Go JayBee

Just got an email from Rothstafari...all coins will have a common code in lieu of the random codes we are still getting from LandsharkZ. I don't want to give out the code in public...email me.

What an awesome design! I just had to buy some for myself...really, I did.

C4, Put me on the list for at least 5 of each finish....

sunrayers, Didn't I send you something recently? I hope you got em'....

I am lousy at these guessing game cointests, Karma.... You should just send me something, cuz you feel sorry for me.... And, you like me......

Are you serious? I think he is!..........

Too small for the price...

What Glennk721 said... That Yime could bring a fortune in coins with no restrictions to sell. Let me make you an offer you can't refuse.

Did you have something to do with that? At least you could have warned us! Those Beefsteak pics really worked, I guess. I'm picturing Signals' lilly white butt lying on a Lillypad. Anyone got those pics yet? I see a new coin coming....

The Amigos, Sorry for taking so long...I just sent out a fat package to you today. I'm sure that it will reach its destination well before your Event. Hope you enjoy it... JayBee (Altruism or Egotism?)

Is that why I'm getting a "no match" when trying to activate a GeoCoinFest coin? Man...you got something on the frog....those Beefcake shots on the Lillypad musta worked, huh?

Dave, Good things done are not forgotten, not necessary to have one person make you feel bad, don't even go there it's not worth it ! Even though mine is not Golden I will have mine embedded in my headstone and it will read I've been Yimed One most certinaly not going to leave my collection or me , EDIT: Sorry to be off topic with this post, But this is a example of a coin that should not be sold, there now we are back on topic.. Same here...you are gonna have to pry my dead hand off the Yime you've given me before it gets sold....

Congrats to Shop99er & Fireboy....WTG

Bhob, You've hit the nail right on it's head...this is exactly what Ive been getting at.

Thanks LandsharkZ for piping in... I never thought that you were at fault here...I've just been exposed to a huge chink in Groundspeak's armor and thought I would rant about it. You were most forthcoming by having the codes available to the recipients of the coins within hours of delivery. Great job...well done. Groundspeak needs to step up to the plate and be responsible for assuring that the codes that they assign to you (and other vendors) are available to the end user. After all, they are given to you first! Why can't those same codes be avaiailble to all of us?...They were generated by GS in the 1st place! Going to the fridge again....you know the rest.

Because it is easier (and thus cheaper) for the original seller of the coins They only need to get their codes loaded into a database, and they are done Printing out lists of coin codes and activation codes, then cutting them apart and matching them to coins and inserting them into the sleeve is a fair amount of work You are probably saving 50 cents or a dollar per coin by doing the lookup yourself Another selling point - if a coin changes hands, it is an opportunity for the activation code to get lost Again, makes more work for the original seller, who must now respond to your e-mail requesting the code Bhob, I understand your point completely. My original thought was: Why can't the "end user" just go to one place (the place that creates the codes, i.e Groundspeak) to get the Activation codes? Seems that there would be a layer of possible errors removed. But no....you have to go to coincodes, to oakcoins, to hogcode, to landsharkz, to geocoinclub, to cachingplace, etc, etc. Then you finally get to Groundspeak, and they tell you that the code does not exist? What the "H"?....They were the ones that assigned the code in the 1st place! And they feign stupidity all of a sudden? Not our fault...you musta read the number wrong...re-check it and try again. Edit to add: I sell coins....but, I always make sure that the Act Codes are valid. I will sell no coin without the Code...it is my standard.

I just saw that...

Same here! I contacted LandsharkZ and they are looking into it. I had not seen your post before I started another thread about this issue.

I got the Oregon coins yesterday and retrieved the Activation Code from LandsharkZ's site for one of the coins. Went to Groundspeak to activate it, and I get a "no match"... Anyone else get the coins yet? If so....try to activate one and let me know what happens. I tried 2 more codes, and got the same result. The Tracking numbers are plenty big enough not to be misread....I KNOW I've read them correctly. This is just irritating me. Groundspeak should be the one to distribute the codes to the end user, after all, they are the ones assigning them to the vendors! Why do I have to go through 2 layers to activate a coin? Steps off Soap Box....takes a deep breath....goes to fridge....gets a beer.

WOO HOO!!!!! GeoCoin Fest Coins have arrived in Oregon today.....wow that was fast!

Well....I BETTER be in Oregon since I am hosting it, right?

Very cool....you LandsharkZ do a great job!

Damenace, We need to talk...you've spent way too much time in Disneyland

...Cheeseheads Copper ...Compass Rose Ant Silver/Gold ...MWGB Poker Chip ...New Mexico 2007 ...Geocache Dragons ...Glennk721 GeoTags ...Gingerbread Man ...Cache Bugs ...PDA Paperless WOW!!!

Just sent something to you today....be on the lookout.