Billisue

There is no need to have an amnesty address or a postal address for mislaid TBs. All that is required is a log in anonymously (as there is on the forums)option on the trackable log page and then a 'dropped location' option in the drop-down menu then the mislaid TB can be dropped in any cache and the TB owner can grab the TB and drop it in the correct location. Many TBs go missing because newbie cachers log TBs as Discovered when they take them to move on. The TB then stays in the Cache inventory and the Newbie is not offered the option to drop them on new finds. When the newbie tries to edit the Discovered log they are not allowed to change it because there is an action associated with it. I once did this myself and had it done twice to me. Just look at the logs for lost TBs and see how many have the last log as Discovered. The Discovered option needs clarifying in the drop down and should say ; Discovered and left in cache, and the Retrieved option should say; Taken to move on'. this would drastically reduce lost TBs I have found if a TB is mistakenly logged Discovered instead of Retrieved there are two options make a new log as grabbed or delete the original discovered log and start again. For some reason although you cannot edit the discovered log you can delete it (WHY).

I find many TB are mistakenly logged as discovered instead of retrieved when taken to move on. They then stay on the cache inventory, so when dropped the y can not be logged into the new cache. Meanwhile the TB is found missing from the original cache and eventually logged as lost. If you try to alter the discovered log you cannot because an action is associated with the original log. It needs to be made clear if you log a TB as discovered it should be left in the cache or logged as retrieved. I think it his should be made clearer in the logging drop down