Guwapo
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We're out of years.
But we're not out of ideas.
I'd like to see some sort of Worldwide Multi Event in the mid September - early November window.
There's always International Talk Like A Pirate Day (Sept 19)
I call dibs on 11-12-13!
I'm with you keeewee, but our American friends will want to have it on the 12 November!!
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Michael really should hit the "watch thread" button for this topic and be in here on a daily basis putting out spot fires and answering queries as they happen...
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I was told by Michael at the Going Caching Mega Event this weekend that half of the coins are being shipped from the mint on 11/14 and the rest on 11/17.
I can't share the enthusiasm. Especially on behalf of international hosts. Which coins are shipping on the 14th and which coins are shipping on the 17th.
Are the international coins in the first batch? Just a little information would be helpful to international hosts who may face other delivery delays due to shipping and customs.
Instead of just sharing the news with selected people at events how about sharing it with all the participants.
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I sent out an email today. Did everyone get it?
I did. Thanks! :-)
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But I do worry about the revised shipping times, it maybe pushing it for some OS events, I have waited 34 days for a shipment from the US to AU..
Now that is the longest but 3 weeks is the norm, so a delay of one or two days could mean they do not arrive in time for the event, what is oakcoins
buyback policy on the coins if the worse case scenario and delivery after the event happens.
Couldn't agree more. As funkymunkyzone mentioned above selling these coins goes some way to recoup the cost of putting the event on. The best time to sell these coins is through pre-orders or at the event. No one is interested after the event. I'd also be keen to have someone from Oakcoins respond to AlliedOz's question re buyback for non delivery.
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Here is the artwork for the Dunedin, Wellington and Invercargill, New Zealand events.
We are not participating in the trade, however any coins left over may be offered to other event hosts but this is not guaranteed.
Edit: Bad grammar!
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Email sent to Michael.
Waiting for invite and access to spreadsheet.
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Missing? WHO has the box....come on guys, please send it on...
I think the term 'Missing' might be jumping to conclusions. If you look at post #206 Sivota only received the box around the 16th July 2012.
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What about 31-3-13 for next year ??
We could do a 2 stage event next year. In the US it could be on 11/12/13 (November 12th) and elsewhere, it could be December 11th!
Yeah, the "date confusion" multi event series. We can have 132 of those events every year!
Now that's funky!!
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Ammo Can Caching 14 day t-shirt promotion ($US17.15) If we sell 40 or more it goes live!
Less than 24 hours to go. Get a cool tee here.
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What about 31-3-13 for next year ??
The unique feature of the 8/8/8 to 12/12/12 series was that no matter what the date format your country used whether it be DD/MM/YY or MM/DD/YY you could still participate as it didn't matter.
Anything with the date beyond 12 is always going to be confusing for one group of people and be fine for the rest.
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Ordered. I've been thinking about having a personal geocoin made so this book is very timely!
I tried to order from Geocoinstore.com first but they wanted $41 shipped. I ended up buying mine from geosurvivalgear.com as it was only $33.50 shipped.
The price at geocoinstore also includes the new version of Chris's Tempting the Fates coin made to be packaged with his book and available only at Geocoin Store when you get the new book.
Too bad I missed that info. I would have ordered from there in order to get the coin with it.
Any way to order the coin separately?Missed that info too.
Anyway to get the coin separately?
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The 11/11/11 coin had a clock face with the hands at 11:11. With that in mind I'm not a fan of the watch idea, nor am I a fan of a Christmas theme either. My opinion here is let the event, and the coin, stand by itself - not associate itself with another event.
I suggested a 12 sided coin early on and liked funkymonkeyzone's drawing although I'm not a great fan of the digital clock. Avroair mentioned that he had a design from a few months back. I'd sure like to see it and any other designs that people might have.
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I like the idea of a 12 sided coin, and having the mayan calendar on one side. Here's my idea for the other side...
I know it's a bit crappy, but I drew it in Word...
This is exactly what I had in mind when I suggested the 12 sided coin. Can't say the same about the digital clock but it might grow on me. Well done Chris.
Papa
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Google instigated a payment system for maps. 1000 pageviews for $4 if the web link I found is right. The first 25,000 is free, and Groundspeak has said in another post they have 2,000,000 a day. That is about $8,000 a day, $250,000 a month or close to $3 million a year. Not much choice there.
That is a lot of money to just start paying. Of course they could increase your membership for the first time in years to more than 9 cents per day.
I'd gladly pay an increased membership to have the Google maps back. Am I alone?
I have them back, and it didn't cost me a cent.
Same here!!
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We would really love a trackable license plate for the front of our geomobile. Any chance we'll see that in the store one day?
We think this is a great idea too and have been looking into options.
In New Zealand the option is to get a personalised plate. Guwapo's CacheMobile will soon be sporting one from Plates. I'm sure other countries and US states have similar schemes.
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Does Avroair or any of the other hosts have any thoughts on designs for a 12/12/12 coin?
The 11/11/11 coin had a clock face on one side with the hands at 11:11. While a clock face would be an easy choice for 12/12 having already done it the previous year would, in my view, be a little tiresome and give the coin less value.
What do other hosts think about a 12 sided coin to add to the uniqueness and differentiate it from others in the series? I'm not sure if such a design would add to the cost or not. Others may know and be able to share.
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New Zealand coin for Auckland, Wellington, and Dunedin events arrived in Dunedin this afternoon.
Where did this coin come from? It's pretty and I sure would like to have one!
We will keep you in mind if there are any left after the events.
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New Zealand coin for Auckland, Wellington, and Dunedin events arrived in Dunedin this afternoon.
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I've just heard from Guwapo's Mama that there is a box waiting to collect at NZ Post. Customs Declaration states "Game Tokens". I wonder what that could be!!
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I just love it when people who get something for free complain that it's not as good as what you can get if you pay for it. The best part is that they don't seem to understand the principle at all.
Actually all the people who have posted here are Premium Members. No one that has posted here (or complained for that matter ) is getting something for free!!
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Dunedin, New Zealand is in!!
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Today I've run two PQ's.
One is the MyFinds PQ and the other is a PQ for my own caches.
Both have shown as being run (with a bold data and time) but do not show in the queue for downloading.
I receive emails for both PQ's and am able to get the file for the MyCaches PQ but the MyFinds email (1007 finds) points me to the website and the "PQ's available for Download" page - however the file is is not shown as being available for download.
I expect to be able to click on the tab and be shown all PQ's available for download, including the MyFinds one.
Note: I also tried to access using GSAK version 8 but again the PQ's just run were not being shown as available.
Cheers
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11.12.13 Multi Event Geocoin
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Coins for the Otepoti, Aotearoa event arrived yesterday. Very nice.
For those that might be interested details on any left over after the event will be posted here - after the event.