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Best way to locate long lost friend
I am looking to find an old buddy that I have not heard from in 14 years. He has a very common name and the last address I had from him was in Spokane WA. The address is no longer valid. I have tried all of the free internet searches and come up with nothing. I am willing to pay a reasonable fee to a professional, but I don’t know who to hire. There are tons of companies that claim to be able to find people but I don’t want to a hire scam artist that will just take my money and never deliver.
Do any of you in the brain trust have personal knowledge of a good company to hire, or the web site that do it and rip me off?
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Glen 49 Year member of the Porsche Club of America 1985 911 Carrera; 2017 Macan 1986 El Camino with Fuel Injected 350 Crate Engine My Motto: I will never be too old to have a happy childhood! |
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08-19-2010, 11:33 AM
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Win LOTTO.
That'll be $50 please. I accept PayPal.
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08-19-2010, 11:38 AM
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If you know someone that finds leases(oilfield) they have an internet service that can find almost anyone or a PI, anyone that might have to use this monthly service to find people
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08-19-2010, 11:38 AM
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19 years and 17k posts...
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I've found everyone I've ever tried to find just using Google... It may take awhile, but you'll find them!
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08-19-2010, 11:42 AM
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Facebook...you can find anybody if you look long enough
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08-19-2010, 11:59 AM
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08-19-2010, 12:04 PM
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Get off my lawn!
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He has a very common name and I don't know if he moved out of Washington state or not.
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08-19-2010, 12:17 PM
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A good private eye could probably run him down...
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08-19-2010, 12:34 PM
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08-19-2010, 12:41 PM
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I'd suggest looking for mutual friends on facebook, search their friends for the person you are looking for
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08-19-2010, 12:45 PM
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Search his name on Facebook, then narrow it down by school.
Or, just post what info you have here. The Pelican brain trust is pretty darned resourceful.
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well if he's john smith, you're going to have to remember a bit more than just his last address hehe.
try common interest organizations. |
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08-19-2010, 12:54 PM
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"Now, to put a water-cooled engine in the rear and to have a radiator in the front, that's not very intelligent." -Ferry Porsche (PANO, Oct. '73) (I, Paul D. have loved this quote since 1973. It will remain as long as I post here.) |
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08-19-2010, 12:55 PM
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If successful, PI #1 is better than PI #2, and vice versa. Repeat with all iterations of PIs (1 through N), keeping track of score. for clarity, make sure that you have #1 try to find #2 AND have #2 try to find #1.
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08-19-2010, 01:54 PM
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The would be rather expensive.
 I just want a Magnum PI type to do it for 40 bucks in 1/2 a hour.
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08-19-2010, 02:02 PM
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Knowing where they went to school narrows it down a whole lot...
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08-19-2010, 03:36 PM
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