Jeep 4x4 2006 Geocaching Challenge

2.6k · August 1, 2006

I would like to thank the two people that actually placed the green JEEPs in real caches here in California. Hopefully within the next two weeks one or two will show up in this state.

1.7k · August 1, 2006

And further it states that the origin for the Jeep is Michigan even though I am in Wisconsin.

Jeep actually owns these travel bugs. Jeep is in Michigan.

August 1, 2006

I was actually going to post yesterday and ask if it would be in bad taste to grab the Jeep TB that was placed in a cache that I own GCWHE4... Thought about it, decided that it probably would be poor form and before I could change my mind, someone else found my cache and took the TB. <_< That's fine, it is a fairly hard cache and takes about 4 hours to find... and in the TX heat, it's even worse. So, the finder deserves it... now, to figure out where it will be next and get there! At least I know for sure that one was in my area (and cache) for a little while!

Is there anyplace that we can go to figure out where all of these are currently at? Or, do we have to go through all of the caches in the area looking for the pretty green wheels?

Thanks!

August 1, 2006

Got my jeep, discovered it and it is on my stats page, but not in my inventory when I go to drop it.

Any help?

August 1, 2006

Got my jeep, discovered it and it is on my stats page, but not in my inventory when I go to drop it.

Any help?

You need to *Grab it from somewhere else* to get it into your inventory.

Edited August 1, 2006 by wvcoalcat

2.7k · August 1, 2006

I would like to thank the two people that actually placed the green JEEPs in real caches here in California. Hopefully within the next two weeks one or two will show up in this state.

Yes, a very big thanks to all who deside to place the GJTBs they get in to caches. The more that actually make it in to caches means a better chance that I will eventually see one of these. Hopefully this new disribution method will get more JeepTBs in to caches than past methods have. So far so good.

2.6k · August 1, 2006

I would like to thank the two people that actually placed the green JEEPs in real caches here in California. Hopefully within the next two weeks one or two will show up in this state.

Yes, a very big thanks to all who deside to place the GJTBs they get in to caches. The more that actually make it in to caches means a better chance that I will eventually see one of these. Hopefully this new disribution method will get more JeepTBs in to caches than past methods have. So far so good.

MONTHLY CONTEST GOAL THEMES:

AUGUST GOAL:

DISCOVERY

Lots of 'discovering' going on, but very little placement.

3.1k · August 1, 2006

We have not gotten our GJTB in the mail yet...... :shocked:

Sometimes the mail can be soooo slow around these parts!!

Hopefully it will come tomorrow.

August 1, 2006

:shocked:

Still waiting with crossed fingers.

August 1, 2006

Still waiting here, too. It wasn't in today's mail, and we leave tomorrow morning on vacation. It will probably show up tomorrow and just have to sit in the mailbox a few days until we get back.

August 1, 2006

Just put my jeep out this morning in Crestview Florida. It didn't take too long to get picked up by some eager cachers. Good luck to you all!

August 1, 2006

Still waiting here, too. It wasn't in today's mail, and we leave tomorrow morning on vacation. It will probably show up tomorrow and just have to sit in the mailbox a few days until we get back.

If you post your street address here, I'm sure a local cacher there would be happy to, uh..."safeguard" your Jeep Travel Bug! :shocked:

August 1, 2006

I sent in for a GJTB about 1 1/2 weeks ago, and was surpised to receive a package a couple of days ago. We drove up into the hills and placed it this morning... haven't seen any others in caches in our area yet. Hopefully more will start showing up in caches soon.

August 2, 2006

Still waiting for ours. Sent in the form during the first week of distribution, but still no Jeep.

2.7k · August 2, 2006

I would like to thank the two people that actually placed the green JEEPs in real caches here in California. Hopefully within the next two weeks one or two will show up in this state.

Yes, a very big thanks to all who deside to place the GJTBs they get in to caches. The more that actually make it in to caches means a better chance that I will eventually see one of these. Hopefully this new disribution method will get more JeepTBs in to caches than past methods have. So far so good.

MONTHLY CONTEST GOAL THEMES:

AUGUST GOAL:

DISCOVERY

Lots of 'discovering' going on, but very little placement.

Well that just figures. I wonder how soon it will be before someone start an Ebay auction for the right to log a JeepTB?

August 2, 2006

Sent in my request right away, and still no GJTB. Missed out on the distribution at MWGB because I had to leave before the weekend, so hope it's just a mail glitch and that I will be getting one soon.

4.5k · August 2, 2006

Still waiting for ours. Sent in the form during the first week of distribution, but still no Jeep.

Sent my request in rather quickly as well and havn't recieved one yet. I have seen a few posts here stating the same thing so i'm thinking that maybe we should have waited until the last minute to send those forms in. The old "you snooze, you lose" saying doesn't seem to pertain in this situation! <_<

Not giving up yet, hopefully we'll see one shortly!

August 2, 2006

I sent mine in the day it was posted online. It took 1 week to get mine and two other people from our team have yet to get thiers. It just takes time with the US Mail. Groundspeak posted a note on the forums a few days ago stating that everyone who sent in for one would get one and that they still had jeeps for those who still wanted one. I'm sure everyone will get one in the next couple days.

August 2, 2006

We still have Jeeps. All orders received so far have been filled.

As of July 28, Groundspeak posted the following.

August 2, 2006

Well, phooey. Still no jeep for me!

August 2, 2006

Still waiting here, too. It wasn't in today's mail, and we leave tomorrow morning on vacation. It will probably show up tomorrow and just have to sit in the mailbox a few days until we get back.

I've been checking mail every day since they started arriving at other cachers mail in my area - still not here. I'm hoping that my request wasn't lost in the mail, or that my mailman delivered it somewhere else, etc., etc. I wonder if I should send in another request form? Please, oh please, be in my mailbox today...

August 2, 2006

I wish I could have gotten more than one so I could have put them a few more around the north west florida area. I am sure they probably always end up with left overs lol.. maybe next time they will limit it to 2 or 3 per person. I am not really interested in winning a the little jeep thing they are giving away, I just wanted to put them out. Peace out

2.7k · August 2, 2006

We still have Jeeps. All orders received so far have been filled.

As of July 28, Groundspeak posted the following.

If no one in the contiguous US wants to place those GJTBs, I'd be more than happy to place them in Hawaii. Then if someone in the contiguous US wants to do the contest thing they simple have to fly to Hawaii and take one home with them. With a thousand or so floating around the islands they wouldn't be very hard to find.

.Edoted fur speling

Edited August 2, 2006 by Glenn

August 2, 2006

We still have Jeeps. All orders received so far have been filled.

Got my Green Jeep 7/28/06. Thank you very much!!! "San Bernardino East Peak (CA)" is waiting in my newest 4x4 cache that is soon to be published. (4x4 13-Empire Hilton) You will need a Jeep to get the Jeep! <_<

August 2, 2006

Comcast left us with no cable, or internet access, for three days. Late yesterday, Comcast finally sent someone and he knew what he was doing!

Oh, did I mention we got a JEEP today? <_<

August 2, 2006

Is there a way to search for green jeeps that may have been placed in your area, other than just browsing through the cache titles and looking for the green jeep icon?

August 3, 2006

If they have extras can we order another one? Sure would like to put another out there, the first one got snapped up so fast.

August 3, 2006

Inkbleed got her Jeep today. We mailed on the same day. I am the one who told her about it. It wouldn't be fair for her to get her Jeep and me not have one. I rushed home (they close at 4)and I got there at 4:01. She was leaving. Oh, no!

"Do I have a package?" I ask.

"Yes, you do."

"Please, can I have it? Please, it might be a Jeep."

She is kind enough to go look. Don't cha love a small town? They humor the crazy geocaching people.

"It doesn't look like it," she says casually.

It wasn't a Jeep...it was a book. A book! Where is my Jeep? (anguish, weeping) Oh, where art thou, oh my Jeep?!

OK. I am over it. I'll check again tommorrow. I've got a new book to read! :laughing:

3.1k · August 3, 2006

We got our JEEP today! WOOT! HOORAY!

August 3, 2006

Still waiting here, too. It wasn't in today's mail, and we leave tomorrow morning on vacation. It will probably show up tomorrow and just have to sit in the mailbox a few days until we get back.

I've been checking mail every day since they started arriving at other cachers mail in my area - still not here. I'm hoping that my request wasn't lost in the mail, or that my mailman delivered it somewhere else, etc., etc. I wonder if I should send in another request form? Please, oh please, be in my mailbox today...

I am in the some boat, and I live in Oregon. There is a catch 22 here, it was stated if you send in more than one request that you forfiet your chances of getting one. So if you send in one then they get your first one do you forfiet your chances to get any?

I cant imagine why it would take so long to get from Seatle to Portland but I still hold out hope. I just wish there was a way to check if they even got my request. When we did it on line (for the last of the yellow Jeeps) at least I got an auto message that they recieved it. Now its just cross your fingers and hope.

2.5k · August 3, 2006

Still no Jeep for me.

Good thing LSUMonica showed me hers, or I'd probably never see one.

Maybe it will come tomorrow.

August 3, 2006

Still no Jeep for me.

Good thing LSUMonica showed me hers, or I'd probably never see one.

Maybe it will come tomorrow.

Airmapper, KY mail must be slow. No Jeep for me either.

I bet those Seattle folk wrote the address real fast - Don't they know we read slower down here? :laughing:

Am I twisted for feeling better that others haven't gotten their Jeeps?

GEO.JOE

August 3, 2006

I know the feeling. I feel like the kid from the Christmas story who rushes home everynight to check the mailbox. I don't have a jeep either. :laughing:

There is still hope that I will come home tonight and I will find one in my mailbox! :laughing: I haven't even seen any in the caches around here. I hope if I don't get mine that at least I can find one in a cache. I have a feeling though in the beginning it will be a mad rush to get them.

August 3, 2006

I'm still waiting to see if I get one also.

As for the mad rush in the beginning, I still see mad rushes around here for WJTB. I'm baffled as to the popularity of these Jeeps when there's no longer a contest to play.

7.3k · August 3, 2006

I placed one in a new members only cache. The audit log was interesting. Apparently any number of cachers have watchlisted a huge number of GJTBs, because that cache (in central Florida) was viewed by cachers from CA, NC, NH and GA (as well as the usual locals). I don't usually get that kind of interest in a new cache hide! Cache found and GJTB taken on the day of publication, not surprising.

August 3, 2006

I would be eternally grateful if someone would send me a green jeep through the Stargate System. MY Stargate is here: GCVNE9 Take pictures on your end, and I'll take pictures on my end. It could help you win!

2.3k · August 3, 2006

Inkbleed got her Jeep today. We mailed on the same day. I am the one who told her about it. It wouldn't be fair for her to get her Jeep and me not have one. I rushed home (they close at 4)and I got there at 4:01. She was leaving. Oh, no!

"Do I have a package?" I ask.

"Yes, you do."

"Please, can I have it? Please, it might be a Jeep."

She is kind enough to go look. Don't cha love a small town? They humor the crazy geocaching people.

"It doesn't look like it," she says casually.

It wasn't a Jeep...it was a book. A book! Where is my Jeep? (anguish, weeping) Oh, where art thou, oh my Jeep?!

OK. I am over it. I'll check again tommorrow. I've got a new book to read!

You know, I think you have to live in a small town to fully appreciate that.

August 3, 2006

Wow, Lonnng thread

Is there any way to locate these new Jeep TBs already placed in the wild in the area around me?

Thanks

Edited August 3, 2006 by markp99

August 3, 2006

I've been waiting all week for mine. I thought for sure that it would come today. Nothing but advertisements. Oh, well, I'll be looking for the mailman again, tomorrow.

August 3, 2006

Yipee got my green jeep today. They are making it to PA. What a nice surprise!

August 3, 2006

Still waiting for the pony express to bring mine in MA. Of course, if it had been sent pony express it probably would have arrived by now.

2.6k · August 3, 2006

Still waiting for the pony express to bring mine in MA. Of course, if it had been sent pony express it probably would have arrived by now.

Yes, it was much faster to go out and find one in the wild than to wait for the mailman. Good luck to everyone.

3.1k · August 3, 2006

I would be eternally grateful if someone would send me a green jeep through the Stargate System. MY Stargate is here: GCVNE9 Take pictures on your end, and I'll take pictures on my end. It could help you win!

If one shows up in our Stargate maybe it will have travel orders to visit you!

August 4, 2006

WOOHOO!!!! Got the Green Jeep in the mail today!! <<did the happy dance by the mailbox>> There is hope... I only live about a half hour north of Seattle & it took mine a while. Keep your fingers crossed, yours could be there tomorrow! :laughing: <_<

August 4, 2006

I am sitting here reading this thread and decided to have a look at some caches around me and see if one has left a GJTB near by (It was 3:30A.M. at this point). Well what do you know there is one in a cache and it is only 7 miles away, and it is accessible 24 hours.

I grab shoes & GPS and out the door I go, I scored a find on the cache at 4 A.M. First night caching I have ever done.

It is now 6 A.M. and time for bed.

Jim

Kc8bdr

2.6k · August 4, 2006

I am sitting here reading this thread and decided to have a look at some caches around me and see if one has left a GJTB near by (It was 3:30A.M. at this point). Well what do you know there is one in a cache and it is only 7 miles away, and it is accessible 24 hours.

I grab shoes & GPS and out the door I go, I scored a find on the cache at 4 A.M. First night caching I have ever done.

It is now 6 A.M. and time for bed.

Jim

Kc8bdr

Congrats to kc8bdr for joining the very exclusive 'found in the wild' club! There aren't many of us at this point. Hopefully many more will join.

2k · August 4, 2006

Got mine in the mail today.

The wife called me at work to let me know it had arrived.

I must have looked like a nut case doing my happy dance on the job site.

August 4, 2006

It's here! It's here! :sad: I just got it out of the mailbox! It's got six different stamps on it. Gotta go scout a place to put it. Which cache? One of mine? Maybe I should make a new one? I don't know...

Edited August 4, 2006 by H2OBob

August 4, 2006

The last of the 2006 GJTBs were mailed from Groundspeak HQ yesterday. Unfortunately, as expected, we could not fulfill all requests. They should arrive within a week to 7 business days.

Don't forget to enter the sweepstakes, it'd probably be even more fun to receive a full sized one.

edit: added "business"

Edited August 4, 2006 by Rothstafari

1.7k · August 4, 2006

They should arrive within a week to 7 days.

Um...aren't a week and 7 days the same?

Just being a wise guy.

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