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I think I had requested 5 bronze, 1 silver, early on. I'm still interested in those, if final tallies being taken. Thanks --W

Ex-Iowans - we'd love 10!

Congratulations, Man!

We wants the coins...must have the pretty, shiny coins...

A number of very good points, Shunra. From the original forum posts, it looked to me like WSGA's arrangement with Washington State Parks will be reflected in GC.com approver reviews. If there is a distinction, it isn't clear. I have been holding onto a couple of intended hides in our local Bridle Trails State Park, assuming they would be rejected until I manage to find and contact a park ranger. Couple of other thoughts: --- The date on the linked draft policy was some time ago (don't have it open, but it was sometime in 2004). Has there been recent activity to move towards implementation? --- I've always assumed that hiding a cache without permission could expose the hider to at least a littering or unauthorized use of public property fine. The question of damages related to a cache-seeker's activity is the big wrinkle. If a cache hunter finds the cache, and drops a cigarette while logging the fine, is the fire related to the presence of the cache? There's a good chance it would become an issue. There's also a pretty good legal argument that the hiding of the cache and the posting on GC.com are not proximate causes of the fire. On the other hand, if a drunk camper takes your ammo can and throws it through a driver's window on a nearby road, that might be a more difficult question. The point is that even the State's broad language on liability may not cover that many potential situations (as a lawyer, I need to disclaim this statement -- this is not legal advice -- if sued, I'm not your attorney-- never was, wouldn't want to be) --- Back to my original points -- I just want a process that is simple and easy to comply with. The policies aren't scaring me off - just the hassle. --- One of the thoughts triggered in Shunra's note is whether GC.com might offer a notification service to public land agencies. It could agree to push cache listings to a designated officer in the agency, for them to review for concerns. I'm pretty sure GC.com would take down a listing in a heartbeat. That ability could be offered as a service to public agencies, if they'd be willing to implement a specific, easy to follow, set of policies for cachers (kind of a pre-negotiated permit for GC.com members, subject to removal promises, delisting promises, etc.). Heck, it might even be an aspect of a lobbying effort to open up national parks (probably with certain pre-approved caching zones, if not the whole system). --- Finally, I'm really, really bummed to hear about EraSeek's cache.

3 ordered - apparently not too late?

Off topic -- I found an 0666 Canadian geocoin somewhere - if there's any sort of trade you're interested in, let me know. I don't think it's been lucky for me.

Aieee -- hit my limit on unverified PayPal orders and submitted my bank account information last night. Now waiting desperately until my bank confirms the Paypal security process -- with the way my bank works, I'm doomed (except for NurseDave group order -- thanks ND)

Umm... I'm probably the "new" Ebay bidder with an inactive account since 2000 (Guamo?). I never was much attracted to the service and didn't use my original account. I am active in collecting coins (until my wife tells me my money's run out). There are only a couple I'd buy through Ebay at all, and I definitely have limits to how crazy I'd get for any of them. No shilling here.

Ebay -- Midwest Geobash at $86! That's nuts - I've been trading them away at 1:1.

I can live with the policies, but really would like one single place to send applications, and to allow the park ranger to indicate if there were objections or if they had additional questions or required a meeting. The efforts that have been undertaken to prevent a ban have been great. The policies are pretty reasonable. It's the process that could bog everthing down and ruin the fun. As far as the responsibility, I've always assumed that if there were damages/injuries/or other trouble, that the cachers or muggles who caused the trouble might not be identifiable and that the cache hider would have to shoulder liability. I've decided against a number of placements base upon this concern (it's the same principle as not putting ammo cans outside of schools). It's one of the risks of the game.

Bellevue store - far back, left side. Nice stack. Not as expensive as I would have thought. Thanks for the original pointer.

Pretty soon, we'll see meth labs converted to homegrown ethanol stills. I'm not too far off from being willing to tank up on illicit bio-fuel.

Portillo's? We've built up 5 years of craving since moving out here. If I had time, I'd fund a decent share of gas for a Portillo's road trip.

I think I'm Guamo or something weird like that -- established before Geocaching. I may need to sell some sets of my extra organization coins. I want to do a personal one, but my wife has already hit the roof on all the money I've spent collecting. If it's a matter of selling coins to fund coins, I'm not going to feel too guilty about it (especially if my hide is more at risk at home than within the caching world).

Would love 5

Not going to argue, but is there any centralized method of submitting requests and having them routed to appropriate park official (or at least looking up an e-mail or other contact point)? To the extent the bureaucracy can be made easier to work through, I'm sure we'd be much more compliant in doing so. Obviously, it would also be nice if we could also have an interested point of contact for reporting homeless camps, meth labs, pot fields, party sites, and other unlicensed users of our public assets. Again, not trying to be argumentative, just pointing out that finding the local park administrator isn't as easy as it needs to be, if this policy is to be enforced.

This combination looks coolest to me. Simpler, cleaner than some of the other mock-ups. Jackalope on the other side would be cool (driving the jeep?). Just requested 5 via your e-mail.

If you do a campus distribution, I'd also try to make it. I don't know if you're carrying around the PayPal orders (that included shipping). If I managed to get them in person, WSGA could keep the shipping $$. I could always I/O mail the campus orders. I'd feel badly for people to pay for shipping and then not have the coins shipped. Contact Seth! for refunds if this happens. I'll email you my MS address and you can I/O them to me. WSGA can keep the $20 shipping if you like. thanks, Abby Me too. Don't care about shipping refund (although if it came to value of another coin, I wouldn't say no ). Thanks for all of the effort on this project!

If you do a campus distribution, I'd also try to make it. I don't know if you're carrying around the PayPal orders (that included shipping). If I managed to get them in person, WSGA could keep the shipping $$.

Very, very cool! Although I missed the camping event, I'd enjoy participating in any future cartography efforts. Perhaps of lesser importance than CITO efforts, but another nice way for geocachers to be socially productive (not that we aren't generally )

I think that's a good policy. Only exception I'd make is if I ever decided to sell chunks of my collection entirely. I'm with you - usually I only get one personal at a time anyway - as long as I keep collecting, I'm keeping those. On the org/event coins, I actually think EBay phenomenon is interesting -- establishes a market value and additional means of collecting. Downside is that it could start affecting pricing.

Can I get in for 5? Thanks --W

Ok - time to go deep, before they're impossible. 3-for-1 for MIGO Seasonals I'll trade any 3 of the below coins for each 1 of either of the MIGO Winter and/or Summer seasons (have Spring, so don't need that). My spares include: Washington Canada Oregon MIGO (Michigan) – non-seasonal North Carolina Pennsylvania USA (2005) GOWT (Western Tenn.) Green Man Joys of GeoCaching Vacman Calgary Texas 2005 Idaho South Africa 2005 Geowoodstock III UTAG (Utah) GGA 2005 (Georgia Geocachers Assn) Alaska Colorado California DFW Indiana MW Geobash Germany (counts as 2) E-mail me with any interest in this or if you want to propose a trade for any of the others.

I had it - was within the year, so I had REI print me a copy of the original receipt and I sent it in to Garmin as warranty repair (had to first call for repair tracking number). They fixed the original unit, rather than replace, but it's holding up fine. If this is a common problem, it might be worth checking with them even if the warranty period has expired.