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Help lost key salary sacrifice

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Bagladygirl · 02/02/2025 12:14

They company are closed but I'm wondering if anyone has ever come against this before and if they will replace the key
mum panicking as have no money

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fiorentina · 02/02/2025 20:55

Some car insurance policies cover lost keys, so do check carefully if you can claim. However I hope they mysteriously turn up again, asap.
Have you asked DC if they have hidden them or ‘posted them’ somewhere? Bribery may be needed for an honest answer..

TroysMammy · 02/02/2025 20:53

Put the coat you were wearing on and then check the pockets. Were you wearing gloves and or a hat. Empty your bags and feel inside the lining.

AuntieObnoxious · 02/02/2025 20:48

Have you checked the fridge?
I lost mine, it was a nightmare my dh finally found in the fridge. I worked out I came in & put some shopping away - milk.
My friend also lost hers - found them in the fridge, she’d got her packed lunch out to take to work and accidentally put her keys in. Apparently it’s really common.

thenightsky · 02/02/2025 20:33

Bloody keys are a nightmare to be fair. If you do find them, can you come back and say where please? I'm currently missing my very best handbag. The only designer one I've ever owned. And it was a gift. Sad

thenightsky · 02/02/2025 20:31

Overthebow · 02/02/2025 18:44

If you’ve lost the spare set you’re going to have to pay for a new set of those too when your lease ends, you’ll need to give back two sets of keys.

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Exactly this.

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Bagladygirl · 02/02/2025 20:30

Twinsandsome · 02/02/2025 20:16

@Bagladygirl did you check the friends house you went to for dinner if you locked car before going there by foot?

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I used the key to get in my house - they are all
tigether however I have spare house keys so that's not as much of an issue

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oaklint · 02/02/2025 20:20

When I loose things the method I use is what I call a "sweep". I start in one corner of a room and sweep my way through the house. I check EVERY single place in the corner I start in and check EVERYTHING in my path as I move through the room, and then through the house. That way I know I've not missed a spot.

I once lost my car keys. The house was a complete shit tip at the time (two disabled kids so that was just life back then). I took a day off work and did a sweep the house, tidying as I went. My reasoning being that tidying would help me check everything and, if I didn't find my keys, at least I'd have a lovely tidy house as a consolation!

It was many years ago I lost those car keys and I honestly can't remember if I found them or not, but I do vividly remember the joy of sitting in that lovely tidy house afterwards! 😂

Good luck!

Twinsandsome · 02/02/2025 20:16

Bagladygirl · 02/02/2025 20:07

i had locked my car up earlier in the day as me and DC went to a friends for dinner. When I came back I went straight to DC's room
then must have come to my room got changed perhaps to the toilet then downstairs. I have looked all those places

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@Bagladygirl did you check the friends house you went to for dinner if you locked car before going there by foot?

BusMumsHoliday · 02/02/2025 20:16

I've not read the whole thread so sorry if you've tried this but have you tried linings of your coats and handbags? I've lost stuff inside those before.

Shouldbedoing · 02/02/2025 20:15

Children are good at placing keys in toy handbags or under the seat on a ride on toy etc

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Bagladygirl · 02/02/2025 20:13

MakeItRain · 02/02/2025 20:11

I "lost" my car and house key once and eventually found them in a food packet in one of my kitchen cupboards. I think it was something like a packet of breakfast biscuits. I'd grabbed one and helpfully dumped my keys in the box and put it away again! Maybe check your kitchen! Hope you find it.

I checked the crisp box lol I know it's going to be somewhere random its just so frusta trying

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MakeItRain · 02/02/2025 20:11

I "lost" my car and house key once and eventually found them in a food packet in one of my kitchen cupboards. I think it was something like a packet of breakfast biscuits. I'd grabbed one and helpfully dumped my keys in the box and put it away again! Maybe check your kitchen! Hope you find it.

HScully · 02/02/2025 20:09

My friend found hers in the tea pot, after she paid for a replacement 😳

They must be in the house slipped behind or into something possibly?

Have you checked every pocket and bag you own, under the lining incase there is a hole?

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Bagladygirl · 02/02/2025 20:07

Bleachbum · 02/02/2025 20:04

Tell us in the tiniest of detail what you did from the moment you last switched your car engine off.

What were you carrying into the house? Did you have your child/children with you? What were you and they wearing? What were they carrying? Can you picture yourself opening your front door? What did you do as soon as you walked through the door? Then what did you do?

Going through this process of thinking, picturing it, trying to remember every tiny detail may help you solve the mystery.

Also, remember, they are in your house somewhere. You just haven’t looked in the right spot yet….

i had locked my car up earlier in the day as me and DC went to a friends for dinner. When I came back I went straight to DC's room
then must have come to my room got changed perhaps to the toilet then downstairs. I have looked all those places

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Bagladygirl · 02/02/2025 20:05

saraclara · 02/02/2025 18:57

Did you go up to the bathroom, or to a bedroom when you can't home last time?
Last time I had a key panic I found them on the washing basket on the landing where is absent mindedly put them down when I rushed to the loo.

When I got in I went up to dc's room
i cant quite remember where I went after that I think my room to get changed in my pj's
usually I would hang them up put them
on the table or put them on the stairs on my way up

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Bleachbum · 02/02/2025 20:04

Tell us in the tiniest of detail what you did from the moment you last switched your car engine off.

What were you carrying into the house? Did you have your child/children with you? What were you and they wearing? What were they carrying? Can you picture yourself opening your front door? What did you do as soon as you walked through the door? Then what did you do?

Going through this process of thinking, picturing it, trying to remember every tiny detail may help you solve the mystery.

Also, remember, they are in your house somewhere. You just haven’t looked in the right spot yet….

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Bagladygirl · 02/02/2025 20:04

Trixiefirecracker · 02/02/2025 19:01

My go to to is to ask St. Anthony for help. I’m not even religious but always seems to work! 😂

How long after you ask does it come about ?
I am now I. Bed in going to get up at 6am and walk through house methodically and look again one last time

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Bagladygirl · 02/02/2025 20:02

ImTheMidsomerMurderer · 02/02/2025 19:42

@Bagladygirl I'm really hoping you've found them by now, but if not, like a couple of other pp, ask St Anthony, you have nothing to lose! I always do this and I am in no way religious.
Have you checked:
Under the beds.
The grass outside.
Under the car.
Under the sofas.
Kitchen cupboards / fridge.
Washing machine/ tumble dryer.
EVERY pocket in the house.
DC School bag.

Hope you find them soon 🙏🏻

I have prayed and said all the prayers and asked politely lol

thanks I have done the garden twice but it's quite big I can't imagine they would have as they have never picked them up before but they did take my watch one time

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Bagladygirl · 02/02/2025 20:01

ilovemydogandmrobama2 · 02/02/2025 19:45

Really excellent point - have you tried opening the boot?

I know that with my car if the keys are in the car, the boot can be unlocked.

Worth a try?

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i have tried this but when I came in I hadn't been out in the car

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Bagladygirl · 02/02/2025 20:00

Friartruckster · 02/02/2025 18:17

Oh no! Where’s op? I’m strangely invested in the keys being found and being told where. I hope op hasn’t let her ADHD get the better of her - found the keys and just flowed into the next task not realising we need an update 🧐

i wish I had found them. Just been searching I have checked absolutely everywhere I just can't think of anywhere else to check I have done outhouse, kitchen cupboards, fridge, dishwasher, pantry. Living room drawers, sofa out cushions off (I have found my lost bank card there though) shoe drawers, torche on underneath the sofa and drawers, window sills
checked bathroom in my baskets and on shelves, my room drawers on top of wardrobe in wardrobe in my cupboard I never go in. Bed out sheets and everything off and then remade, dirty washing where I had out all fridays clothes in the pockets, down back of drawers. dc's room in drawers etc I even checked inside my vase in the hallway

just wish I had got a air tracker when I last thought I should

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Shouldbedoing · 02/02/2025 19:54

Could you have kicked it under the sofa/bed/furniture?

ilovemydogandmrobama2 · 02/02/2025 19:45

GoodMorningMissBliss · 02/02/2025 18:48

OP, I too have a keyless entry car and lost my key. I checked everywhere, but also thought that you can’t lock the car without the key. Turns out they had fallen out of my pocket as I got out of the car and were wedged between the driver seat and door. I think they must have been far enough away from some sensor to let me lock the car by touching the door handle as usual. Anyway, it wouldn’t let me unlock the door but I managed to get the boot opened by pressing the button as usual. That then opened the whole car so I could retrieve them.

I’ve also done this on another keyless entry car that had a user app, so managed to unlock the car via the app. I have since stopped putting my keys in my pocket and now put them in my bag as I leave the car. Do you have an app you could open the car with to check if they are inside it?

Really excellent point - have you tried opening the boot?

I know that with my car if the keys are in the car, the boot can be unlocked.

Worth a try?

ImTheMidsomerMurderer · 02/02/2025 19:42

@Bagladygirl I'm really hoping you've found them by now, but if not, like a couple of other pp, ask St Anthony, you have nothing to lose! I always do this and I am in no way religious.
Have you checked:
Under the beds.
The grass outside.
Under the car.
Under the sofas.
Kitchen cupboards / fridge.
Washing machine/ tumble dryer.
EVERY pocket in the house.
DC School bag.

Hope you find them soon 🙏🏻

Bleachbum · 02/02/2025 19:16

NoSourDough · 02/02/2025 18:40

OP, sorry if I missed this - do you have a partner, or someone that has popped into your house and accidentally picked them up over the last 24 hours thinking they were their keys?

Yes, this is a good suggestion. Has anyone been in your house OP? My DH once took his mums car keys home by mistake. He just picked them up and put them in his pocket whilst walking out of the door without thinking.