, as you suggest, think about who you may have called
Reply:Ask some of your neighbours if they saw which taxi firmed dropped you off. I do not know about bristol but where I live they have there name plastered down the side of the car.
Reply:I know this seems obvious but did you





Call for the cab from your mobile


see the number on a card somewhere


see the number on the side of the car


remember the make of the car