Being a new Cacher to the game, I am really trying to follow what you guys are saying here. I have been to many caches that say they have trackables or inventory in them, yet don't. Is this due to what you are talking about here? At this point I am one of those people who cache with a cell phone because that was how it was introduced to me. I am working towards being able to buy a handheld GPS because I recognize the need in many circumstances. Either way, I am always left wondering what happened to the items that have been logged into a cache and are not present when I get there. Can they be logged into different caches simultaneously? Does it get corrected when it finally gets logged into another cache? Should Geocaching.com put out an email similar to the one we just received concerning the DNFs, only addressing the issue that cachers seriously need to log inventory in and out. I went to a cache today that showed 2 pieces of inventory that was supposed to have been in there for a couple weeks. No one else has signed the log since the two cachers that dropped the TBs. Where did they go? Maybe some random person just stealing them? Why steal just them and not anything else or even the whole cache? I only have 78 finds so far and I haven't made any hides myself yet, or released any trackables of my own but it would be nice to have a better understanding of these things before I do.
This is my first post so go easy on me if out of line or mis-posting.
