Premium Membership

[PathfinderRAM]

I understand that members only caches are only for Premium Members. My wife and I cache together most of the time. Do both of us need to purchase Premium Membership so we can find the members only caches, or does just one of us need to have the premium account?

 

Currently we each have free accounts so that we can each log our finds. That way if I find a cache say on my lunch break and she isn't with me, I can log it seperately. If she were to purchase a premium account and then we found one of the members only caches, would her account be the only one with permission to log the find? It looks that way from the error page I got when trying to view a members only cache. But I haven't tried to use a waypoint code to see if I could get directly into one of those pages since I don't know any of them.

 

So what's the general consensus about how this should be handled?

[+briansnat]

I understand that members only caches are only for Premium Members. My wife and I cache together most of the time. Do both of us need to purchase Premium Membership so we can find the members only caches, or does just one of us need to have the premium account?

 

Currently we each have free accounts so that we can each log our finds. That way if I find a cache say on my lunch break and she isn't with me, I can log it seperately. If she were to purchase a premium account and then we found one of the members only caches, would her account be the only one with permission to log the find? It looks that way from the error page I got when trying to view a members only cache. But I haven't tried to use a waypoint code to see if I could get directly into one of those pages since I don't know any of them.

 

So what's the general consensus about how this should be handled?

 

There is a backdoor way of allowing non premium members to log MOCs. As long as one of you has a premium membership, the other can log. I don't know the exact details of how to do this, but I'm sure someone else can help out.

[+Polar B's]

Here are a few link to other postings about it

 

one

Two

 

Basically the cache page is the only thing lock to non-premium members. If you get the url for the cache logging page and log in as the non-premium and go that url you can log the cache.

Edited February 23, 2006 by Polar B's

[+Beffums]

I understand that members only caches are only for Premium Members. My wife and I cache together most of the time. Do both of us need to purchase Premium Membership so we can find the members only caches, or does just one of us need to have the premium account?

 

Currently we each have free accounts so that we can each log our finds. That way if I find a cache say on my lunch break and she isn't with me, I can log it seperately. If she were to purchase a premium account and then we found one of the members only caches, would her account be the only one with permission to log the find? It looks that way from the error page I got when trying to view a members only cache. But I haven't tried to use a waypoint code to see if I could get directly into one of those pages since I don't know any of them.

 

So what's the general consensus about how this should be handled?

 

One other option is to get a premium membership for a "team" account - one that is for both of you. The downside is that then, your MOC finds don't show on your personal accounts. The upside is that you don't need any back-door way to log them. It also means that if you want to place caches together, you can from the team account.

[PathfinderRAM]

My main concern is that I want to play the game fairly and if I can avoid backdoor methods I would prefer to do that. It would be nice if for premium accounts there was an option to pay a little more to have piggyback type accounts that could also log the MOCs. Kinda like the cell phone family plans.

[+Tharagleb]

My main concern is that I want to play the game fairly and if I can avoid backdoor methods I would prefer to do that. It would be nice if for premium accounts there was an option to pay a little more to have piggyback type accounts that could also log the MOCs. Kinda like the cell phone family plans.

 

The backdoor method of logging a non-PM find on a members-only cache is considered fair. IIRC, Jeremy deliberately left this "back-door" alone so that it could be used for the exact purpose you describe.

[+Faith the Aquariaqueen]

I have a premium membership, my sons have their own logging name. When we did a members only cache, I also logged my sons' finds, and they got credit for it, also.

[+Team Cotati]

If you have a premium account, you or anyone else with access to that account can log anything that you so desire. There is no 'permission' required. It is up to each individual to determine that which is ethical. Sometimes adults make these decisions without seeking approval from others.

[+briansnat]

Sometimes adults make these decisions without seeking approval from others

 

And sometimes when responsible adults are new to an activity, club, workplace, etc... they inquire about

the taboos, mores and generally accepted practices.

[+Renegade Knight]

My main concern is that I want to play the game fairly and if I can avoid backdoor methods I would prefer to do that. It would be nice if for premium accounts there was an option to pay a little more to have piggyback type accounts that could also log the MOCs. Kinda like the cell phone family plans.

 

It's not truly a backdoor method. It's been left that way specificly for situations like yours where one pays for the account and is a premium member and the other team member isn't.