rockymtn8iv
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Not finding much either. Hopefully contacting that newbie will turn something up.
If you don't hear anything after a few days you can send an email to contact@geocaching.com to get the activation code. Include the tracking number and use the subject line - Travel Bug Activation.
If the original owner pops out of the woodwork you can adopt it back over to them.
Well we just heard back from them and no luck there either.
We'll keep trying. If that doesn't work, we'll take your advice and see if we can get 'er activated and movin'.
Otherwise, we could attache another bug to it and call it an unactivated TB.
Everyone wants to discover one of those.
Will let ya know.
Thanx 4 The Help.
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Oh,
and no tags with a name or anything else.
Just a keyring with a TB Dog Tag on it that is unactivated.
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The first thing is to verify you are entering in the tracking code correctly. Check for 0 vs O, 1 vs l, 8 vs B, 5 vs S, etc.
Can you tell me what cache you found it in? Was there any tag attached maybe giving the bug name? Thanks.
We do know about O's and 0's, B's and 8's, QDS's and GC5's.
The tracking number is pretty straight forward without any of the above numbers/Letters.
Mrs. rockymtn8iv (who has better eyes) confirmed the numbers.
We got it out of GC24VW6.
We're figuring a newbie placed it without activating it.
We've contacted the most recent finder on the cache, relatively new cachers, and are waiting to hear back from them.
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Whilst cachin' the other day, we came across a first for us.
We picked up a Colorado Columbine Key Chain with a TB Dog Tag attached to it.
When we went to log the TB it has come up as unactivated.
Kind of at a loss here........any ideas???
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The same needs to be done with TnT Geocoins, their link was through the Appalachain RC&D web site. I thought that the RC&D was a reputable orginazition? Watch who you send money to through the internet. Any advise/input?
Here's a place to start. IC3.gov
Good Luck to Ya!
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Well apparently it is now "Shame on Me"!
We PM'd and got a response, and although his post said he had some left over pirates, he said he would need some time to "gather his coins". That in itself sounded "fishy"
It has been a month now and we emailed him at his jsam email address last week. Guess what???
Yeah go ahead guess. That's right! NO ANSWER!
We are going to file on him.
Anyone interested in adding their info post here or email us through our Groundspeak profile.
Dates, order numbers, emails-both to and from, money taken, etc. any and all info.
We have added all the info that has been posted so far.
Fortunately his recent posts have moved the statutes of limitations, so as far as the authorities are concerned, it happened last month and we are all well in time to have this issue handled.
He has been advised that what he has done constitutes internet fraud.
Seems he doesn't care so..................
Let's put the shame where it belongs.
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All my finds are showing up on 12/31/69.
Several of the oldest caches I've found, Mingo-etc.......have showed up without a found it log.
My updated file on My Geocaching Profile .com does not show any new caches since last update (I refreshed browser, tried the pq several times, etc.) At INATN I got some weird info which I posted to the other thread on this topic - Cachestats date problem.
I am sure by now GS is VERY aware of it.
Hopefully, they'll be able to resolve by next week when we can run another PQ.
'Till then
Happy Cachin'!
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This is what comes up @ It's not about the numbers:
Total days since first find: 14676 - Overall find Rate: 0/day, 0/weekTotal days with a find: (Every
Warning: Division by zero in /home/krugdm/public_html/stats.php on line 103
0 days or 0% of your total days) - Average finds per caching day:
Warning: Division by zero in /home/krugdm/public_html/stats.php on line 103
0
Best day: 12/31/69 - finds
Most consecutive days with a find: from 12/31/69 to 12/31/69 (Current streak!)
Longest caching drought: days from 12/31/69 to 12/31/69
Average total cache difficulty: - Average total terrain rating:
Average physical cache difficulty: - Average physical terrain rating: (Traditional, Multi, Unknown, Project APE, Letterbox)
Active Caches: of the caches you've found are still active (
Warning: Division by zero in /home/krugdm/public_html/stats.php on line 118
0%)
Note all the Warning: Division by zero in.....................this leads me to believe it is the pq that is being generated is corrupted
I guess we have to wait until next week....................
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I ran a My Finds pocket query today to update my Logicweave Cachestats, and every cache is showing todays date. I am running the latest version of cachestats, 3.0.6
I update my stats every week, this is the first time I have seen this problem. Does anyone know how to fix this, or do I just wait a week till I can run a new pocket query and hope it works right?
I just ran a pq a little while ago and tried to update my profiles at It's not about the numbers, and My geocaching profile .com
Both sites were giving me problems. I.N.A.T.N. said something about unlink something or the other, and My Geocaching profile said it updated with the new pq but apparently didn't. I even tried refreshing the browser several times and reuploading the pq with no success.
I opened up cache stats and got a message that it could not find my found it logs for several caches but it would include them in my stats anyway.
The cache finds numbers are correct but a lot of the other info, days cached, best day, etc were not correct.
I opened up the calendar to find I had 1908 finds on the 6th. A new record I guess.
My guess is a corruption of the pq. But that is only a guess.
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We took Jake up on his offer with the left over Pirates coins and he has gotten back to us and has promised to make it right. It hasn't happened yet and he said it won't happen over nite as he needs to gather his coins to see what he has and then he'll get back to us. That was only 10 days ago. We are happy that he has finally come forward and given us a personal reply.
We have more than enough ammunition to cause some serious hurt to him through legal channels. He only owes us around $30.00, so we too would like to give him every opportunity to fix this as the trouble would be far greater than what he gained, if he has gained anything at all. We realize that he is in debt to some of you for far more than that and we can only speak for ourselves, and we also know from experience how things can turn on you and pick up speed as it goes down hill, which is one more reason we'ld like to give him one more chance. Heaven knows we've needed our one more chances.
Hopefully this isn't a "Shame on Me."
Either way, we'll definitely let ya know.
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I also have some left over coins from previous mints that I am more than willing to ship to those who want although they might not be the metal that was order its the same trackable coin. Most of the metals I do have are the LE or XLE. This is only for pirate or wonderful discovery orders. thanks.
Just want to say thanx Jake, for not letting this go.
I know we've given you a pretty bad rap, but we do appreciate you doing this.
Good luck to you!
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We are processing refunds for all orders that were not shipped as we have money to do so. Please PM me what order details you have as we are having to look through paypal to find them because our site is down. Also about the glass coins were never shipped to me nor where they payed for. I dont think Sharron would say that but who know but they were never received by us, we would gladly ship them out if we had them rather than issuing 15.00 refunds.
Long story short we are going to sell off our coin collection on eBay to help us issue refunds faster, we have only been able to do about 200.00 so far but we will get to everyone.
Very sorry how this turned out but it is what it is. We will make it right, please just give us some time to prove it. Also we are hoping our codes will soon be hosted on coincodes.com.
PM sent.
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Contact the folks at Groundspeak with as much info about the coin and they should be able to help. They helped me out with a similar situation.
Thanx a bunch.
Will do.
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We recently won a Gold Geocaching Colorado Geocoin and have been unable to get the activation code through CoinCodes.
Coins and Pins site is down and we tried to contact them through their GC account 4 days ago.
Still no luck.
A friend and vendor who is a member of Geocaching Colorado sent us an activation code but that didn't work either.
Any Ideas???
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Apparently coinswag also sells on ebay under the name of random_painting their feedback rating is 88.9% and there have been problems there also (See Here) so "buyer beware"!
They are currently trying to sell Geocaching it's in the Blood and Hang Loose Cachers geocoins as well as the "Sold Out" Pirates of the Geocache geocoins that we ordered.
They are asking twice as much for their "Pirates" coins than we paid them which may explain why they are in no rush to get ours out.
There is still no change on coinswags website, ie-No update as promised in their newsletter.
Another 2 weeks and................nothing!
No website updates, no answers, no coins.............nothing!
Apparently the mass email was a sham!
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Name of coin: Pirates of the Geocache - "Girl"
Pirates of the Geocache - AS
Pirates of the Geocache - AC
Name of Vendor: coinswag.com
Date Ordered: August 23, 2009
Shipment Due Date: Unknown
Ordered by: 1. rockymtn8iv "Not yet received"
Payment made: August 23, 2009 - Paid in Full
Name of coin: Glass Traveler - Personalized
Name of Vendor: CoinSwag.com
Date Ordered: 6/11/09
Shipment Due Date: August ? Unknown now.
Ordered by: 1.April Myers Not yet received
Vendor reply: No replys.
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Name of coin: Pirates of the Geocache AC
Name of Vendor: CoinSwag.com
Date Ordered: 6/11/09
Shipment Due Date: August ? Unknown now.
Ordered by: 1.April Myers Not yet received
Vendor reply: No replys.
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Name of coin: Pirates of the Geocache AS
Name of Vendor: CoinSwag.com
Date Ordered: 6/11/09
Shipment Due Date: August ? Unknown now.
Ordered by: 1.April Myers Not yet received
Vendor reply: No replys.
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Name of coin: Pirates of the Geocache - "Girl"
Name of Vendor: CoinSwap.com
Date Ordered: 8-23-09
Shipment Due Date: 9-30-09
Ordered by: 1.April Myers Not yet received
Vendor reply: No replys.
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I emailed CoinSwag some time back (don' remember exactly when), and NEVER received any reply whatsoever. Shortly after I sent my email, I noticed their presale page disappeared (hence not knowing when these coins were supposed to be due), and a message was posted to the main page: "ALL PENDING ORDERS FOR Groundspeak COINS, GLASS TRAVELERS WILL BE SHIPPING SOON, GIRL PIRATES ARE NEARLY DONE AND SHOULD BE SHIPPING WITHIN TWO WEEKS." There's no way to know when this message was added to the page, and thus no way to know when their supposed two weeks will be up. I KNOW this message was not there on/around 9-30 when the Girl Pirates were originally due.
Well.........
It has been two weeks since coinswag re-posted the note. We have sent multiple emails since then and..............................NOTHING!
We have contacted paypal..........for what that is worth and urge anyone else with the same problems to do so also as well as posting to this thread: COINSWAG.COM ORDERS
We have notified everyone in our circle and they have passed the information along.
Hopefully no one else will get "taken" by these guys!
We would love to report good news,
unfortunately that is not the case.
Another 2 weeks gone and nothin'!
No updates, no coins, no answers....................NOTHING!!!
Apparently the mass email was nothing but a ploy.
From what I understand, this could fall under federal internet fraud statutes.
We will be following up.
If anyone would like to add their experiences to the case we are building, please send a PM.
It would be greatly appreciated.
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I have a problem with Oaks and the Geocoin Club in that I cannot receive activation codes for some coins. For one thing I cannot find the coins they made to verify if my coin was made by them. The second is that if the activation was retrieved and then the coin was traded to me without the code, I have no way of getting the code.
I also have a problem with geocoinshop24 because I cannot locate a coin code locater.
We should probably have an "Coin Activation" thread, but......
I've had the same problems before.
1) What coins did you get. I will be handy to know in order to help you. (You can PM me if you like.)
2) This is where you go - (oakcoins.com/activate) -but I'm sure you knew that!
You can also contact their customer support at - support@oakcoins.com and they may be able to point you in the right direction.
As to the coins you traded, If the person you traded from retrieved the numbers you may have to get the numbers from them although you may be able to contact the customer support from the manufacturer and get their help. If they haven't retrieved them you should still be able retrieve them yourself.
You'll have to look at the "tag" with the coin. Some (like Oak Coins) use their own site for activation and some require you to go to Coin Codes.
I'm not familiar with geocoinshop24 so I'll have to do some more research before I can help there. It could be that they use the coin codes site as well.
Let me know if any of this helps.....................
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Apparently coinswag also sells on ebay under the name of random_painting their feedback rating is 88.9% and there have been problems there also (See Here) so "buyer beware"!
They are currently trying to sell Geocaching it's in the Blood and Hang Loose Cachers geocoins as well as the "Sold Out" Pirates of the Geocache geocoins that we ordered.
They are asking twice as much for their "Pirates" coins than we paid them which may explain why they are in no rush to get ours out.
There is still no change on coinswags website, ie-No update as promised in their newsletter.
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I got a Maverick_65G and a Quad Cacher geocoin from a seller random_painting on eBay, the payments went to JSW Promotions. The Maverick_65G was advertised as not activated, but it was. I contacted the seller and they agreed to let me adopt it, which was no problem. I left them positive feedback before the adoption was complete, which they never went through with. I have tryed to reach the seller, but they will not communicate. The geocoin shows to be owned by a Team JSAM and was logged into Coinswag.com Portfollio/Geocoin Collection unpublished cache. I tryed to contact the owner, with no luck, their account is inactive. I was afraid it was stolen and contacted eBay & PayPal, they seem concerned and are checking into the seller, whose homepage is Coinswag.com
The good news? I got the geocoin REAL cheap, and it seems that Coinswag.com is infamous. That has to mean something don't it?
While I've seen no "updates" on coinswags website, I have noticed that random_painting is selling Geocaching it's in the Blood and Hang Loose Cachers geocoins as well as the "Sold Out" Pirates of the Geocache geocoins that we ordered and have not yet received.
I wish I knew what was up with these guys!!!!
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Name of coin: Glass Traveler - Personalized
Name of Vendor: CoinSwag.com
Date Ordered: 6/11/09
Shipment Due Date: August ? Unknown now.
Ordered by: 1.April Myers Not yet received
Vendor reply: No replys.
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Name of coin: Pirates of the Geocache AC
Name of Vendor: CoinSwag.com
Date Ordered: 6/11/09
Shipment Due Date: August ? Unknown now.
Ordered by: 1.April Myers Not yet received
Vendor reply: No replys.
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Name of coin: Pirates of the Geocache AS
Name of Vendor: CoinSwag.com
Date Ordered: 6/11/09
Shipment Due Date: August ? Unknown now.
Ordered by: 1.April Myers Not yet received
Vendor reply: No replys.
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Name of coin: Pirates of the Geocache - "Girl"
Name of Vendor: CoinSwap.com
Date Ordered: 8-23-09
Shipment Due Date: 9-30-09
Ordered by: 1.April Myers Not yet received
Vendor reply: No replys.
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I emailed CoinSwag some time back (don' remember exactly when), and NEVER received any reply whatsoever. Shortly after I sent my email, I noticed their presale page disappeared (hence not knowing when these coins were supposed to be due), and a message was posted to the main page: "ALL PENDING ORDERS FOR Groundspeak COINS, GLASS TRAVELERS WILL BE SHIPPING SOON, GIRL PIRATES ARE NEARLY DONE AND SHOULD BE SHIPPING WITHIN TWO WEEKS." There's no way to know when this message was added to the page, and thus no way to know when their supposed two weeks will be up. I KNOW this message was not there on/around 9-30 when the Girl Pirates were originally due.
I have FINALLY received a reply from the vendor!
Dear April Myers,
Hello,
This email is in regards to a recent order you may have placed, first we are very sorry for this email taking so long to get out. While ordering coins an international wire transfer was lost and we lost our money to make coins, we are doing our best to save up enough for a order to fulfill the coin orders that are currently waiting to be filled but it will take a few more weeks before we can get an order in. What I need from is to know whether you want a full refund or if you would like the coin, if you do not respond I will proceed with our order and send you the coins as soon as the come in. I will also update our website each week on Mondays as to the status of the pending orders. Thanks for your time and sorry for the mess.
Once again so sorry for the late response, I know some of you have gone through this before and I assure you I will honor refund request as well as completing this project and getting you your coins witch ever you choose to decide.
Sincerely,
Jake Wright
CoinSwag.com
We recieved the same mass e-mail as did several of our friends that don't have orders with them but are subscribed to their newsletter.
We've checked their website and have noticed no changes...........................
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Well to their benefit..........
We got the mass email too.
We were in contact with paypal this weekend and were wondering if that had anything to do with it.
It is hard to know what to do next.
We do know people that have had fine transactions with them and we've found plenty of negative publicity too.
A more personal email would have been nice, but at least we finally got some kind of response.
We checked the web site and have noticed no change.
It still says:
"ALL PENDING ORDERS FOR Groundspeak COINS, GLASS TRAVELERS WILL BE SHIPPING SOON, GIRL PIRATES ARE NEARLY DONE AND SHOULD BE SHIPPING WITHIN TWO WEEKS."
So it is still any ones guess.
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Name of coin: Pirates of the Geocache - "Girl"
Pirates of the Geocache - AS
Pirates of the Geocache - AC
Name of Vendor: coinswag.com
Date Ordered: August 23, 2009
Shipment Due Date: Unknown
Ordered by: 1. rockymtn8iv "Not yet received"
Payment made: August 23, 2009 - Paid in Full
Name of coin: Glass Traveler - Personalized
Name of Vendor: CoinSwag.com
Date Ordered: 6/11/09
Shipment Due Date: August ? Unknown now.
Ordered by: 1.April Myers Not yet received
Vendor reply: No replys.
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Name of coin: Pirates of the Geocache AC
Name of Vendor: CoinSwag.com
Date Ordered: 6/11/09
Shipment Due Date: August ? Unknown now.
Ordered by: 1.April Myers Not yet received
Vendor reply: No replys.
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Name of coin: Pirates of the Geocache AS
Name of Vendor: CoinSwag.com
Date Ordered: 6/11/09
Shipment Due Date: August ? Unknown now.
Ordered by: 1.April Myers Not yet received
Vendor reply: No replys.
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Name of coin: Pirates of the Geocache - "Girl"
Name of Vendor: CoinSwap.com
Date Ordered: 8-23-09
Shipment Due Date: 9-30-09
Ordered by: 1.April Myers Not yet received
Vendor reply: No replys.
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I emailed CoinSwag some time back (don' remember exactly when), and NEVER received any reply whatsoever. Shortly after I sent my email, I noticed their presale page disappeared (hence not knowing when these coins were supposed to be due), and a message was posted to the main page: "ALL PENDING ORDERS FOR Groundspeak COINS, GLASS TRAVELERS WILL BE SHIPPING SOON, GIRL PIRATES ARE NEARLY DONE AND SHOULD BE SHIPPING WITHIN TWO WEEKS." There's no way to know when this message was added to the page, and thus no way to know when their supposed two weeks will be up. I KNOW this message was not there on/around 9-30 when the Girl Pirates were originally due.
Well.........
It has been two weeks since coinswag re-posted the note. We have sent multiple emails since then and..............................NOTHING!
We have contacted paypal..........for what that is worth and urge anyone else with the same problems to do so also as well as posting to this thread: COINSWAG.COM ORDERS
We have notified everyone in our circle and they have passed the information along.
Hopefully no one else will get "taken" by these guys!
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I placed two seperate orders for geocoins from CoinSwag.com on 6-11 and 8-23. I've tried emailing them, with no response. I have not received my coins. Now their preorder page has been taken down, and the main page says "ALL PENDING ORDERS FOR Groundspeak COINS, GLASS TRAVELERS WILL BE SHIPPING SOON, GIRL PIRATES ARE NEARLY DONE AND SHOULD BE SHIPPING WITHIN TWO WEEKS." with no date as to when that was posted. It's said that for at least two or three weeks. I ordered a girl pirate, glass traveler (personalized), antique copper pirate, and antique silver pirate.
If you haven't already, please post to the COIN BUYER AND VENDOR RECEIPT/FEEDBACK THREAD.
I'm going to try another email. I know I will never order from this company again after this, though.
Well.........
It has been two weeks since coinswag re-posted the note. We have sent multiple emails since then and..............................NOTHING!
We have contacted paypal..........for what that is worth and urge anyone else with the same problems to do so also as well as posting to the above thread.
We have notified everyone in our circle and they have passed the information along.
Hopefully no one else will get "taken" by these guys!
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I placed two seperate orders for geocoins from CoinSwag.com on 6-11 and 8-23. I've tried emailing them, with no response. I have not received my coins. Now their preorder page has been taken down, and the main page says "ALL PENDING ORDERS FOR Groundspeak COINS, GLASS TRAVELERS WILL BE SHIPPING SOON, GIRL PIRATES ARE NEARLY DONE AND SHOULD BE SHIPPING WITHIN TWO WEEKS." with no date as to when that was posted. It's said that for at least two or three weeks. I ordered a girl pirate, glass traveler (personalized), antique copper pirate, and antique silver pirate.
If you haven't already, please post to the COIN BUYER AND VENDOR RECEIPT/FEEDBACK THREAD.
I'm going to try another email. I know I will never order from this company again after this, though.
Yeh,
I saw that too.
Several weeks back the site said the Pirates were nearly done and should be shipping within 2 weeks.
That was removed last week, and now it's back.
Who knows??
I have sent more emails, with no response.
We have notified everyone on our contact list as to the problems and they in turn have been notifying everyone on their contact list.
Good luck to you.
Unactivated TB in a cache
in Trackables
Posted · Edited by rockymtn8iv
Ooops!
Double post!