TokyoBlossom

I've received all my geocoins from the Math Trade! Thank you & Yay I mailed my geocoin to GeoKS on Monday, May 16th. I'm hoping it arrives any day now.

Congratulations to DaFunkyFrogs!!! Welcome to the ranks of Secret Agent And thank you to The Geocoin Secret Agent for continuing to bring joy, intrigue, and geocoins to the grateful masses. I am thrilled to hear that there will be many more folks out there shouting/crying/smiling when they come across one of your special geocoins. I look forward to reading about all the finders to come. Thank you again and all the best secret agent wishes to everyone! Secret Agent #94

4. Mission Received! - Friday May 23, 2008 What a great day to receive my souvenir mission; it is my birthday today!!! My mission came all the way for The Netherlands I was fortunate enough to visit this lovely country back in 1999, no geocaching back then though. I got a Veldhoven postcard, a birthday(?) cow keychain, a bag of delicious drops candy (oow shaped drops), and a GLOW-IN-THE-DARK nerds v2 from lorca.nl This is my first nerds V2 and it is a GLOW one I love nerds and glow geocoins Thank you thank you thank you!!!!!!!!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!!!! I waited until first thing this morning to open my birthday mission box. This will impress anyone who has seen me around presents! I got Party Poppers, a Wisconsin pin, an age appropriate necklace, a handmade RickBlick & Chick Guided Tour Vehicle (239), AND...... Sig Items and Geocoins!!!! OMG, I love these : A Northwoods Keepers wooden plaque, a SadowskiFamily geo-chip (70), Poniatowski Wisconsin Club Member coin, a beautiful Fundamental and Venlis geocoin, a Geocaching - The World is Our Playing Field geocoin (dunno an official name), and last and greatest a Signal Japan geocoin! All the sig items are just AWESOME and I love these geocoins!!! I am so impressed with everything. Thank you SO MUCH RickBlick & Chick for the great birthday gifts!!!!!! I wore the necklace all day and I took a picture of my GeoPup wearing it this evening.

Happy Belated Birthday, Lenny!!!!!!! Beautiful geocoins too

That is a Rainforest Jewel designed by tsunrisebey. A link to this specific design can be found here

4. Mission Received - May 19, 2008 It says wait until Friday to open it. I promise to abide by my mission's wishes. (As hard as that is going to be.....)

Thank you all <3 Congratulations derschlings!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I can't wait to read more great stories.

Oh boy, oh boy, oh boy! Goofy Cacher came to my town today. I feel like I won the lottery Here is my log: Well I'll be....What a beautiful day to be "Goof"ing-off!I had just come in from lunch when I noticed a new log on a geocache close by. I couldn't believe my Goof Luck! Goofy Cacher had come to little Seneca, SC for a visit. I had been crossing my fingers, toes, arms, and legs that this geocacher would come my way and it looks like it worked. I grabbed my Goofy watch (it isn't running, but I knew it would bring me luck) and put on the Goofiest shirt I have (a deer dressed as a hunter with a human tied upside down in a trap). I even brought along my oldest geodog for the hunt. I figured her nose would lead the way if I got lost! I hopped in the car and rushed to the geocache. There were lots of friendly folks out walking the nearby track and playing with their discs. I turned a few heads on my hunt, but not because of MY t-shirt. My geodog has developed rough elbows and apparently everyone thought her shirt was just too cute. I rounded the course getting closer and closer and then I spied where I thought this geocache had to be. I checked that no one was around and made a beeline for it. I found the container without much trouble and I was thrilled to see a familiar face staring out at me. I took some pictures and then opened the container. I was admiring the Goofy Cacher geocoin when I realized something, what a Goof I am! I forgot to bring something to trade for it. I knew I could be back in 5 minutes tops, so I decided to sign the log and return with an unactivated geocoin to leave. That was when I noticed there wasn't a pen in the geocache. Thankfully, I had several pens in my bag and after I signed the log I left one. I made my way out of the park and back to my car, holding little Goofy close. I love this geocoin and I don't think there has been one that is more appropriate for me than this one is!

I'm just waiting on 1 more trade, which I will hopefully have by the end of this week. I am crossing my fingers that my package will have plenty of time to arrive prior to my recipient's birthday!!!

A truly beautiful design and I especially love the message. Congratulations to the recipients!! I look forward to reading about more of them.

Today, I mailed 18 geocoins to 13 geocachers in 12 packages to 5 different countries. Say that fives times fast! (jk ) I am still waiting on replies from two people to mail my last packages.

3. Mission Sent - Wednesday May 14, 2008 It's headed across the pond. Hopefully it won't stop for any swimming!

Congratulations avroairs!!!!!!!

Congratulations LoriDarlin!!! I have a special place in my heart for Goofy because his watch was the only non-digital watch I could read in a glance, versus counting up the numbers. I looked for one of mine, I had a few of them growing up, but I couldn't put my fingers on one. I found this picture online: I <3 Goofy

In my little mailbox today I got a simply amazing surprise :P Thank you, Liz *BIG HUG* You are just too too thoughtful!!!! I felt that I just *had* to share the beauty of this geocoin with everyone! Click here for a larger image with lots more detail!! (totally worth it :P ) Love, love, love this geocoin!!!

2. Name Received - Thursday May 1, 2008 Hmm....what to send, what to send. :)

1) date of birth - May 23rd (great day ) 2) time of birth - 5:23 pm 3) official weight - 7lbs 2ozs 4) geocaching motto for our new baby girl - Bring on the geocaches!

Let me provide a glimmer of hope here. I actually have had a few geocoin packages sent to me go MIA for more than 1-2 months, but by the grace of God or just the postal machines finally spitting them out (I have pictures of one particularly mangled envelope) all but 1 eventually arrived. Don't give up hope and believe in the honesty of others. I also believe in Karma B)

No regrouping required; I am keeping it simple like others stated before

ok....the part of me that wants to try this has just won out over the part of me that is apprehensive. Sending email.

Email sent! I hope I made it before they all hopped away

I completed my first trade (2 for 2) in May of last year with Cache Agent. I got her Cache Tech/Cache Agent Canadian Volunteer Geocache Reviewers geocoin and a CITO 2006. Even better than the two geocoins, I made a friend Trading is a very enjoyable experience to me too. I have a spreadsheet listing all my geocoins and I totaled up my number of trades since that time and I am standing at a total of 59 geocoins that passed through my hands on their way to others. I am sure others have a much higher number, but that might give you an idea of what you could be up to in the next year!

@ @ @ @ @ @ _|_|_ |_|_|_|_|_ |.^^^^^^^^^| * * * * * * * * * |____________| Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday, dear Highland Geofairy, Happy Birthday to you!!!!!

I know I have been one of the quiet ones and that is because I hate conflict. Since this thread is just about asking personal opinions, I feel comfortable saying my piece. I haven't yet minted or designed a geocoin, but if/when I do I definitely have an opinion of how I will handle it. Scenario 1: Designer...ebay...post-retail sale I personally think this is acceptable behavior for the designer; it is an unrestricted beach in my mind I think the designer deserves to be compensated for their idea and work. Of course, I can say this with confidence because I know I was able to buy this geocoin at retail price from the vendor. Another reason I can say this is because I am not into collecting for the resale value; I have never and will never buy geocoins to turn around and sell them on ebay. I will feel zero ill will toward the designer for this behavior. Scenario 2: Designer...ebay...pre-retail sale I think the designer's behavior is ok. I will admit to being a little unhappy about it since I don't know for sure if I will be able to buy the geocoin directly from the vendor, but for all the other reasons above I don't see any problem. As long as I believe I will be able to purchase the geocoin from the vendor for retail in the future, I will be patient and believe the expression "good things come to those who wait." While I am not going to say I feel zero ill will toward the designer, it is approaching zero. Scenario 3: Vendor...ebay...pre-retail sale This scenario is slightly murky water for me. I believe it is the right of the vendor to handle itself in this way, but in my mind (as a consumer) this is unacceptable behavior. I see a difference in this behavior from a vendor when compared to the designer. The parallel I can draw to this is any hot new item that is being released, most recently iPhones and Wiis. I don't want to imagine AT&T and Toys R Us having ebay auctions for their stock before they were allowed to offer them at retail. I know some manufactures/suppliers have rules about that, think J.K. Rowling and the last Harry Potter book. A vendor should not offer items up for auction prices before its retail release. I will remember the vendor who has done this and I will view them in a negative light compared to a vendor who never sells their pre-releases on ebay. Scenario 4: Vendor...ebay only I will admit it is the right of the vendor to handle itself in this way. I don't feel comfortable saying this is unacceptable, but I am leaning heavily towards this opinion. Part of me is willing to recognize that there may be reasons for only this method of sales, but I am definitely most unhappy with it as a consumer. My issue with this practice stems from my feelings about the vendor's attitude toward their geocoins. I choose not to view geocoins as a money-maker. I will not patronize a vendor's ebay "store" and I have negative feelings toward any vendor who sells all or even only certain editions of their geocoins on ebay. (Vendors NOT designers, because I believe there is a difference.)