+Jackplug Posted August 27, 2006 Share Posted August 27, 2006 A big thank you to all Derbyshire cacher setters, We have just spent A week in hills and found 30 caches, some easy some hard. But this is such A wonderful place to cache as we love the the rocky trails. We did this on (the viking hoard) for us this is quite strenuous and the forth of the day, We wet and dead on our feet had just got in to the car after changing caching gear and boots to find that I had left the GPSR at the cache site. I can tell you all I am not A rich man but did consider buying A new one, but I put back on my wet cloths and done it all again. Thanks again to all those cache setters. Ps Has any one else been so daft. Kevin Quote Link to comment
+The Hancock Clan Posted August 27, 2006 Share Posted August 27, 2006 our son has just started caching under his own name and left his caching bag with gps in at an event last monday. Sadly it hasn't been found and we have one sad young man in our house Quote Link to comment
+Sue and Bernie Posted August 28, 2006 Share Posted August 28, 2006 I managed to leave my glasses at this one: (GCG256) Strathspy No 5 ...but it was £1.50 to park and a good 4 mile walk. Found another way (public footpath) into the park and avoided a repeat parking fee and reduced the walk. Bah! Quote Link to comment
+lest44 Posted August 28, 2006 Share Posted August 28, 2006 Yep! We have just done that...did a cache in Morcambe Bay on Friday. Stopped to have a celebration icecream and hubby put the gpsr on the seat to stop it falling out of his pocket. Yes, we got up and walked away without it! Didn't even think about where it was until we had driven about 20 miles back towards to where we were staying, decided to stop for a picnic and discovered the dreadful deed. Needless to say, we chucked the lunch boxes at the kids, told them to eat in the car and we raced back to Morecambe. As you can guess the gpsr had gone and had not been handed into any shops or police. All I can say is I am glad it was hubby that did it or I would never ever have heard the last of it. Now having to look for a replacement...have TB's and coins to place and more caches nearby to do! Can't decide at the moment whether to upgrade or buy the same as we lost. One very sad caching family here! Quote Link to comment
+currykev Posted August 28, 2006 Share Posted August 28, 2006 A sad thread indeed...if you've lost your gps,then now is the time to upgrade I say! It'll help relieve the pain by having a new toy to play with...As to me being more daft then usual..I dropped a motorbike glove on a very wet day,so had to turn around and add another 2 miles to a hard days walking. ..and another time I walked about a mile to the next cache,only to discover I still had the logbook from the previous cache in my pocket. This caching lark can be good excercise sometimes. Quote Link to comment
+stora Posted August 28, 2006 Share Posted August 28, 2006 Yep! We have just done that...did a cache in Morcambe Bay on Friday. Stopped to have a celebration icecream and hubby put the gpsr on the seat to stop it falling out of his pocket. Yes, we got up and walked away without it! Didn't even think about where it was until we had driven about 20 miles back towards to where we were staying, decided to stop for a picnic and discovered the dreadful deed. Needless to say, we chucked the lunch boxes at the kids, told them to eat in the car and we raced back to Morecambe. As you can guess the gpsr had gone and had not been handed into any shops or police. All I can say is I am glad it was hubby that did it or I would never ever have heard the last of it. Now having to look for a replacement...have TB's and coins to place and more caches nearby to do! Can't decide at the moment whether to upgrade or buy the same as we lost. One very sad caching family here! Would your house contents insurance cover it ? Quote Link to comment
+lest44 Posted August 28, 2006 Share Posted August 28, 2006 Don't think the insurance would cover it as it was not left in a secure place. Does anyone know of anybody that has managed to lose something and claim successfully for it? Quote Link to comment
+Donmoore Posted August 28, 2006 Share Posted August 28, 2006 Don't think the insurance would cover it as it was not left in a secure place. Does anyone know of anybody that has managed to lose something and claim successfully for it? A friend of mine left her 'the north face' jacket in a changing room in a shop and successfully got a claim of her house in insurance. now what she said on the claim form i have no idea. Quote Link to comment
+Haggis Hunter Posted August 29, 2006 Share Posted August 29, 2006 Some outdoor equipment such as bikes are usually added seperately to your house insurance, as a GPS definitely falls into the outdoor category it may not be covered? It is however just the cost of a phonecall to find out, may be worth that little bit of hassle? Quote Link to comment
Deceangi Posted August 29, 2006 Share Posted August 29, 2006 I'm aware of one cacher (who will remain nameless ) who left his/her GPS on the roof of the car and drove off. Only for it to fall bouncing onto the floor and be trashed by a following vehicle. Who received a brand new unit of his Home Insurance, it's worth making a general inquiry to them. Quote Link to comment
+lest44 Posted August 29, 2006 Share Posted August 29, 2006 Have phoned them this morning and they say they will get back to me within the next two days to let me know if we can claim...fingers crossed! Thanks for all your replies!!! Quote Link to comment
+stora Posted August 29, 2006 Share Posted August 29, 2006 Just phoned and checked with my own insurance and I am insured for loss or acidental damge to my GPSr The guy actually knew what a GPSr was as his dad uses a Geko for hiking. Quote Link to comment
+Alibags Posted August 29, 2006 Share Posted August 29, 2006 I left my GPS by a cache many miles from home and did not even know I had lost it, until the kind finders rang me up to let me know they had it. Phew! My GPS is now kept on a lanyard round my neck!! Quote Link to comment
+rutson Posted August 30, 2006 Share Posted August 30, 2006 Yep, left mine on my car roof. Insurance agreed a replacement straight away I only had to give them the 'crime reference number' (probably a different name, as it wasn't a crime, anyway, number from the cop-shop). The only hassle was that their ususal outfit for replacing electronic items had never even heard of handhelp GPSRs. Terrible really, they sent me a cheque for the full reatil value within five days, gutted I was Quote Link to comment
+lest44 Posted September 1, 2006 Share Posted September 1, 2006 Well still haven't heard from Norwich Union , however...on the same day as Hubby's new Legend Cx turned up (having decided to bite the bullet and treat himself to a new one anyway) a letter dropped through the door from an elderly gentleman's daughter, saying that her father had found a gps in the village but not knowing what it was, asked for their advice. They worked out what it was and how to turn it on. Thankfully my hubby had taken the time to update the ownership details with our new address and the couple were able to contact us. To cut a long story short our old gps turned up today safe and well. Needless to say we will not being claiming on the insurance but do want to know if we are covered for this type of thing. Top tip, do take the time to enter ownership details into your gps as you never know one day it might come in useful. It has restored our faith in human nature to see it safely returned and will refund the postage and give the elderly gent a reward for his honesty. Quote Link to comment
+JustAlan Posted September 1, 2006 Share Posted September 1, 2006 Just goes to show there are still some good honest people about, despite what the press would have us believe. Quote Link to comment
+lest44 Posted September 2, 2006 Share Posted September 2, 2006 Have just heard from the insurance that we were not covered, have now updated our cover! Quote Link to comment
+John NW Posted September 2, 2006 Share Posted September 2, 2006 How nice to have a story with a happy ending! 2 GPS's is that why you are out and about today despite the weather!!!!????!!!! Quote Link to comment
+maxkim Posted September 2, 2006 Share Posted September 2, 2006 Did a 5 mile round run of 6 caches got back to car to find .... no car key. Had to retrace the route all the way back to the first cache where it was in the grass next to the cache!!!!. I now zip it in the bum bag,.... Quote Link to comment
+harrogate hunters Posted September 2, 2006 Share Posted September 2, 2006 (edited) Don't think the insurance would cover it as it was not left in a secure place. Does anyone know of anybody that has managed to lose something and claim successfully for it? I had my pda in my pocket and squeezed through a fence, only to hear a crack ! Result smashed screen. Contacted the house insurance, and they supplied a replacement (same model) free of charge with a £25 excess within 7 days ! Not quite the same but close ! Still have the smashed one, they never asked for it back ! Edited September 2, 2006 by harrogate hunters Quote Link to comment
+purple_pineapple Posted September 5, 2006 Share Posted September 5, 2006 Did a 5 mile round run of 6 caches got back to car to find .... no car key. Had to retrace the route all the way back to the first cache where it was in the grass next to the cache!!!!. I now zip it in the bum bag,.... don't mention lost car keys to MrsPP!! Staying with some friends for the weekend in Cardiff many years ago(pre-caching, no time for that sort of thing now...) and we went to the Brecons for a day of walking, sledging, snowballs and general fun! After a long walk back to the car, worrying about the fact it was getting dark, I discovered my car keys were missing. No chance of finding them in 2 foot of snow somewhere on Pen-y-Fan so my friends dad came and picked us up, returned to the house, where I phoned my wife in London to ask her to jump on a train and come to Cardiff, at 8pm on a sunday night, and bring the spare keys! She'd just got back from Southampton and was more than a little annoyed! We finally got back to London at 2am and I'm still doing the washing up as punishment! Quote Link to comment
+jelly, custard and sprinkles Posted September 5, 2006 Share Posted September 5, 2006 We dropped out GPS yesterday, but didnt realise til we got back to the car. Went back to cache site and had a quick look round, but couldnt stay to long as the nipper was getting narky and hungry. Jelly went back out this morning and found GPS safe and well. Going to look into it being cover on house insurance. Quote Link to comment
+rutson Posted September 6, 2006 Share Posted September 6, 2006 Log 1: 16:30Parked car, jogged to cache, found nice and easily. Took TB, left Magellan Sportrak Pro. Off to Hemel... Log 2: 16:35Pulled out of services, realised GPS not in holster... 16:50 After driving like Michael Schmacher (when he used to WIN races...) dived south, north then south again BACK to the services and ran to the cache location. Took Magellan Sportrak, fortunatly found exactly where I'd left it on top of the armco barrier! I blame Alibags for texting me when I was leaving the cache site the first time Quote Link to comment
The Red Kite Posted September 6, 2006 Share Posted September 6, 2006 Did a 5 mile round run of 6 caches got back to car to find .... no car key. Had to retrace the route all the way back to the first cache where it was in the grass next to the cache!!!!. I now zip it in the bum bag,.... I did a similar thing: walked for miles (no car) down country lanes and along a very pebbly beach to get onto the cliff path. Had to put the Geko in my jeans pocket (it was only its second ever trip out with me) so that I could work my way across a gap by holding on to the fence. It was a really hot day in July this year and the sun was beating down on my head. Needed lunch and a drink of water but wanted to reach the cache site so kept going. Finally got to the edge of the field and over the stile, the cache was in my sights. then realised I had no Geko to home in on it - it had fallen out of my pocket. By this time I was near to collapse. Had to walk all the way back and retrace my steps. Nothing.. I was devasatated! Decided to go back and do the cache anyway and have some lunch and a drink. as I walked back along the top of the path I decided to poke around in the long grass with my stick, and I hit on a black thing. Given that my Geko is bright green I was not that bothered, until it rolled over.. bingo! Like you, I now always return the Geko to the bumbag and zip it tight! I am looking for some hologram tape to put on the back, just in case. I have no insurance so it's very precious. As soon as I learned how to do it, I put my contact details on the start up page. No reason for anyone to keep it then. Glad to hear that the original lost GPS was returned. Quote Link to comment
+Jackplug Posted September 6, 2006 Author Share Posted September 6, 2006 Thank you all for your miahaps, And pleased I am not alone perhaps this is an age thing!! I am 54 and getting worse. Quote Link to comment
+NickandAliandEliza Posted September 6, 2006 Share Posted September 6, 2006 (edited) Don't think the insurance would cover it as it was not left in a secure place. Does anyone know of anybody that has managed to lose something and claim successfully for it? My wedding ring on the 4th day of our honeymoon......... If anyone goes to Batang Ai in Borneo it's somehwere in the jungle, if you wouldn't having a quick look. Our travel insurance covered less than 30% of the cost of a replacement and by luck they asked us to contact our house insurers. Churchill's stumped up all of it - except the £40 excess! Contact them - you have nothing to lose. Edited September 6, 2006 by Nick & Ali Quote Link to comment
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