gil_jen

Well, I can see that you have great concern (NOT) for those of us who have had their Travel Bugs removed by someone. Remember the old saying about the "...one bad apple"? Well there seems to be a LOT of them in this barrel.

Why is it that we can't get Benchmarks logged as finds when they are just as hard, if not harder, to find than a geocache? Seems to me that we should receive credit for finding them too!

You folks that 'poo-poo' someone being upset because their Travel Bug goes missing are really something else! How do you think most people would feel if their geocaches were removed? Would they just say, "Oh well, I'll just place some more." I doubt it!!! People go to some lengths to design and place a Travel Bug, including the cost of purchasing the tag, just to have someone pick it up and NOT move it to a new location. This shows disrespect for the person doing the placing AND the entire intent of Geocaching. For example: On 8/7/07 my one and only travel bug, 'Mr. Scorpon,' was picked-up by 'Big J71' and has yet to be placed anywhere. On top of this, I have attempted on several occasions to email this person asking when they planned to replace it but have yet to hear from them. True, something may have happened to this person that would keep them from responding but as yet, I don't know what that may be. I'd even be happy to drive to this person't location to retreave 'Mr. Scorpon' but I'd have to hear from 'Big J71' to do that. If you are one of those who think that this is just 'crying over spilled milk' I say that maybe I'll be the one who goes out and removes your geocaches and see how you feel about that! But don't worry; It's just a minor thing, that is, according to you... I'll be happy to hear from any of you who can condone and justify what is at worst stealing, and at the least being a butthead.