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Do you have a backup plan? Great. How about a loss recovery backup plan? No? Why not? What precautions have you made to protect you for the loss of that valuable Palm, PDA or Treo or other portable mobile device, not to mention your luggage or other valuables? What happens if you ever potential lose those valuables? Do you have protection? Do you have insurance? Do you have a loss recovery service for those valuables?

We spend the few hundred dollars on the investment of a Palm or PDA device. We may spend the extra money on the external protection like a case, screen protectors, but a lot of us forget about something else that is very important: loss protection.

If we ever accidentally lose something anywhere in a public or even private place, what are the monetary costs of replacing it? Let’s only focus on the monetary cost of physically replacing such a device. For one, it would likely be the current price or cost of purchasing a similar device, which will set you back another few hundred dollars. As well, you will also have to spend some time to restore data, programs, etc back into the device to get yourself back on track. What about the value of the data lost? Depending on the value of the data, especially corporate secrets, numbers, etc, this obviously is very valuable. How much money does it cost to recover that back? Time means money. What price could you put on peace of mind considering what I’ve just outlined in terms of the replacement cost of your Palm or PDA?

Well, the idea of a loss protection and recovery sticker service program is nothing new. There are many different brands and services out there. You can check out an older posting where I’ve written a bit on this topic. I will be concentrating on one of them in this review.

Stuffbak is a loss protection and recovery sticker service program where you can purchase from amongst a variety of choices for this service. First of all, you can choose from amongst a variety of packages of stickers ranging from various shapes, sizes and type ranging from adhesive, teslin and a highly durable aluminum adhesive stickers to keytags.

Simply go online to Stuffbak’s website and register the unique identification number located on the sticker or tag. Once registered, your device is entered in Stuffbak’s database. Should you accidentally lose or misplace your device you can be assured that it will be returned to you once the finder contacts Stuffbak via their toll free number or via www.stuffbak.com. Stuffbak labels come with lifetime registration and 2 years free returns! I think that’s a great deal! As long as you have the sticker on the device, if it’s lost and returned, you will get it back. Sure, you will pay for Stuffbak’s recovery service and costs to ship it back to you, but I would think that it’s well worth the cost and peace of mind. Considering the alternative, I think the cost for its return is minimal.

If you check out Stuffbak’s website, you can view a list of recent returns so you can be assured that they do work. Actually, some of them are quite interesting to read, especially the one that was “floating in the ocean in Hawaii”. Most people who find lost articles will return them, especially if they know that they will be rewarded. Of course, there will be some who won’t, but with an official loss protection and recovery program, you do have better odds of getting it back compared to simply writing down your name and number. And don’t forget the anonymity that comes with such a service. You never have to have any direct contact with the finder and you also have the added benefit of being able to provide your own extra reward should you wish to do so without giving up your name and address. You can choose from offering a Blanket Cash Reward or Per Item Custom Reward and you confirm the reward before it’s revealed to the finder. According to Stuffbak’s website, they claim a proven 75% recovery rate, which is quite high.

More details of Stuffbak labels and their services (from Stuffbak’s website):

StuffBak is a service that makes it easy for consumers and businesses to confidentially link important mobile assets to an international 24/7/365 recovery network. When a StuffBak-labeled item is found, the registered owner is immediately contacted by phone and email. StuffBak facilitates a speedy recovery and always thanks the finder.

Guaranteed!
Our labels are guaranteed for the life of your product. If for any reason, you are not satisfied, you’ll get your money back!
No questions, no kidding!

Stuffbak also offers a premium service coverage. For $19.95, it eliminates the recovery fee for ALL registered labels, provides instant email notification for found items, priority service and handling, free overnight shipping (excluding international recoveries) for recovered items and 20% Stuffbak store shoppping discount (including specials!). This is a one time fee that covers all your registered items.

You can choose from amongst the various packages offered at the Stuffbak store ranging from a couple stickers with the lifetime registration and two years free returns to a family packages offering a wider variety of stickers and tags. They also offer special corporate asset coverage protection with volume discounts and automatic registration.

For the peace of mind that Stuffbak offers, I think it’s well worth the investment. I especially like the lifetime registration that they offer. This provides me the recovery service for the life of my device without spending any extra fees until I need to pay for its return. When you are considering that they will return your device back to you, and you only pay when you’ve lost it, I think it’s still a great deal. And with a no questions, no kidding guarantee, you can’t really go wrong. This is one great idea that benefits everyone: Stuffbak, you and the finder of your device. Enough said.

Again, all Palm Discovery readers can get an additional 10% off your purchase at Stuffbak with coupon code discovery. As always, thanks for all your support!

First of all, a BIG THANKS to Jeff of Stuffbak for offering two packages of Stuffbak loss protection and recovery tags for this contest!

I have one package of each:

Mini Pack

This Pack Contains
1 Small Label(s) 1.6″ x .25″
1 Round Label(s) 0.75″ diameter

On-the-Go Pack

This Pack Contains
1 Standard Label(s) 2″ x .75″
1 Narrow Label(s) 2.5″ x .375″
1 Round Label(s) 0.75″ diameter
2 Small Label(s) 1.6″ x .25″

To enter for the contest, simply submit any of the following via the Contact Form:

1 - Submit your reasons why you wish to win one of the Stuffbak packages or even a past incident that is related to losing a device. Keep in mind that your submission will be posted online. Contact Form

2 - Submit a Palm Explorer Profile with your name, your device and some details about you and how you use your device and/or how it helps you in a similar Question & Answer format to previous Palm Explorer Profiles (click on the link for the format). Even as basic of a profile with your name, your device and just a short bit about how you use it is fine. This should probably be the easiest one to do. By providing the Palm Explorer Profile, you are agreeing to allow me to post your information in a future Palm Discovery Explorer Profile posting. Contact Form

Here’s the usual Palm Explorer Q & A format (but you can opt to answer or pose your own questions):

Your name:

etc (anything else you wish to disclose or share like tips, ideas, etc):

Again, you can choose to answer or not answer these questions but the main question is simply your name (First name is fine), your device and anything you wish to disclose about you and your Palm. Contact Form

3 - Submit some Palm tips or tricks that has not yet been discussed at Palm Discovery that may help and benefit Palm users. Please be specific about the tips especially if it only works on specific devices (ie. LifeDrive, Treo 600, etc). The tips will be posted in a future Palm Discovery How To Series posting with credits to you and any links to your site (if provided). Contact Form

4 - Submit your own personal thoughts and stories on your Palm device. It could be about a special time when your Palm has helped you in any way, like it got you out of a sticky or problematic situation, or what you do with it during the day, or emergency accounts when you used it, or handy moments when it’s helped you, etc, anything that is involved with your Palm device. The story can be just a short one about one particular moment with your Palm device. You can even just describe what you did with it today or yesterday or in a typical day. Again, you are agreeing to allow me to post your submission in a future Palm Discovery posting. Contact Form

All previous submissions to Palm Explorer Profile are already entered (previous winners can still enter but must submit something else from amongst the choices).

The contest will end February 12th midnight PST. I will contact the winners shortly afterwards and will allow up to one week (Feb 19th midnight PST) for confirmation before I will re-draw another winner.

I will send a confirmation email with a number to ensure that we both have acknowledged receipt of the contest entry. So, if you didn’t get a confirmation email with a number, I didn’t get it. Please also, provide a valid email address or I won’t be able to contact you for prizes. I have a strict no spam policy and will only contact you for contest related correspondence.

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