BroncoCacher
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I thank you all for your support and hope that the folks at Groundspeak are monitoring this thread. Thank you all for your assistance on logging subversively.
As far as friends getting together and joining as a "Family" Well you have those people in the game that ause caches and GeoJack them too. There are those that will try to beat the system and the overwhelming majority of us that appreciate the service and are glad to contribute.
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I wrote to Groundspeak regarding premium memberships for families and they suggested that I brng this topic to the forums.
I find it to be a little ridiculous for a family of four, or five etc to have to purchase multiple Premium memberships in order for each person to access "Members only Caches". I have a son who is eight years old and has his OWN geocaching identity. We have done a couple of hundred caches together of which maybe 50% he has not been able to get credited for as they are "Members Only".
I would like to propose that Groundspeak offer a Family Premium Membership plan for an amount slightly greater than the Premium membership fee and allow say 4 Family members to access it. Any additional family members after that would be assessed an additional cost possibly even equal to the amount of an additional premium membership.
I am just floating this out here on the forums as a number of cachers in the Las Vegas area have thought that it would be a good idea and would gladly pay say $50 for a family premium plan.
I will leave it to the folks at Groundspeak to make the right decision. But remember that the kids as well as the adults enjoy seeing their find count grow.
BroncoCacher
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I STILL THINK THAT OUR HERO,ROADRUNNER, FOR THE STATE OF NEVADA IS A HIGHLY DESERVING REVIEWER AND WE ARE LUCKY TO HAVE HIM. HE WOULD TRULY TREASURE A HIKING STICK!!!!!!!!!!
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I reached a licensing agreement with Groundspeak this week to use Signal on a hiking staff. So I made 2 of them and thought I would give one away to a local Reviewer in appreciation for all they do.
So if you want to show how much you support them all you have to do is mention their name here, and at the end of the week (Friday) I'll do a random drawing and send them this with his or her name on it.
El Diablo
i WOULD HAVE TO SAY THAT rOADrUNNER IN nEVADA IS A TIRELESS SUPPORTER AND NOT ONLY DOES HE REVIEW THEM BUT ATTENDS THE EVENTS, CACHE OUTINGS, CITO EVENTS AND SUPPORTS CACHERS WITH THEIR GOALS AND IS AN ALL AROUND CAACHING MENTOR.
i VOTE THAT HE GETS THE NEW HIKING STAFF!!!
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The point of caching is to enjoy it with other people. Share the experience, and if you happen to be a family it is a great family activity. I cache with my son and he is 7. If there wee a Childs PM Say for 12 and under , at a reduced rate of say $12/year. It is frustrating when they cache with you and you cannot log their caches. I am not even going to reduce myself to the shortcuts mentioned earlier. This is a great activity and people that look to circumvent the system are the ones that ruin it for everyone.
Let's just be realistic and develop a child's membership, or a Family membership with say 4 PM's available for say $75.
This does not seem like a difficult issue so let's stop talking about it and JFDI!!!
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Yes, Polar B's have it right. I mentioned in my post above that Jeremy had discussed the idea before, and thought that would at least "hint" that he was aware of the loophole method and OK with the practice, in addition to considering the idea of family plan. I don't know of any premium member only cache owners who don't want family members (and sometimes friends as well) logging the cache. Most just choose to make the cache PM to encourage membership and/or to discourage cache vandalism.
I look at it this way. When my children were young, I bought books to read to them. I did not buy one copy for myself and one for each child. I bought one book and read it to them. Now that they are older, they often read books that I have purchased, and previously read. I re-read books that I have already read, and don't feel like I have to purchase a new copy in order to compensate the author for my repeated enjoyment. I rest pretty easy with that decision, and don't feel that I was stealing from the author because we didn't pay for multiple copies. It's understood that people do that with books, hence, we have libraries. Authors are OK with the notion, knowing that it increases their exposure and that when people love a particular book enough, they purchase their own copy.
If I go to a hotel with my family, I may have to pay a few dollars more for having several people in the room, but I don't have to get a separate room for each person. The same kind of discount plan works for family memberships to the local pool, YMCA, zoo, and so forth. Sometimes those places even offer "free days" where I can bring a guest, so they can see that they are missing (and potentially choose to join). They encourage family plans because they know that once you develop a habit of attending their kind of entertainment, you will continue it when you become an adult and establish your own identity.
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i was entering my sons finds tonight and was sad to see that he could not log finds in member only caches. I am a premium member , but he is 7 and don't think he will enjoy all the benefits. Is there a way that kids... maybe a reduced member rate or the ability to join as a family... could enjoy the benefits of logging Member only caches? Anyone have an idea?
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BroncoCacher
Need some Quickies
in Northeast
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I will be in Baltimore from the evening of the 24th thru the evening of the 27th and would like some quick finds in the area of my hotel. I will be staying at the Embassy suites at the Airport and in meetings during the day but may have some time in the evening to sneak out. Any assistance will be appreciated