Glenn

What version of Firefox do you have? The latest version is 23.0.1. Have you tried clearing your cache and temp files? Have you tried disabling all of your add-ons? Are you running more than one anti-virus/anti-malware program? Can you provide a screenshot?

So the issue isn't the amount being charged more than someone in another country. The issue is that you don't know if Groundspeak has a VAT registration number. For businesses registered to collect Washington State sales tax you can look up their tax registration number by going to the Department of Revenue website and searching on the businesses name. Does the EU or member States not provide a service like this?

So if I following this thread correctly then the complaint can be boiled down to when the tax is applied. I live in Washington state. So I click on the $29.99 but when I submit my payment I get charged $32.84 ($29.99 plus Washington State sales tax). If I lived in Germany I would click on the €29.99 button and when I submitted the payment I still only be charged €29.99 because the VAT tax is already included in the price. It looks like a there is a very simple solution. Apply the VAT as an additional charge the end of the sale like what is done with the Washington State sales tax for residence of Washington State. If I lived in any other State I wouldn't be charged the sales tax for that State. Maybe I should my own thread about how unfair it is that Washington State is making Groundspeak charge Washington residence sales tax but no other state is doing the same.

Magellan GC. It has everything I need for paperless caching including the ability to upload custom maps ever since the firmware version 2.13 upgrade.

The Magellan GC is an excellent unit. Make sure that it is using the latest firmware. It's simple, although it can take a couple minutes, to install the latest firmware. Magellan does have a software package called Communicator that makes it simple to transfer caches to the Magellan GC and there is a Mac version. However the unit when attached to any computer (Windows, Mac, Linux, etc.) acts as an external hard drive. So the Communicator software isn't necessary unless you want the Sent To GPS feature at geocaching.com to work. But since you are a premium member I wouldn't bother with that. Just generate PQs, download them to your Mac, then copy and paste them to the Geocache directory on the Magellan GC. Logging them is even simpler. The Magellan GC will create a field notes file. All you have to do is upload the field notes file to the geocaching.com website to log your caches! There are plenty of Magellan GC owners who read these forums so if you have any trouble figuring something out, all you have to do is ask.

I'm sure you know as a fine woodworker that your tools in the hands of someone less experienced than you won't yield the same results. The same can be said about geocaching. A newer GPS may not necessarily get you closer the to geocache. Whatever GPS you decide to go with you should start out with a couple of easy geocaches. Look for ones that are labeled as having a large cache container, is a traditional cache, has a difficulty rating of 1 or 2, and has a terrain rating of less than 4.

When you get close (about 30ft or less) to the cache ignore the arrow. Instead use the actual coordinates or the 'distance to' field.

Greetings FearlessRider, I suggest that you find a local Geocacher and spend a day with them going some research. Go along with them on a cache hunt. Have then explain travel bugs, aka trackables, to you. If you need help finding someone close to you let me know and I'll see what I can do.

You can look up such warnings for the US at https://www.notams.faa.gov then click on GPS/WAAS.

From what I am reading on the eXp GC forums the reason that the 2.13 Fireware is so large is because they updated the base map (along with adding the ability to upload new maps). As for the eXp GC circuit board. The two empty spots on the upper right that kinda look like combs are most likely for type of connector ports. I suspect that the one on the left was used for testing because these is screw post right were the connector would mount. It is very possible that were left over from a beta version of the board. Do any other model of eXp have a port in that area on the case?

Magellan eXplorist GC with the new 2.13 version of the firmware installed.

The 2.13 firmware is worth upgrading to. The 2.13 wasn't suddenly released. It has been in the works for quite some time. The most requested feature for the eXp GC was the ability to allow custom maps. Installing eXp 310 firmware on an eXp GC allowed this but because the 310 firmware wasn't written for the GC there were some issues. One of the new features in the 2.13 firmware is the ability to upload maps to the unit.

When did grey stop being a color? I think the icons now look a little flat, regardless of what color they are. Adding a little color gradient, fade effect and/or boarders to the icons would to help make them look a little less flat.

Interesting idea. However geocaching is a non-competitive hobby. It needs a governing body as much as other non-competitive hobbies like model train building, stamp collecting, doing crossword puzzles, soap carving, trainspotting, or collecting naval fluff.

A DNF log doesn't always mean that the cache isn't there. It just means that the cacher wasn't able to find it at that time.

I promise not to be offended by your improper use of grammar and spelling as long you are not offended when I misinterpret what you are trying to say. BTW: You really shouldn't say things like that about your mom in a public forum. I'm sure she is really a wonderful person.

There isn't an easy way to do this on the website because this isn't how the game was intended to be played. If a change has been made to a cache such that the cache owner is inviting people to find the cache again based on this difference then the original cache listing should have been archived and a new listing made. Check out Geocaching Swiss Army Knife (GSAK) or any of the other the many third party apps if you are interesting in playing the game in a non-standard way.

No, the saturation guideline is there to keep two physical elements of different caches from being so close to each other that a cacher looking for one cache may unintentionally find a cache that they are not looking for and assume that the cache they found is the one that are looking for. When I travel I will look ahead to the place that I am going to and I will include puzzle and multi caches in my search. I will try to solve the puzzle caches ahead of time or attempt to determine if I would be able to solve them at the waypoint (your count the number of nails example is a good one that is easy to solve for tourists). There is no one way to enjoy Geocaching. Some geocachers are in it for the numbers. If you place a traditional cache you will have to expect that some cachers will just skim your description, especially if it is more than a paragraph, and most will spend long enough at the location to find the cache and sign the log. A well written multi/puzzle cache will not only bring someone to the location but in the process of finding the multi or solving the puzzle they will also see what you are showing them or learn a little about the location. More cachers find traditional caches, tourist or not, and shy away from multi/puzzle caches because the numbers game is easier. Make your cache a multi or puzzle cache. You can make the starting point anywhere as long as you don't place a cache or any kind of tag there. Then bring them to the location looking for a clue that enhances the history you are relating to them. The cache saturation guideline only applies to the physical portion of puzzle caches. So unless there is a physical box hidden close to where you want to hide yours you should be able to hide one. In addition, you can email the owner of the puzzle/multi cache to see if they would be willing to work with you. Sometimes moving an existing cache, or portion or a multi or puzzle cache, just a couple of feet can open up the area that you want to use. Most cache owners are kind enough to do this as long as it doesn't have any affect on their cache.

Are you thinking of the Needs Maintenance (NM) log type? In a nutshell NM logs are for notifying the CO and NA logs are notifying the reviewer. Are there nuances to each log type? Sure there are.

Actually by keeping the price of membership the same over all these years the relative worth of membership decreased. According to websites that calculate this kind of thing. $30 in 2002, the first year that premium membership was offered, is the same as $42.50 in today's money. So the cost of membership has dropped $12.50 in value since it was introduced or about $1.50 annually.

Try dropbox or one of it's many clones.

I guess I'll have to take your word for it that "Needs Archived" has a meaning other than needs archived. If you're saying that we need a new log type that is intended to alert the reviewer, because that's what everyone uses NA for, contrary to its name, then that's a different matter. I can't myself think of a situation where a reviewer should be called in for anything less than the possibility that a cache needs to be eliminated, but obviously you know more about it than I do. I don't recall even once seeing an NA posted that didn't actually mean that the poster thought the cache should be archived. When the log type that we now call Needs Archived (NA) was called Should Be Archived (SBA) most geocachers used the log as Don_J described. I can't recall the reason for the name change but I would guess that had something to do with clarification. As for how the a NA log is supposed to be used check out the help center article called Needs Archived Note. I still use the NA log as an alert to the reviewer in situations where I don't necessary think the cache needs archived, unless the cache owner doesn't fix the issue. The reviews don't seem to have an issue with the NA log being used in that way.

A CO archived his caches and it was seen as your fault? There has to be more to this story.

This isn't a good solution when the cache owner is inactive and you don't know their status. This is because the cache owner isn't around to make an Owner Maintenance log and clear the Needs Maintenance flag. So now you have two options. You can ask a reviewer to get involved but they are already busy volunteering their valuable time publishing and archiving caches. You could just leave the NM flag set but that isn't good practice because then no one can be really sure which caches actually need maintenance or which have been fix or if a cache has been fix but now needs maintenance again or never got maintained and still needs maintenance. Eventually almost everyone starts ignoring the NM flag because it is now meaningless and if someone posts a NM log it gets ignored. The best options are to let the CO take care of the cache or work with the CO in taking care of the cache (you maintain the cache itself and they maintain the cache listing) or adopt the cache out to someone else or recommend it for archival. Well as a cache owner of many TRADITIONAL (physical) caches I can tell you I appreciate it when a cacher performs some maintenance on my caches. Says the person who's never had his ammo can swapped out for some gladware or a film canister. I don't mind other people doing maintenance on my cache as long as they ask first. I'll help other people out with there caches but I ask first. Not only is the polite thing to do it also let me know if the CO is still active. Maintaining a cache for an inactive CO that you do not know is futile.

The manual won't but it still good practice to not rely on the unit shutting itself off when the batteries gets low especially if you having corruption issues. The unit is programmed to shut itself off when the batteries get low to prevent data loss and corruption that can occur if the unit abruptly looses power. The unit does this by monitoring the voltage level of the batteries and shutting itself down at a predetermined voltage level. Assuming everything is working correctly then you have nothing to worry about. If there is a bug in the software/firmware or an issue with the hardware then this may be contributing to the corruption.