bUTCH46

I got the "plink" notice, but no message showed up on here. I don't understand why that is happening.

I put an end to this madness. I ignored the gift certificate and just paid the $30. Fait accompli!

Voila!! That one showed up. Gotta go check on GC messaging (I don't like it either) and my e-mail

Ditto

Another "Plink", but no reply is showing. That's why I always prefer using e-mail of ant website's message system . . . they are usually always more trouble than they are wo0rth!!

Besides, I didn't pay $30 for it, I got it at their silent auction, for (best I recall) something like $21. I'm now getting "Plink" sounds, but the replies arent showing up . . . vat giffs?

Send me a snail mail address, and you can have it as a giftT

I gotta give up. I don't have the patience to continue playing this gabit. In my Arkie parlance, I'm gonna cut bait and get the Hell outa Dodge!! I'm going to pay the 30 shamoleons to renew, then mail the Gift Certificate to Seattle, and tell them to put it in rectal defilade! Smiff, aka bUTCH46

It begins with EVNT, so I'm gonna try EUNT

hoy under the collar = hot under the collar . . . I can't type when I'm pissed!!

Now I am getting hoy under the collar! I cancelled the recurring thing, got the correct screen, and entered the code then got the invalid code message. I very carefully checked the code letters & numbers and what I entered is what is on the paper, but to no avail. I may as well just give up, consider the auction as a sunk cost, and go ahead an pay up like a good guy ought to!! As we say in these here hills, "I done been skunked!" bUTCH46

Thanks Max and 99. I will try that as soon as I can find the account settings tab

I will see if I can cancel the recurring membership and then see if that brings up the correct screen

Here is a copy/paste of the page I got (it is re-arranged somewhat): Member since 07/06/2014 Membership Type Premium Renewal Status Your Geocaching Premium membership will automatically renew for 1 year on 07/06/2018 and will be charged 29.99 USD Cancellation & Refund Policy Stop Recurring Membership Payment History Last Payment: 07/06/2017 View Printable Receipt Payment Method PayPal To edit your subscription, please log into your PayPal account.

That looks nothing like the screen that I got when I trie the link 3 times. bUTCH46

I am a Premium member coming up on time to renew next month, but I won a 1-year premium membership in a silent auction at the Texas Challenge Event. however I have not been able to activate it. The instructions say visit "https://payments.geocaching.com", so I did that. Next I am supposed to select "Redeem Gift Membership" - - - however, that option does no appear to be available to me. All that show up on the page are the fillowing items: Member since Payment History Membership Type Payment Method (the only option available under this tab is PayPal!) Renewal Status Stop Recurring Membership So, I am at a complete loss as to what to do to activate this gift membership. Help!! EuGene Smith Clinton, AR bUTCH46 bigusmith@yahoo.com

Thanks for the updated info, Brainzane & Yossface. So, all I need to worry about now is the Parthership Cache, and I will be traveling very close to one this Summer and can make a side trip and grab it. That will complete all of the attributes for me.

Methinks the "cache" in those two movies was something other than a gerocache. It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World is from 1963 and The Shawshank Redemption is from 1994 Geocaching is from 2000

I gotta ask my buddy about how to make that MyGeocachingProfile.com thing take a My Finds PQ and convert it to My Profile!! Thanks for the info . . . I guess I never noticed it down at the bottom of that long "scroll down" listing of stuff.

Where are you seeing the badge? Can you provide the URL of the site where you're seeing the badge? I an not the brightest bulb in the box when it comes to anything about computers, so a friend runs a PQ on my finds and posts the results on the left hand PROFILE tab on my profile page. I had asked him to do that for me because the STATISTICS tab on the right gives so little info that it is about as useless as a tit on a boar hog. Apparently it does not involve GSAK (Which is on this computer but I don't know how to use it for anything) or any other outside program . . . he says it is done completely through Geocaching.com, so I guess the URL is for Geocaching.com. ???

I don't know how to do quotes in a box like some have done in above replies, so I'm scratching my head and dropping it like this: [...and for anyone thinking of bogus-logging that event in order to get the cache type icon, souvenir, or attribute, don't bother trying. The listing was locked years ago thanks to the actions of the "Greetings from..." gang.] I understand that since the "Lost & Found Caches" were archived in 2010, it would not be possible to log that attribute nowadays. So, why is it on my statistics list as an unlogged attribute that I must log to earn the "5 Star Attrubute Badge" medal? The same question applies to the "Cacti Present" attribute which is no longer available. Because I am relatively new to this hobby I am often confused by such apparent contadictory messages I get from the system. If I knew who is responsible for the requirements for the Attributes Badges, I would appeal to the to remove the non-existant attributes from the qualifications list so that it is actually possible to find 100% of the attributes. Am I just whistling up a tree? Maybe I need to forget it and repeat the Serenity Prayer every time the absurdity of it ruffles my feathers. EuGene

I guess the Lost and Found tours being eliminated in 2010 that means that anyone who came later into geocaching (as I did in 2014) cannot possibly get all of the attributes to earn that "All the Attributes" badge. I need only 6 attributes, have located 3 of them {in nearby areas), and hope to find the remaining 2 (Cacti Present & Partnership Cache) to have logged all but the Lost and Found. Why do they keep the Lost & Found on the All Attributes list if they don't exist and thus cannot be found? Also, for those 2 not in Arkansas, I cannot find the United States in the list of countries for a PQ, and doing PQ's state by state is a big job.

Thanks guys for the education. I'm not always the brightest bulb in the box, so it never occurred to me that I was creating an impossible situation when I put multiple attributes into a PQ. Some of those attributes may be so rare that I am wasting time in thinking that can finally pull off the completion of the "Found All Attributes" thing for that badge.

I have been trying to find caches with specific attributes, such as "Not in Front Yard" or "Cacti Present" and keep getting a zero caches result when I click those attributes in my PQ. Just to check to see that there are truly no such attributes available in Arkansas, I ran a PQ with "Parking Available", the another with "Wheelchair Accessable", and still got a zero although I have found many caches with those attributes listed. What am I doing wrong? If anyone can help me I am looking for the following in Arkansas, and if none there then in the USA: Not In Front Yard Not Available During Winter Wireless Beacon Cacti Present Lost And Found Tour Partnership Cache bUTCH46 EuGene Smith bigusmith@yahoo.com

Mockingbird559, I followed your steps to the Renew Membership screen, but the "gift membership" was not on the right side as you stated . . . then I got hit between the eyes by a low-flying BGO (Blinding Glimpse of the Obvious) that showed me where I was messed up! My account was on a PayPal automatic renewal, so no other payment options, including Gift Certificates were available on that screen. But there was a tab to let me cancel the automatic PayPal option and when I clicked it, and answered the "Are you sure?" question in the affirmative, the screen then came on which had the option of renewal via the Gift Certificate. Thanks for steering this computer Luddite in the right direction. Now I'm renewed and will be seeing everyone at GeoWoodstock in Denver! bUTCH46