Oomia.com - Lost And Found

How do you find lost objects? If praying to St. Anthony doesn’t quite do the trick, check out Oomia. This brand new site is repository for things lost, or at least the memory of them. While Oomia isn’t actually a lost/found box, it does give your lost items electronic legs, in a way. Just post your missing things along with a short description: location, size, remarkable attributes, etc., and perhaps someone in the Oomia community will find it or perhaps they’ve already found it. Search for items via country or category. Posting is absolutely free. Among the lost items on the site are passports, rings, and cell phones. Found items aren’t as numerous, but if anyone’s lost a black Zippo or 1000 euros in Zaragoza, Spain, check out Oomia to claim your goods. Oomia’s free to use and comes in three languages.

‘If you have lost something and don’t know where to look for…Or if you have found it and would like to meet its owner…. Try here!”

Oomia’s certainly got a good idea. A worldwide lost and found. It’s ingenious, really—we’ve all lost things somewhere or other—what better way to find things than via the web? It’s dead simple to use and it’s free.

Will people actually post found items on Oomia, or will they simply keep them? What are the chances of finding a lost item, especially now as the site’s in its infancy? Will the site find the numbers it needs to make it work?