Certainly agree with the "shiny things" sentiment - we bought a couple of TB tags and a couple of geocoins. The first coin never made it out of the first cache - two days after we dropped it, it was missing with no trace. That was almost a year ago and we've seen no activity - so I'll assume someone has just taken it - although I'm not really sure what possible good it could do anyone. Disappointed, we decided to try again, and our second coin was passed around locally for a bit, then held for one group for a while. It's now missing after they dropped it off at an event. The last folks to have had it have found 3 coins - 2 of them were listed with "Unknown" locations after they "dropped" them off. That one may still turn up in the future, but I'm not holding my breath. Had better luck with a travel bug that someone picked up and took half-way across the country with several stops for photos (lighthouses, Kelloggs Cereal HQ, Baseball Hall of Fame, Boston - we thought it was very cool that someone would take a TB with them on a fairly long trip and take pics of it in those places!) Then, a 1st time cacher picked it up as soon as it ended that trip - and now it's MIA as well. I contacted the guy who had found it after he'd had it for 3 months - his only TB find in his only cache find - to ask him to please move it to a new cache soon (yes, I was very pleasant and not at all scolding in any way - I just said that it appeared that he had the TB and that I'd appreciate it if he could drop it off in a new cache soon) He DID reply that he was sorry for not doing so sooner, but that he'd move it along soon. That was a few weeks back - but again, I'm not holding my breath on the likelihood of ever seeing that one again.
Overall, I'm not even sure I'll bother to release my other TB's. In less than a year, it appears we're 0/3 - not very encouraging insofar as the lifespan of our trackables is concerned. I'll continue to move other TB's and coins, but can't really justify spending money on these things if they're going to disappear so frequently. Too bad that a few just seem to want to screw things up for others. Given what I know about human nature, I'm not all that surprised - just disappointed.
As Latitude32 said, I hope that your luck is better!
