f-stop Posted January 28, 2007 Share Posted January 28, 2007 Hi fellow cachers, Can anyone help me with this one please? How can someone who has only been a member since 25th Jan 2007 log 20 (yes twenty) archived caches? I have received a mailbot from someone who has logged a cache (owned by me) which was archived in 2001. Upon checking this persons profile, 20 out of 40 traditional caches they have logged were archived some considerable time ago. Has this person been..... Cryogenically frozen.... In prison... Hibernating.... Or is there some reasonable explanation that I may be missing? Has this happened to any of you guys? F-Stop Quote Link to comment
+Sensei TSKC Posted January 28, 2007 Share Posted January 28, 2007 Hi fellow cachers, Can anyone help me with this one please? How can someone who has only been a member since 25th Jan 2007 log 20 (yes twenty) archived caches? I have received a mailbot from someone who has logged a cache (owned by me) which was archived in 2001. Upon checking this persons profile, 20 out of 40 traditional caches they have logged were archived some considerable time ago. Has this person been..... Cryogenically frozen.... In prison... Hibernating.... Or is there some reasonable explanation that I may be missing? Has this happened to any of you guys? F-Stop Firstly, can you confirm that the cache you archived was physically removed from location. If so and it's impossible for them to find it and sign the logbook, it's obvious that they are just messing with the system. Personally, any cache I find and subsequently discover it as having been archived - about 4 to date - I have always emailed the owner and asked if they have any obection to me logging it as a find. So far, no problems. I am presuming this person has not found the caches in question. Quote Link to comment
f-stop Posted January 28, 2007 Author Share Posted January 28, 2007 (edited) Firstly, can you confirm that the cache you archived was physically removed from location. If so and it's impossible for them to find it and sign the logbook, it's obvious that they are just messing with the system. Personally, any cache I find and subsequently discover it as having been archived - about 4 to date - I have always emailed the owner and asked if they have any obection to me logging it as a find. So far, no problems. I am presuming this person has not found the caches in question. I can confirm that the cache was removed by myself (it had been trashed) I archived it on September 13th 2001, the person who has just logged it dated their "find" as 31st August 2001. Also, when i retrieved the cache the log book had been left intact and all the logs in it had been logged on the geocaching page at that time. Some of the archived caches that this person has logged, were owned by a couple of people who had their caches removed from geocaching.com due to a big hoohah regarding the owner self promoting his gps software through his caches. I don't know if these were physically removed, but given the amount of caches there are now, these archived caches will be well back in the pages list. It just seems very strange!! Edited January 28, 2007 by f-stop Quote Link to comment
+ICHTHYS Posted January 28, 2007 Share Posted January 28, 2007 Perhaps he is relogging finds under a new username. Although I would then mention this in the log so the owner knew what was going on. Quote Link to comment
+stora Posted January 28, 2007 Share Posted January 28, 2007 Perhaps he is relogging finds under a new username. Although I would then mention this in the log so the owner knew what was going on. Good point. Quote Link to comment
+Simply Paul Posted January 28, 2007 Share Posted January 28, 2007 Delete them all and see what happens? Quote Link to comment
f-stop Posted January 29, 2007 Author Share Posted January 29, 2007 I know a cacher who changed their user name,whilst their profile page shows their new user name it still states the original date they became a member. The profile of the person who has logged these archived caches states that they have been a member for three days! Ah well, perhaps this is one for Poirot, Marples, Columbo, Taggart and company. Quote Link to comment
+ICHTHYS Posted January 29, 2007 Share Posted January 29, 2007 I know a cacher who changed their user name,whilst their profile page shows their new user name it still states the original date they became a member. The profile of the person who has logged these archived caches states that they have been a member for three days! Ah well, perhaps this is one for Poirot, Marples, Columbo, Taggart and company. But did they change their username recently? Because you can't do username change anymore, you have to sign up for a new account. Quote Link to comment
Mittellegi Posted January 29, 2007 Share Posted January 29, 2007 (edited) It's not Rocket Science Now if some kind soul slits his throat and dumps him in the canal, we really will need M. Poirot Edited January 29, 2007 by BexyBear Quote Link to comment
+scottpa100 Posted January 29, 2007 Share Posted January 29, 2007 It's not Rocket Science Now if some kind soul slits his throat and dumps him in the canal, we really will need M. Poirot Oh my God! Looking at his profile and even in this day and age of the jet engine, flying between California, Rome, Arkansas, Croatia etc etc within three days, its just not possible. I know we all of different ways of playing the game / sport (call it what you will) but there's flexing the rules and downright cheating!!! Quote Link to comment
+Sensei TSKC Posted January 29, 2007 Share Posted January 29, 2007 Personally, I would do the following: Delete their logs from my caches, email asking for an explanation to their logging. If no response or an invalid one, report user to GC.COM stating concern regarding misuse of the site and get them banned! Yours, ErrrrMeNotJoItaliano Quote Link to comment
+John Stead Posted January 29, 2007 Share Posted January 29, 2007 I see too that his first log was nearly a month before the cache was hidden! I agree with Sensei and would do that if any of the dubious caches was mine. But I was at least glad to have my attention drawn to the Venice webcam as I hope to be there again later in the year. Quote Link to comment
+Pieman Posted January 29, 2007 Share Posted January 29, 2007 It's not Rocket Science Now if some kind soul slits his throat and dumps him in the canal, we really will need M. Poirot I think elmasj who found the cache in December might want to sue him from copyright infringement on that photo. Quote Link to comment
markandlynn Posted January 29, 2007 Share Posted January 29, 2007 Kind of reminds me of this locked thread which was inspired by the logging of this event cache just scroll down the list. NB Delete the logs Quote Link to comment
+SUp3rFM & Cruella Posted January 29, 2007 Share Posted January 29, 2007 He's a journalist... Nice ethics. Quote Link to comment
f-stop Posted January 29, 2007 Author Share Posted January 29, 2007 Kind of reminds me of this locked thread which was inspired by the logging of this event cache just scroll down the list. NB Delete the logs Wow I didn't realise there were people out there with such enormously inflated egos!! Anyway, I have deleted the bogus ones' log from my archived cache. Thanks to all you Peeps fer advice/support/feedback etc. Happy (real) caching to you all Quote Link to comment
+SUp3rFM & Cruella Posted February 5, 2007 Share Posted February 5, 2007 Guess he's a case of "late logging". He registered only in last January... But he attended a couple of events back in 2001. Quote Link to comment
+The Wombles Posted February 5, 2007 Share Posted February 5, 2007 (edited) He's also logged a surprisingly high ratio of virtuals. When I checked the logs on some of the virtuals, other cachers had made reference to not having received an answer to their email. Logging a virtual that doesn't get checked is an interesting technique Edit: And he's logged this virtual nine times (so far ). Edited February 5, 2007 by The Wombles Quote Link to comment
+currykev Posted February 6, 2007 Share Posted February 6, 2007 He's a journalist... Nice ethics. Journalist! Ethics! Oxymoron! PS..I logged an archived cache this very morning...with the owners permission of course. Quote Link to comment
+kewfriend Posted February 6, 2007 Share Posted February 6, 2007 PS..I logged an archived cache this very morning...with the owners permission of course. I did think of slipping a log into one or two of yours CurryK but decided not to wind you up There is a cache I wanted to log, the electronic 'Visit Sweden' which was nice and cool and fun. I paid the price of forgetting to log it and its now locked and I cant log it .... grrrr .... oh well that'll learn me! Quote Link to comment
The Red Kite Posted February 7, 2007 Share Posted February 7, 2007 Did anyone check out his "certificates" ?? ROFLMAO Wonder exactly what his "prowess" is ...? Time Travel?? Quote Link to comment
+Jaz666 Posted February 7, 2007 Share Posted February 7, 2007 I logged a cache today that was archived back in the summer of 2004 for non-maintainance/abandoment. The cache was in the exact same place as where the last finder hid it, but had significantly biodegraded over the years. Suffice it to say I removed the geolitter. There was even still a serviceable pencil and a salvageable swap. My log and photos. Quote Link to comment
Sharpeset Posted February 7, 2007 Share Posted February 7, 2007 I logged an archived cache (Under the Greenwood Tree)in Dorset in 2005. Had old printout borrowed from father in law, so didn't know it was 'gone'. The wooded area where the cache was supposed to be had been cleared as part of 'regeneration' works, but poking out of the mud near some stumps was a plastic bag with a pencil and remnant of logbook in it. On the only surviving page in the book was the message "Took box, left bag, you sad ****. PS Nice box". I didn't sign the physical 'log' but did claim the find. Quote Link to comment
+minstrelcat Posted February 7, 2007 Share Posted February 7, 2007 Kind of reminds me of this locked thread which was inspired by the logging of this event cache just scroll down the list. NB Delete the logs at the multiple logging of events. Words fail me. Quote Link to comment
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