+Star*Hopper Posted March 23, 2008 Share Posted March 23, 2008 I'm still a noob, coming up on 40 finds - and every one has been micro & smaller, ie, log only. Come to think of it, 4 have had soaking wet & tattered globs, one of them muggled & replaced with a wet piece of cigarette package not 15' from where I saw a wino urinating in public. (Yeah, put on the vinyl gloves before going for that one! *LOL*) I've put out 3 caches, the first two with 'micro-swag'; & they've both had contents pirated & nary a mention in the 20-some logs from finders - my ladyfriend has had a couple of nice geocoins stolen & 5 Travel Bugs disappeared....kinda put me off the effort (& expense) so my 3rd was log only. I've got 3 ammo cans I bought, cleaned up & re-painted with military camo paint -- real nice, with 'Official' decals & all; look brand new & quite pleased with the result. I was gonna stock with some pretty nice swag I've bought for the purpose; flashlights, GPSr batteries, pens, kid toys, lanyards, compasses, spare log packets, ziplocks, stickers....yada yada yada. I've been saving them while I look for some really good (& compliant) places to put them, to make them tough finds, but with some nice contents to make them worth the hunt once found. But perhaps needless to say my experience thus far has kinda put me off the idea. So I've been also looking for some new ideas....and the "Bad swag..what do YOU do?" thread has just given me one. Think I'm gonna build a new cache, & call it, "Teh Bad Swag Bag". Stock it with some real crap, like the stuff people always have around, but don't really want. All "legal" of course. Broken can opener. Pair of sunglasses with one lens missing. Stuff you find at yard sales for 5¢, that are still there at the end of the sale. A sock. Another, completely different color. (The washer gnomes have left me plenty of those over the years.) A recipe from a cookbook - first page only. An 8-track tape. Might even make the log a sheet of regular paper in a waterproof heavy-duty ziplock freezer bag -- full of water of course. Maybe another, labeled "Refreshing ice cubes for your beverage." Any other ideas for "Teh Bad Swag Bag"? Remember, keep it "legal"! ~* Quote Link to comment
Clan Riffster Posted March 23, 2008 Share Posted March 23, 2008 Reminds me of McCrap Quote Link to comment
+BlueDeuce Posted March 23, 2008 Share Posted March 23, 2008 Dirty old golf balls. Quote Link to comment
+Sevilon Posted March 23, 2008 Share Posted March 23, 2008 Lots of business cards. Quote Link to comment
+anakerose Posted March 23, 2008 Share Posted March 23, 2008 Another McD's cache. "Mac Trash Cache" (GC1170F) in Summerland, BC. I threw all my old McDonald's stuff in there from when I worked at the McD's it's right beside. Quote Link to comment
+ADKcachers Posted March 23, 2008 Share Posted March 23, 2008 Perhaps we should look at this hobby of ours as an opportunity to give. If we focus on the giving, the getting will take care of itself. Quote Link to comment
+BlueDeuce Posted March 23, 2008 Share Posted March 23, 2008 Perhaps we should look at this hobby of ours as an opportunity to give. If we focus on the giving, the getting will take care of itself. When it comes to geocaching I have given far more 'stuff' than I have received and will continue to do so. I don't see a problem with calling attention to the fact that many things left in caches are trash. In fact I think it's a good idea. Quote Link to comment
Luckless Posted March 23, 2008 Share Posted March 23, 2008 Do we really need another cache full of bad swag? Quote Link to comment
+ADKcachers Posted March 23, 2008 Share Posted March 23, 2008 ...or another "bad swag" thread? Quote Link to comment
+DaFunkyFrogs Posted March 23, 2008 Share Posted March 23, 2008 All ya gotta do is start a cache with good stuff------it'll degenerate in no time! Quote Link to comment
+tozainamboku Posted March 23, 2008 Share Posted March 23, 2008 Make sure you tell the finders, "Don't Trade Up". Quote Link to comment
fishdirt Posted March 23, 2008 Share Posted March 23, 2008 How bout theming the caches. The puzzle cache: If you leave anything it has to be a puzzle of some sort. The super ball cache: nothing but superballs, The fisherman's cache: fishing supplies oh my. Make sure to note that in the description of the cache. That way people can even trade down and leave something of desire. Quote Link to comment
+Star*Hopper Posted March 24, 2008 Author Share Posted March 24, 2008 Reminds me of McCrap ^^^^^^^^^^ Now that was a good idea. Readin' the logs, I could feel the seediness! <G> ~* Quote Link to comment
+Star*Hopper Posted March 24, 2008 Author Share Posted March 24, 2008 Dirty old golf balls. ^^^^^^^^^^^^ And there's another good idea. Now I know what to do with all my old "cuts" I used to save for playing over water hazards, since I don't play teh "cow pasture pool" (as dad used to call it) anymore. Hmmm....I even have a couple of driving range balls -- they're goin' in! <G> ~* Quote Link to comment
+Star*Hopper Posted March 24, 2008 Author Share Posted March 24, 2008 Lots of business cards. ^^^^^^^^^^ Not your own, of course. Don't wanta be providing leads back to your place of business for sure! Rather, those of other guys you wouldn't mind seein' get burned -- those you've collected & from time to time drop at the porn shop, or 'houses of ill repute' -- near crack parlors......arson sites. <G> I'd actually started to add in the opener "the bunches of business cards you can take off the bulletin boards in restaurants, etc." -- but it was too long to type. ~* Quote Link to comment
+Star*Hopper Posted March 24, 2008 Author Share Posted March 24, 2008 Perhaps we should look at this hobby of ours as an opportunity to give. If we focus on the giving, the getting will take care of itself. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Congratulations d00d....you discovered (accidentally or not) the real reason behind the post. Only, if you'll rethink your formula, "...focus on giving = getting takes care of itself" - it doesn't work until most others practice it. And they don't. Ergo, the message here. ~* Quote Link to comment
+Star*Hopper Posted March 24, 2008 Author Share Posted March 24, 2008 ...or another "bad swag" thread? ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Aaaah, grasshopper. The sagacious 'Wizard of the Mouse' has an ancient, tried & true solution for that. See if you can find the manual that came with your mouse, then look up and read the section on "How not to click things you don't want to see". It speaks of efficiencys, & managing one's own life before trying to manage others. You have much to learn, before reaching enlightenment. Now go, and prosper. ~* Quote Link to comment
Trinity's Crew Posted March 24, 2008 Share Posted March 24, 2008 (edited) Do we really need another cache full of bad swag? Do you think it will matter? It will end up that way in a few weeks. Edited March 24, 2008 by Trinity's Crew Quote Link to comment
+GIDEON-X Posted March 24, 2008 Share Posted March 24, 2008 (edited) Well this subject has been beat to death, over the years. I don't think it will ever change. I have made a couple of my local caches "Trash With Class".......... LOOK-HERE .................. Edited March 24, 2008 by GIDEON-X Quote Link to comment
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