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Well I think I sent enough emails to the cacher trying to explain that I was only trying to be helpful so I don't think another email will change anything. I have fixed the logs and recalculated the mileage so that it is a zero so everything is back to where it originally was after cacher logged a drop again into the cache. It's a lesson learned on my part and I appreciate the good feedback given here. As far I'm concerned, the issue is resolved and I have moved on.

Thank you both for your informative feedback. This helps me reshape my perspective on TBs. I'm sure I've turned off another cacher through my intense overzealous actions to try and fix something that wasn't broken. That was never my intention. I will just drop it back in cache and let it go.

Thanks for the edification. Again I'm learning here without creating more of a mess so what do you suggest I do at the point? I'm not going to contact cacher anymore ( I guess I've harassed them enough already ☺). Should I drop it back in cache? Delete my visit logs? Didn't think managing TBs would be such a complex task (maybe I made it more complex than it needed to be through my ignorance).

Thanks for the feedback. Again, I'm new and want to play by the rules as best as I can. I will drop it back in the cache it was last seen in and let it go. If it turns up again, great. If not, I can always mark it missing after a period of time and send out the copy tag.

Ok. I thought by me grabbing it back to my inventory would help in preventing TB being logged as "not found in cache" and adding that not would explain what happened to the TB and why I grabbed it back. Ok. I don't plan to delete any of the logs. I just didn't want it in limbo logged into a cache it's no longer in. If it happens to get moved along by the last person who had it, they would either log it properly per my instructions or they would just physically drop it in a cache and not log it, then when found by another person, they would do the grab, drop and retrieve. Dont see how that is being stranger than someone grabbing TB, saying they going to move it in TB log then drops it back in the same cache they physically took it from but don't retrieve it again or actually put it back there physically. Sorry but I'm new to all of this so just seem strange why people can't follow directions clearly outlined.

So I have a situation I would like to get feedback on: I am the owner of a TB that was placed in a nearby TB hotel. A cacher physically took the TB and logged it as a grab instead of a retrieve. I sent message to user explaining that they should correct the logging as such. Some time later, the user logs the TB as a drop in the original cache it was placed in but never logs a retrieve. I go check the cache to see if user actually physically put the TB back in cache but TB is not there. I send several messages aftwards to user explaining how to log and move TB along but no responses. I then did a grab on the TB and placed it back in my inventory so that it's not falsely listed in a cache it's no longer in and sent another messasge to user explaining what I did and giving them instructions on how to grab it back and drop it in a new cache if they still intend to move it along. I also posted a note on the TB log informing any future users that may find it that the TB may be lost and if found, please grab it and log it in new cache. Did I do the right thing? Should I have logged it as missing instead? I just didn't want the TB to receive a bunch of "not found in cache" logs while falsely listed in a cache I know it no longer lives in. Thanks for any feedback.