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    Ebay Scam

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    Just to redress the balance in this thread a bit....

    My son was recently the victim of a duff seller on Ebay. Bid for, and paid for, a new mobile phone....which never turned up. :unsure: After waiting patiently for 10 days he saw that two other disappointed buyers had left neg feedback so he then realised he'd been had. :unsure: So he went through the Ebay procedures for reporting "item paid for, never received". Within a month he'd had all his money back - £105 from the Ebay protection cover, the rest of the balance from his credit card (which he'd used to make the payment). :blink: Mrs B

    I do think you were very very lucky to get your money back... I've been done on eBay to the tune of £26. eBay didn't want to know. I kissed that money goodbye...

     

    There was a seller I dealt with. HE started off good. Selling items cheap, delivery OK. Then he went bad. Took hundreds of pounds of many many people from all over Europe and people never got thier goods. He ran that scan for a couple of months before being banned. I doubt if many of those poeple ever got their money back...

    Southampton Travel Bug Hotel Missing

    in United Kingdom and Ireland

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    I aree that it is getting supicious.

     

    Birmingham Bug Hotel

    March 26

     

    Gatwick Bug Hotel

    April 18

     

    Southampton Bug Hotel

    May 5

     

    I know Birmingham was hit deliberatly by someone who has deliberatly trashed at least one other cache.

     

    Gatwick was well away from the airport - I beleive people have spent £20 in taxi fares to get to it and back before catching their flight. BTW, checking all the TB Hotels almost none seem to have been lost outside the UK, whereas we have had four removed or trashed in less than two months if you include Cardiff.

    Well when we found the Gatwick bug hotel it was in the open, right next to the path and easily spotted by any passer by.... or returning taxi driving trying to work out what his last fare paying passenger was doing :P We did cover it up before we left BTW

     

    Southampton MIGHT have been taken by someone official....

     

    So I don't think we need to over react at this stage....

    Incorrectly Listed Caches

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    What should happen is that a new cache page should be created with the new type. We probably should have created a new cache page for Swyre Head, listing it as a multi-cache, but (as others have said) we were reluctant to do so as a lot of people don't attempt multi-caches!

    We got a cache called Mills and Boom which was just a traditional cache. However the box got completely waterlogged as the corner of the field we placed it in got flooded... So we are going to replace in another location nearby. At the same time we are going to add another part to it. This cache is designed to show off a particular location, but you can acess it from another direction and miss the mill altogether... we've been debating whether to set it up as a new cache. I guess from what you've said that you think we should as it really changing to a multi-cache as well...

     

    Would any of you submit a new cache listing is you've just changed the location of the box?

    John Prescott Discovers Geocaching

    in United Kingdom and Ireland

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    I agree with you mongoose about the VR boxes... we've since found 6 of them... but better not say too much......

     

    Yes Mr Womble I think this is great news for Geocaching... like I said this is only a consultation paper, I'm really hoping geocaching makes it to the final draft. It would be so interesting to see how many councils put geocaching pages on thier web site, having seen it being specifically mentioned in the proposals. I know I'll be pressing my boss to put some on ours and it will give me a bit more ammo in my dicussions with our Parks and Leisure department, who I've been having quiet words with recently to get geocaching recognised by them....

    John Prescott Discovers Geocaching

    in United Kingdom and Ireland

    Posted · Edited by Mr & Mrs Hedgehog

    Office of the Deputy Prime Minister has released a consultation paper entitled

     

    "DEFINING E-GOVERNMENT PRIORITY SERVICES & TRANSFORMATION OUTCOMES IN 2005 FOR LOCAL AUTHORITIES IN ENGLAND"

     

    snappy title isn't it :):D

     

    The documenmt is available here

     

    Basically it gives Local Authorities Proposed Priority areas for 2005, concerining web sites, e-government etc. Ususally nothing much to write home about but section 7 Libraries, Sports and Leisure does contain an item of interest.....

     

    "Best practice outcomes in 2005 to include.....

     

    Direct promotion of, and initiatives around, healthier lifestyles (e.g. information and downloadable / interactive maps for local cycle and walking routes, geocaching initiatives)."

     

    I didn't know that Geocaching was an initiative. :D

     

    So to reach government target I'm going to have to put geocaching on my councils website (I'm a web developer for them for those that don't know).

     

    So I'm just off to try to get my boss let me go on a fact finding mission to find out more about geocaching.... how long do you think I'll need... a week, fortnight.. month????? :D:):P

    Victoria's Mailboxes

    in United Kingdom and Ireland

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    As a postman myself, I now wait for the memo to come around to say that when some little old lady asks where the nearest post box is, our reply should be "Can't tell you incase you plant a bomb in it!" :D

     

    My gripe isn't helped by the fact I found one yesterday!! :D

    A postman who found a letter box..... surely your employers should tell you where they are??? :D

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