+Falling through time Posted February 26, 2008 Share Posted February 26, 2008 Just wondering if there is anyone, particularly in the Essex area that has had their cache go missing and replaced with party poppers ? Several caches have been archived because of this and it has just happened to one of our caches too. It seems possible that someone could have signed up purely to sabotage caches. Falling Through Time Quote Link to comment
+The Lavender Hill Mob Posted February 27, 2008 Share Posted February 27, 2008 Just wondering if there is anyone, particularly in the Essex area that has had their cache go missing and replaced with party poppers ? Several caches have been archived because of this and it has just happened to one of our caches too. It seems possible that someone could have signed up purely to sabotage caches. Falling Through Time Touch wood mine are all OK or none have been reported as missing. Were they Premium Member caches? Quote Link to comment
+Falling through time Posted February 27, 2008 Author Share Posted February 27, 2008 Touch wood mine are all OK or none have been reported as missing. Were they Premium Member caches? No, none of the caches were Premium Member caches. Quote Link to comment
+ClareLouise Posted February 28, 2008 Share Posted February 28, 2008 At last check (over the past few days) the two of mine in the Brentwood area are OK. Haven't had chance to check the Harlow one yet, as have been stuck working here in Brentwood! Looking forward to going home on Sunday, and will be checking on it soon after that, as I haven't stopped by for a while. Quote Link to comment
+ForsdykeFinders Posted February 29, 2008 Share Posted February 29, 2008 Hi, mine all appear okay at the moment. Quote Link to comment
+Jonovich Posted February 29, 2008 Share Posted February 29, 2008 Touch wood mine are all OK or none have been reported as missing. Were they Premium Member caches? Torchwood? You think it's maybe the weevils getting them? Thought they were only in Cardiff! J Quote Link to comment
+The Lavender Hill Mob Posted February 29, 2008 Share Posted February 29, 2008 (edited) No, none of the caches were Premium Member caches. Rightly or wrongly with the exception of my LQ cache I've now set all my caches to PM only. I figure if they want to trash my cache then they'll have to pay for the honour of doing it! Edited February 29, 2008 by The Lavender Hill Mob Quote Link to comment
+gazooks Posted February 29, 2008 Share Posted February 29, 2008 No, none of the caches were Premium Member caches. Rightly or wrongly with the exception of my LQ cache I've now set all my caches to PM only. I figure if they want to trash my cache then they'll have to pay for the honour of doing it! Not much use if they have a list of caches before you changed them Quote Link to comment
+The Lavender Hill Mob Posted February 29, 2008 Share Posted February 29, 2008 No, none of the caches were Premium Member caches. Rightly or wrongly with the exception of my LQ cache I've now set all my caches to PM only. I figure if they want to trash my cache then they'll have to pay for the honour of doing it! Not much use if they have a list of caches before you changed them A chance I'll have to take. Quote Link to comment
+Coppers Lot Posted March 1, 2008 Share Posted March 1, 2008 No, none of the caches were Premium Member caches. Rightly or wrongly with the exception of my LQ cache I've now set all my caches to PM only. I figure if they want to trash my cache then they'll have to pay for the honour of doing it! Not much use if they have a list of caches before you changed them A chance I'll have to take. So thats 19 caches in one area that are now ALL Premium members ONLY. Is that permanent or are you just doing it temporarily as that seems quite a shame for NON premium members in your area? Quote Link to comment
+sssss Posted March 2, 2008 Share Posted March 2, 2008 (edited) So thats 19 caches in one area that are now ALL Premium members ONLY. Is that permanent or are you just doing it temporarily as that seems quite a shame for NON premium members in your area? they could always join for a few quid? Edited March 2, 2008 by sssss Quote Link to comment
+gazooks Posted March 19, 2008 Share Posted March 19, 2008 This might be related to this problem or could be a whole new one. A couple of weeks ago I got an email from a cacher who found one of my caches 'Royston Rummage' (GCQ3HY) which is based in Royston, Herts - not far from the Essex border. The cacher reported an offensive item in the cache - luckily his children did not see the writings on the item. Today I went to do a quick visit and found the offensive item - a whistle with expletives written on it. I flicked through the log and found an undated entry. "Found without GPS - because I own CRASSUS. You have been isolated - Crass" I checked the website and no one has logged this 'find' by that name. A quick check of similar names gave me a list of 5-6 all starting Crass and included CRASSUS. Crassus had joined in 2004 and last logged in in 2005 but had no finds. I checked all the others and they were created at various times since (nver revisited) - all with no finds. One was even invalidated. Is this a potential troublemaker ? Creating an account to get lists of caches ? Not quite sure what "You have been isolated" means though. Sounds like a threat !! Quote Link to comment
+The Lavender Hill Mob Posted March 19, 2008 Share Posted March 19, 2008 Not quite sure what "You have been isolated" means though. Sounds like a threat !! To be on the safe side I'd remove the geocoins from it. Quote Link to comment
+careygang Posted March 20, 2008 Share Posted March 20, 2008 Well CRASSUS is a figure from Roman History, in the time of Spartacus, Julius Caesar etc, but if this is a vandal, then the influence is more likely to be the video game Spartan: Total Warrior, where he was one of the villains. that might be where the random phrase 'You have been isolated' came from. No, I haven't played it, a certain search facility on the www is full of this stuff. Quote Link to comment
Browser Posted March 22, 2008 Share Posted March 22, 2008 A quick check of Wikipedia produced the following - 'Crassus tried to pen up Spartacus in the extreme south of Italy, by building a wall across the boot of Italy.' That sounds a bit like isolation to me. Link to Wikipedia Best regards Browser Quote Link to comment
+AbiPhoto Posted March 22, 2008 Share Posted March 22, 2008 seems crazy to me that someone would sign up and then hunt a cache just to destroy it!? Sorry to hear about that!! Quote Link to comment
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