+JWID Posted March 17, 2006 Share Posted March 17, 2006 I have a Groundhog Day coin that I activated after I received it in the mail. Tonight I was contacted by another reputable cacher who has a Groundhog Day coin that he tried to activate ... only to find out that it has the same tracking number as mine?!? I checked my coin and any possible letter variations (C vs G, 8 vs B, etc) and there are none of the variations listed in the tracking number database for activation. What is our next step? HELP!! JWID Quote Link to comment
+BackBrakeBilly Posted March 17, 2006 Share Posted March 17, 2006 I have a Groundhog Day coin that I activated after I received it in the mail. Tonight I was contacted by another reputable cacher who has a Groundhog Day coin that he tried to activate ... only to find out that it has the same tracking number as mine?!? I checked my coin and any possible letter variations (C vs G, 8 vs B, etc) and there are none of the variations listed in the tracking number database for activation. What is our next step? HELP!! JWID I would try to contact the coin maker to see if they will take care of it. Mistakes happen when thousands of coins are produced and usually they can be fixed with just a nice email. Quote Link to comment
+Renegade Knight Posted March 17, 2006 Share Posted March 17, 2006 Any potential solution is going to come from Groundspeak and/or the coin maker. If they paid for a certain number of tracking numbers and the coin minter double minted one, one may be available. The trick (and it's a tough one) is to figure out which one is the one that got missed. I'd contact the coin's maker as a starting point. Quote Link to comment
+guinea gal Posted March 17, 2006 Share Posted March 17, 2006 That happened with my friend' Maryland coin. I can't remember how he got it straightened out, but he did. Quote Link to comment
+nielsenc Posted March 17, 2006 Share Posted March 17, 2006 As posted before, this is a simple mistake. Best option is to contact the person who made the coin as they can work out how to fix the problem. Quote Link to comment
+AtlantaGal Posted March 17, 2006 Share Posted March 17, 2006 I'm having a similar problem right now with a NJ coin Quote Link to comment
+Jeep'en Jumpers Posted March 17, 2006 Share Posted March 17, 2006 I also have a problem with a benchmark coin. The other one is in Germany Quote Link to comment
+big rick Posted March 17, 2006 Share Posted March 17, 2006 It would be interesting to set them both free and see how confused the logs ended up My solution set them both free and watch them go Quote Link to comment
+Eagleblazer Posted March 18, 2006 Share Posted March 18, 2006 It would be interesting to set them both free and see how confused the logs ended up My solution set them both free and watch them go Quote Link to comment
+joefrog Posted March 18, 2006 Share Posted March 18, 2006 It would be interesting to set them both free and see how confused the logs ended up My solution set them both free and watch them go I'm tempted to do the same thing... my Fraher Family geocoin has a number already existing, too -- makes me want to release this one as the "Evil twin." Sent several emails to the coin maker, one reply saying they'd check on it -- and not a single word furrther. So much for my icon... Quote Link to comment
+joefrog Posted March 27, 2006 Share Posted March 27, 2006 STILL waiting to hear something! Quote Link to comment
+Kilted Cacher Posted March 28, 2006 Share Posted March 28, 2006 I have a Groundhog Day coin that I activated after I received it in the mail. Tonight I was contacted by another reputable cacher who has a Groundhog Day coin that he tried to activate ... only to find out that it has the same tracking number as mine?!? I checked my coin and any possible letter variations (C vs G, 8 vs B, etc) and there are none of the variations listed in the tracking number database for activation. What is our next step? HELP!! JWID This problem seems to keep happening with this edition. If anyone else out there has an un-Activated Groundhog coin, I would double-check to see that your tracking number hasn't been duplicated. As far as this one problem goes, I sent an email to you about it and will send you a new coin in the mail. Quote Link to comment
+tokencollector Posted March 29, 2006 Share Posted March 29, 2006 How would I double check - short of activating it and learning that it is already active somewhere? Quote Link to comment
+JWID Posted March 29, 2006 Author Share Posted March 29, 2006 Just try to log it. If it is already activated by somebody else,you will see. If it hasn't been activated you will get a message to say that the coin doesn't exist in the database yet. JWID Quote Link to comment
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