dqarsims

I like the idea of attaching a note. It's still sad that they disappear. We set 8 go for our grandchildren. They wanted to watch them move. We are down to 2 now. I haven't given up on all of them, but I know some are totally MIA.

I hear you. We set eight TBs off last year while visiting Washington and Oregon. All but two have stop moving. I even emailed the person who picked up one of them and he admitted he had it but just didn't have time to geocache anymore. He had found it his third day of being a member. After asking if he would please placed it, he replied, he didn't have time. Others are just missing in action. It's sad since we placed one each for our grandchildren. They picked out their TBs. Yeah, they were cute. I will say I found a geocoin the other day that had been listed as missing in 2010. It was wonderful to put it back in circulation. I'm hoping some of ours come out of hiding too. We've wondered if it's not kids of cachers that just think they are cute toys and they allow them to keep them. I agree that maybe they need more information on them about their purpose and to please not keep. We have more ready to release, but I don't know if we will.

That's slightly depressing. Just used my secret code to get a further 15% off my purchase of some dog tags. Ordered 16 to get 15% and then added my code. The end result is that including shipping they come out at £2.60 each tag. And was already plotting what to do with my 8. And now I am wondering if its worth it lol. Would disagree strongly that cachers are light fingered. I would say that I know cachers that have and still do pick them up in bulk and hold into them for weeks before even logging them. I've grabbed a couple (even last week) and they were found in a cache miles from where they were supposed to be. Even found one next to a cache and had been there months when we found it. But in our experience by FAR the worst culprits and the ones that make me go - offs - is when I see its been picked up and look and see 12 caches found. 23 caches found. I kind of write it off then. This is wrong. This apathy. These people should be pursued by some sort of authoritative mechanism within geocaching. And education of how TB's and coins are treated and logged etc should be locked into the registration process. I do wonder if some people simply don't know what they are, and assume they are just a "cute swap" like other stuff? For instance, Chilli, the current "probably gone missing" one, has a little card saying where he wants to go, but maybe it needs big red letters "PLEASE DON'T KEEP ME, I'M MEANT TO MOVE FROM CACHE TO CACHE"