Garmin geocoin promotion:All coin versions now released.

[+martlakes]

I was in Kendal this morning so called into Millets - no sign of them and the friendly manager was sounding a little stressed by quite a few calls and visits from people wanting one, partly cos they are on the website as having them.

I think it's a great promotion for geocachers and no doubt it will get a few new folk interested but it's not been very well organised and could have had much greater impact properly handled.

[+Another Mr Lizard]

I went into Blacks and Millets in Reading on Sunday. They didn't have them in, didn't know when they would be in, and suggested I call later in the week. They only seemed to know about the coins because customers had been asking about them.

[+ivanidea]

Blacks in Hanley have run out.

 

Millets in Hanley have not had any yet, and the staff are getting fed up of people asking for one.

 

Great promotion by Garmin, but I think all the coins should have been distributed to the participating stores prior to announcing the start date. I also think that only one store per town/city should participate.

 

Ivan

[+sparklyguider]

i have managed to get hold of 2 different coins from the same store (on differetn days about a month apart)

 

guildford blacks had 3 left yesturday, angle of the north, london eye and the clifton suspension bridge, i very much doubt they have any left today as they said they were all going like hot cakes and would not put me one asisde when i said i could be down their with in 5 mins of coming off the phone from them.

[+Mad H@ter]

I have been reliably informed that Blacks Oxford had quite a few this morning, and that Millets Oxford are expecting them either late today or tomorrow.

[+The Mighty Shark]

I have just managed to get my hands on a Clifton Suspension Bridge coin fresh from my local millets store in Lichfield but I would love to swap it for an unactivated Big Ben.

If anyone is interested in a swap drop me a PM

 

Mark

 

Edited to say that coin has now been taken....

Edited September 2, 2008 by The Mighty Shark

[+The Biffas]

I have just managed to get my hands on a Clifton Suspension Bridge coin fresh from my local millets store in Lichfield but I would love to swap it for an unactivated Big Ben.

If anyone is interested in a swap drop me a PM

 

Mark

 

Millets in York City Centre had a few of each coin today, apart from Big Ben.

 

Blacks didnt have any at all.

 

[+The Biffas]

I have just managed to get my hands on a Clifton Suspension Bridge coin fresh from my local millets store in Lichfield but I would love to swap it for an unactivated Big Ben.

If anyone is interested in a swap drop me a PM

 

Mark

 

Millets in York City Centre had a few of each coin today, apart from Big Ben.

 

Blacks didnt have any at all.

 

[+JollyJax]

Wanted - Clifton Suspension Bridge (Unactivated)

can trade for - Angel of the North (Unactivated)

 

After all no one wants that northern thingy- Do they?

[+currykev]

Blacks at St Pauls are now out of "current" stock.

[+Lime Candy]

I got the last one at Blacks in Merry Hill (it was a London Eye). The manager said he'd had lots of people asking for them and wanting him to arrange swaps etc., he was quite surprised when I said I'd be placing mine in a cache!

[The Birches Head Hunters]

After trying Blacks and Millets in four different counties, we managed to get hold of 4 of the 5 coins:-

 

GC1FT4X

 

We'd still like a Big Ben coin though!

[paganfrog]

im still seeking all of them except "big ben" i will pay for the postage to send them to me as well as a postcard as thanks. please contact me if you have any to send me. thanks.

[+MartyBartfast]

As of today in London the following Blacks stores have:

 

Fenchurch St:Big Ben & Angel Of the North

St Pauls: None

Holborn: Angel Of the North

Just off oxford Street: Big Ben & Angel Of the North

Edited September 2, 2008 by MartyBartfast

[+jenandberry]

millets in Bath have some, I don't know how many designs but I got an angel of the north one, shame as I'd really like a more local design either the suspension bridge or stone henge. I'll have to see what blacks have.

[+spannerman]

Millets in Plymouth had some Clifton Suspension Bridge coins today. Blacks had some Angel of the North at the weekend but I was away and missed out on those. I was lucky enough to get the last of the 7 coins that arrived in Millets today and it is now activated and due to be released this afternoon although not in my name .

[+Alboy]

There's a few in Millets in Crawley. Some Stonehenge, an Angel of the north, a London eye, probably about 7 left. I just picked up a Clifton Suspension Bridge and a London eye one

[+angel_nix]

Blacks Oxford are out of stock and Millets had no idea if they were ever going to get any, the bloke looked rather fed up when I asked!

[+Matrix]

Millets in High Street Swansea had some coins in today

 

 

This has been a Cachers Service Announcement sponsored by Matrix

[+Us 4 and Jess]

Millets in High Street Swansea had some coins in today

 

 

This has been a Cachers Service Announcement sponsored by Matrix

 

And which ones did you get??

 

I still need me of the North, the big lollypop in London, those old stones and never even heard of Clifton but one of those too

 

M

[+Lydford Locators]

Wanted - London Eye (Unactivated)

can trade for - Clifton Suspension Bridge or Angel of the North (Unactivated).

 

PS: We intend to release the London Eye into the world and any duplicate coins we will leave unactivated in caches for others to have.

[+Lydford Locators]

Millets in Swindon had a delivery of 9 coins today, but when we were there at 4.30pm they only had one left.

[+Lotho]

Fleet millets told me they expected some but never got any.

[+Chananda]

As of 12pm today, Millets in Paisley finally have some coins!! They only have about eight, and they say they are all Humber Bridge , err, Clifton Suspension Bridge coins, but go get em!! Edited September 3, 2008 by Chananda

[+MartyBartfast]

From what I've seen most of the coins so far have been Big Ben, Angel of the north, & Clifton suspension bridge. I know there have been some London Eye and Stonehenge coins but does anyone know if they're all available in the same numbers?

[+Gushoneybun]

I have mentioned before if your local store does not have any coins, it appears that they have to request them. If you are getting nowhere email Millets/Blacks customer support, asking why your store is missing out.

 

My local Millets got some today as customer support promised me they would, but they only had a couple left at about 4.30pm

[+HazelS]

I know there have been some London Eye and Stonehenge coins but does anyone know if they're all available in the same numbers?

 

Broughton, nr Chester had mainly London eye ones, and Birkenhead had mainly stone henge!

[fertred]

Been to Lincoln today. Millets haven't got any and have been told they aren't getting any - despite being on the list. Black's in Lincoln had none left - evidently they went fairly quickly.

 

Amazing - as there aren't all that many cachers round here. Did they give you an idea of whether they were getting any more?

 

I was surprised they had all gone (as was the shop manager - he thought there were some left, but the jiffy bag was empty!). Either a local cacher has a lot of coins, or they've gone to staff and friends, as has been suspected elsewhere

 

The shop manager said they would not be getting any more.

 

Yep, I was in Blacks on Saturday(30th Aug) and the guy told me they'd had one lot of Big Bens and hadn't had anymore, i told him there was 5 different ones and asked if they would be gettting any more and he basically said he had no idea!!

Any way what you doing going to a Lincoln shop if you live in Derby??

[+Happy Humphrey]

I tried the Douglas (IOM) Milletts and they were enthusiastic about the promotion, having had quite a few queries. Unfortunately, head office has said that they aren't going to send them any coins.

[+CANTOR CLAN]

Millets Newton abbot had geocoins in this morning they very kindly phoned us to let us know they were in after us pestering them for weeks Only one per party though we were told.Howveer we have got hold of 2

the angel of the North and Stonehenge

[+Team Madders]

I tried the Douglas (IOM) Milletts and they were enthusiastic about the promotion, having had quite a few queries. Unfortunately, head office has said that they aren't going to send them any coins.

 

As others have found elsewhere, just shows you how responses can vary in the same store. I enquired at Douglas Millets last week, and was met with a very unenthusiastic response (in my opinion). They had clearly had a number of enquiries, seemed to be fed up with them, had no inclination to check with anyone, nor did they even seem to want to receive any of the coins. Pointed out to them that they were listed on the Garmin website - which they said was wrong, but that they would not be doing anything to check up on, or correct. I was left with the impression they wanted rid of me and my question. I was intending shopping (or browsing at least) but was immediately switched off.

 

From reading the thread, it doesn't seem to be the fault of stores, or individual staff - the communication could have been better - but you still get a variance in the customer 'service' offered.

 

Ta

[+Gushoneybun]

Finally got the full set. My daughter also has an account and just wants Big Ben to complete the set. I have released one already and will ensure all go out on their travels.

 

 

Millets in Macclesfield have about a dozen coins left I think they had them all bar Big Ben and The Angel of the North. I spent some time in there today explaining what caching is all about as well, but do not think I converted any of the staff, I think the pub is more their thing.

 

 

Millets Leek is probably out by now.

 

 

Blacks Hanley out, Millets Hanley sending everyone to Blacks.

[+JustAlan]

Been to Lincoln today. Millets haven't got any and have been told they aren't getting any - despite being on the list. Black's in Lincoln had none left - evidently they went fairly quickly.

 

Amazing - as there aren't all that many cachers round here. Did they give you an idea of whether they were getting any more?

 

I was surprised they had all gone (as was the shop manager - he thought there were some left, but the jiffy bag was empty!). Either a local cacher has a lot of coins, or they've gone to staff and friends, as has been suspected elsewhere

 

The shop manager said they would not be getting any more.

 

Yep, I was in Blacks on Saturday(30th Aug) and the guy told me they'd had one lot of Big Bens and hadn't had anymore, i told him there was 5 different ones and asked if they would be gettting any more and he basically said he had no idea!!

Any way what you doing going to a Lincoln shop if you live in Derby??

 

Not that it's relevant (bearing in mind how far others are travelling to get the coins), but I was over in the city visiting my family who still live there.

[+HazelS]

Yeah... I spent maybe half an hour explaining geocaching to the staff in Millets in Birkenhead.

 

The assistant manager seemed quite interested, the other staff member thought it was the geekiest thing they'd ever heard of!

[+JustAlan]

Just been into Derby. Out of stock at both Millets and Blacks - evidently they both ran out yesterday afternoon.

[+CANTOR CLAN]

Millets newton Abbot were very helpful,the lady vaguely knew about it but was`nt to sure.So she phoned the Exeter branch who explained it all to her and she thought it sounded like good fun,although she did give me the impression that she thought they had to be hidden in store and that I would have to find them,But she took my contact details and phoned me today when they came in

[+Gushoneybun]

Millets newton Abbot were very helpful,the lady vaguely knew about it but was`nt to sure.So she phoned the Exeter branch who explained it all to her and she thought it sounded like good fun,although she did give me the impression that she thought they had to be hidden in store and that I would have to find them,But she took my contact details and phoned me today when they came in

 

 

Did you have to search for them in store or did she have them behing the counter

[+ivanidea]

Millets in Leek had one left at lunchtime.

 

Millets in Hanley have some, but don't know how many.

[+Lydford Locators]

Millets in Reading had some in lunchtime today when a muggle family member popped in to enquire. We don't know how many nor which designs - they didn't think to ask.

[+The Mighty Shark]

On Tuesday afternoon I added a post on here to see if anyone fancied a swap

 

Late Tuesday afternoon I got a reply from one of our fellow cachers saying that they would be happy to make a swap

 

Wednesday morning we both put our coins in the post.

 

Thursday morning our post arrived and there was my letter with a large tear down one side and nothing in the envelope other than a letter of thanks for the swap.

 

So how’s that for a record…….muggled before it even made it into a cache by some crooked postal worker (My apologies to anyone on here who works for our beloved royal mail I’m not tarring all employees with the same brush.)

 

Anyhow…to cut a long story short I’m now still without my Big Ben coin so if there is still anyone out there who fancies a trade I still has an unactivated London Eye if anyone has an unactivated Big Ben

 

Either send me a PM or email via my profile page

 

 

Mark

Edited September 4, 2008 by The Mighty Shark

[+Dorsetgal & GeoDog]

Posting on behalf of Red Squirrel_UK:

 

She has Clifton Suspension Bridge and Big Ben, would like to trade for Stonehenge or Angel of the North.

 

Please contact me in the first instance as her pc is down and she doesn't have a forum account.

[Bryan]

... does anyone know if they're all available in the same numbers?

 

Yes, there were 1,000 coins produced for each of the 5 series.

[+Bambography]

Winchester Update:

Blacks 1 maybe 2 Stonehenge left only

Millets: New load AOTN, Stonehenge & Clifton all available.

[Moosical Pairs]

Winchester Update:

Blacks 1 maybe 2 Stonehenge left only

Millets: New load AOTN, Stonehenge & Clifton all available.

 

Spoke with both Blacks and Millets in Winchester today...

 

Blacks: have 4 coins left (only Stonehenge and AOTN)

Millets: have 8-10 coins left (got all designs bar Big Ben)

 

The bloke in Millets said they had had little to no response with the promotion and that I was the only person that had asked about it since they had run out of Big Bens a month ago (obviously not true going by previous post) whilst the people in Blacks had been apparently really busy with requests. Strange considering the stores are only about 200m apart!

[+Lorri-Ann & Kev]

Yay i now have a full set

[+The Mighty Shark]

I see we have our first coin (that I know of anyway) listed on ebay this evening

[+Dorsetgal & GeoDog]

I see we have our first coin (that I know of anyway) listed on ebay this evening

Yep, I just saw that ... it probably is against forum guidelines to say exactly what I think of the scumbag.

[+Bambography]

Winchester Update:

Blacks 1 maybe 2 Stonehenge left only

Millets: New load AOTN, Stonehenge & Clifton all available.

 

Spoke with both Blacks and Millets in Winchester today...

 

Blacks: have 4 coins left (only Stonehenge and AOTN)

Millets: have 8-10 coins left (got all designs bar Big Ben)

 

The bloke in Millets said they had had little to no response with the promotion and that I was the only person that had asked about it since they had run out of Big Bens a month ago (obviously not true going by previous post) whilst the people in Blacks had been apparently really busy with requests. Strange considering the stores are only about 200m apart!

It may well have been true at the time, as I visited at closing time (literally, he had the key in the lock as I left...)

[fertred]

I see we have our first coin (that I know of anyway) listed on ebay this evening

Yep, I just saw that ... it probably is against forum guidelines to say exactly what I think of the scumbag.

 

Yeah!!

£10 for it!!

The seller even has the nerve to quote the web site and competition details!!

[+careygang]

I see we have our first coin (that I know of anyway) listed on ebay this evening

Yep, I just saw that ... it probably is against forum guidelines to say exactly what I think of the scumbag.

 

Of course it may not be a cacher, but just an enterprising muggle who stumbled across this promotion (perhaps a staff member) and saw the opportunity for some capitalist free enterprise...