+Al & Tracy Smith Posted November 22, 2008 Share Posted November 22, 2008 (edited) Sounds like a great idea, but I have one simple question. I have a few "Unactivated" geocoins, but I have already retreived the "activation code" for them. Would they still be acceptable providing I sent the activation code along with the coin? Good luck with all the hard work organising this is going to take. edited for poor spelling Edited November 22, 2008 by Al & Tracy Smith Quote Link to comment
+plumbrokeacres Posted November 22, 2008 Share Posted November 22, 2008 Sounds like a great idea, but I have one simple question. I have a few "Unactivated" geocoins, but I have already retrieved the "activation code" for them. Would they still be acceptable providing I sent the activation code along with the coin? I retrieve all my activation codes and send them with trades sale etc. saves having to hunt down what coin was made where/where to active questions. Looking forward to this mission thanks for putting it on Quote Link to comment
+Butterfly_lady Posted November 23, 2008 Author Share Posted November 23, 2008 I have a few "Unactivated" geocoins, but I have already retreived the "activation code" for them. Would they still be acceptable providing I sent the activation code along with the coin? .... Sounds just the right thing to do. Quote Link to comment
+Al & Tracy Smith Posted November 23, 2008 Share Posted November 23, 2008 I have a few "Unactivated" geocoins, but I have already retreived the "activation code" for them. Would they still be acceptable providing I sent the activation code along with the coin? .... Sounds just the right thing to do. Thanks for the reply and you now have another cacher to add to you list - email sent. I just love getting nice things through the post. Quote Link to comment
+DJ.J.ROCK Posted November 23, 2008 Share Posted November 23, 2008 butterfly lady- I must commend you on all your hard work here!!!,,I figured after the santas mission you would just want to sit and enjoy the fire with your hot choco......but.....oh..no ...... you and your elfs and pengs. are super mission runners!!! thank you for all the fun this year!!! Quote Link to comment
Maine Family Posted November 23, 2008 Share Posted November 23, 2008 Email sent. Sounds like fun. Thank you for doing this. Quote Link to comment
+cainrcc Posted November 23, 2008 Share Posted November 23, 2008 I'm in email sent Quote Link to comment
+Butterfly_lady Posted November 23, 2008 Author Share Posted November 23, 2008 butterfly lady- I must commend you on all your hard work here!!!,,I figured after the santas mission you would just want to sit and enjoy the fire with your hot choco......but.....oh..no ...... you and your elfs and pengs. are super mission runners!!! thank you for all the fun this year!!! Thanks, but hot chocolate and fires are not common here near Christmas. Unless it's a bonfire on the beach in the warm balmy evening. Christmas in New Zealand is summertime!!!!!!!!!!! Followed by summer holidays! Three weeks of caching coming up. Quote Link to comment
+Butterfly_lady Posted November 23, 2008 Author Share Posted November 23, 2008 (edited) hiccup - time out on the forums while posting.... ended up with double post. Even though a quick check showed not posted first time - don't ya hate that! Edited November 23, 2008 by Butterfly_lady Quote Link to comment
+The Fossillady Posted November 24, 2008 Share Posted November 24, 2008 Email sent Quote Link to comment
+sweetlife Posted November 25, 2008 Share Posted November 25, 2008 We already emailed Butterfly and like to be included in on the Penguin Mission. Thank You for all you are doing Bufferfly. Thank You so Much you are a very sweet lady. Quote Link to comment
RedShoesGirl Posted November 25, 2008 Share Posted November 25, 2008 E-mail sent...thanks for setting this up and all your work to coordinate this fun event! At least I can get in on this one since I missed the biggie glad you are getting in on this one suz, you will have fun! yer freeind lara Quote Link to comment
+Butterfly_lady Posted November 25, 2008 Author Share Posted November 25, 2008 The Penguins have reported to me, that their mailbox is full of signups. As they have yet to start work (They are busy playing in the snow!), they don't have a list to post up here yet...... But I will nag them. It should be up by December 1st. Hopefully earlier. Emails will go out after that. Please be patient. There are currently 40 people signed up. And even better - they are quite global. Even more so, than the Santa Mission. Your email will give you all you need to know. Thanks from the Penguins. Quote Link to comment
+Six Little Spookies Posted November 25, 2008 Share Posted November 25, 2008 Sent email a few days ago, but forgot to post here: Spookies are in! Quote Link to comment
+Butterfly_lady Posted November 26, 2008 Author Share Posted November 26, 2008 Bump: Last few days to sign up. It's going to be another good sized mission. Not as big as Santa's though (phew, says the butterfly) Quote Link to comment
+Butterfly_lady Posted November 27, 2008 Author Share Posted November 27, 2008 Just two days left and there are 50 people signed up. This is truly an international mission. Participants from Oz, Kiwiland, The land of castles and moors, The nation that wears green in March, another protected by dykes, another famous for a young girl named Heidi..... and the list goes on. Thanks to all who have emailed the Penguins. The have a list, and will post it in full after the mission sign up ends. Please do come back and check it. Quote Link to comment
+wutzebear Posted November 27, 2008 Share Posted November 27, 2008 Just two days left and there are 50 people signed up. Make that one more, email's sent! Quote Link to comment
+Chur Posted November 27, 2008 Share Posted November 27, 2008 I just joined in, too! I love surprises! And it's more than two weeks now since I last sent goodies, so I'm becoming fidgety (right word?)... Thanks again Butterfly Lady for another nice mission! Quote Link to comment
+Belfrypotters Posted November 27, 2008 Share Posted November 27, 2008 email sent. This is our first mission, too, so we're looking forward to it. Thanks Butterfly_lady for all the time you're putting into this. Quote Link to comment
+geosmurfan65 Posted November 27, 2008 Share Posted November 27, 2008 (edited) Oh, OK - count us in on this one as well... E-mail sent. Thanks Butterfly_lady and the penguins for hosting this! Camilla Edited November 27, 2008 by geosmurfarna Quote Link to comment
+susiemerlin1 Posted November 28, 2008 Share Posted November 28, 2008 Hello all Can I ask two questions they will probably sound silly to most of you but as this is my first mission I want it to be right! Q1 - Had an email from you (Butterfly Lady) today and you mentioned sending a regular geocoin, am I being really thick what is a regular geocoin? Q2 - If sending a coin abroad what do you write on the customs slip, geocoin, coin or token? Thankyou in advance Sue Quote Link to comment
+thebuddhaman Posted November 28, 2008 Share Posted November 28, 2008 1. emails sent: 11/28/08 2. names received: 3. missions sent: 4. missions received: Quote Link to comment
+Butterfly_lady Posted November 28, 2008 Author Share Posted November 28, 2008 Hello all Can I ask two questions they will probably sound silly to most of you but as this is my first mission I want it to be right! Q1 - Had an email from you (Butterfly Lady) today and you mentioned sending a regular geocoin, am I being really thick what is a regular geocoin? Q2 - If sending a coin abroad what do you write on the customs slip, geocoin, coin or token? Thankyou in advance Sue 1. A regular is a standard issue geocoin - not micro, not Limited edition etc. A LE would be trading up, which you are welcome to do. Trading up would also include adding a micro, pathtag, signature item or geotag. But the recipient is expecting ONE only geocoin and trading up is not an expectation. 2. Novelty game token is what many of the customs declarations that I receive. Now - I always like people to ask. No question is silly. Newbies may not know what the old hands do, so ask away.... There will be another email with the mission destinations during the next week. I'll wait until mission sign up closes and finish sorting out the missions. Trying to be fair so that everyone sends & receive a mission from far away and not so far away. Hard, though, as the mission field is weighted more towards North American continent. Two weddings for me to write up this weekend also. Quote Link to comment
+brewmeister Posted November 29, 2008 Share Posted November 29, 2008 I'm in PM will be sent shortly Quote Link to comment
+Butterfly_lady Posted November 29, 2008 Author Share Posted November 29, 2008 Mission sign up period is now closed Thanks to all who are participating. The work of allocating has been done. Cross checking and auditing is now under way.... Can I trust the penguins to get it right - looking good so far! Quote Link to comment
+Butterfly_lady Posted December 1, 2008 Author Share Posted December 1, 2008 Here's the list - emails will be going out in small groups at a time. Not in any particular order. This list is in order, though of caching name. Al & Tracy Smith AstroD-Team Belfrypotters BlueMotmot brewmeister brucieandweezy burgessfour Butterfly_Lady cainrcc CanadaKate Chur Cinnabear Croft House Cachers die_anita DJ.J.ROCK Eclectic Penguin ElliPirelli Fairyhoney FLIPPER&CO fossillady gardengorilla Geosmurfana grodan & fiabus hollora Jan and the Percey Boy JohnMac56 kd&prettierhalf Kurdogso Laval K-9 Leaky Spoon M0zez Maine Family millieballon Mollyjak NeverSummer PassingWind Pingos Plumbrokeacres princeshoko RedsknU2 rivercity rodz roolku RuberyBlue Sabri.Suh Six Little Spookies skibumsuk Solan109 Steinwälzer Striphe summerandnana susiemerlin1 Suzyfishn sweetlife Team Fehling The Graystone Gopher The Windsockers thebuddhaman ThirstyMick Triops75 usyoopers Whitby Wutzebear The penguins have delegated the missions..... watch your mailbox over the next week. I will post back here once all the missions have been emailed out. Please be PATIENT. Quote Link to comment
princeshoko Posted December 1, 2008 Share Posted December 1, 2008 Mission Received. & Thank You. Quote Link to comment
+Butterfly_lady Posted December 1, 2008 Author Share Posted December 1, 2008 There is still 9 more mission emails to go out.... but I need to take a break.... Maybe later tonight. Maybe tomorrow evening... If your caching name is towards the end of the alphabet, please do not panic.... I will return...... Quote Link to comment
+millieballon Posted December 1, 2008 Share Posted December 1, 2008 Missions received. Got some funny names! Going to check profiles Quote Link to comment
+NeverSummer Posted December 1, 2008 Share Posted December 1, 2008 Missions received. I'll get on the research right quick! Quote Link to comment
+SkiBums (UK) Posted December 1, 2008 Share Posted December 1, 2008 one of my people has one of the biggest coin collections I have ever seen....off to find a coin they haven't got (I maybe gone awhile) Quote Link to comment
+Eclectic Penguin Posted December 1, 2008 Share Posted December 1, 2008 Mission received and despatched. Both to European destinations. Because there’s metal in there I couldn’t send it as a normal mail greetings card – it had to go as a small package, but the cost wasn’t too bad! Despite the contents of both being identical, one came in at 1 gram more than the other making it more expensive (by 8p). No harm done though – I hope they get to their destinations soon! Quote Link to comment
princeshoko Posted December 1, 2008 Share Posted December 1, 2008 1 extra gram.... must of been some extra air bubbles in that mailer lol. Quote Link to comment
+Astro_D Posted December 1, 2008 Share Posted December 1, 2008 Mine are ready to go, but mom nature decided to dump a snowstorm on us last night/ this morning. So, I'm holding off driving to the post office until tomorrow. Quote Link to comment
+cainrcc Posted December 1, 2008 Share Posted December 1, 2008 Missions received and now to find a coin they don't already have. Quote Link to comment
+burgessfour Posted December 1, 2008 Share Posted December 1, 2008 Missions received, thank you penguins!!! Quote Link to comment
+Rockin Roddy Posted December 1, 2008 Share Posted December 1, 2008 There is still 9 more mission emails to go out.... but I need to take a break.... Maybe later tonight. Maybe tomorrow evening... If your caching name is towards the end of the alphabet, please do not panic.... I will return...... Sooo...is it too late to play???? lol, just kidding my friend!! Have fun with this everyone!! Quote Link to comment
+Rockin Roddy Posted December 1, 2008 Share Posted December 1, 2008 There is still 9 more mission emails to go out.... but I need to take a break.... Maybe later tonight. Maybe tomorrow evening... If your caching name is towards the end of the alphabet, please do not panic.... I will return...... Sooo...is it too late to play???? lol, just kidding my friend!! Have fun with this everyone!! Quote Link to comment
+fairyhoney Posted December 1, 2008 Share Posted December 1, 2008 Names received. Now the fun begins Quote Link to comment
+susiemerlin1 Posted December 1, 2008 Share Posted December 1, 2008 Names & Addresses received. Fingers crossed the coins I have ordered will be here tomorrow or Wednesday. Really looking forward to this. Quote Link to comment
+grodan & fiabus Posted December 1, 2008 Share Posted December 1, 2008 Names received, none of them has a sekinglist so I have to think by myself. I have an idea so this will be a good mission also. Thank you penguins for hosting this. grodan Karin Quote Link to comment
KC_Jan Posted December 1, 2008 Share Posted December 1, 2008 I emailed to sign up on 19th Nov but I don't see our name on the list. Is it too late? Quote Link to comment
+Laval K-9 Posted December 1, 2008 Share Posted December 1, 2008 Missions received. I'm so excited with all those missions, it's really fun I'll have to make some research on each of my recipients to see which coins I'll be sending them I don't think people will wait for Christmas to open their envelopes When we receive a Christmas card, we have to open it right away HO HO HO Quote Link to comment
+burgessfour Posted December 1, 2008 Share Posted December 1, 2008 Can anyone give me a rough idea of how long it would take to go from the US to Europe? I don't want to put something together to hastily but I want it to arrive in time..... Quote Link to comment
+Whitby Posted December 1, 2008 Share Posted December 1, 2008 Can anyone give me a rough idea of how long it would take to go from the US to Europe? I don't want to put something together to hastily but I want it to arrive in time..... Hard to tell. From my experience everything between 5 days and 6 weeks is possible. I'd recommend getting the mailers out as soon as possible. There will be huge piles of Christmas mail. Quote Link to comment
+burgessfour Posted December 1, 2008 Share Posted December 1, 2008 Can anyone give me a rough idea of how long it would take to go from the US to Europe? I don't want to put something together to hastily but I want it to arrive in time..... Hard to tell. From my experience everything between 5 days and 6 weeks is possible. I'd recommend getting the mailers out as soon as possible. There will be huge piles of Christmas mail. Thanks, I will put a rush on getting that one out! Quote Link to comment
+Butterfly_lady Posted December 1, 2008 Author Share Posted December 1, 2008 I emailed to sign up on 19th Nov but I don't see our name on the list. Is it too late? I'll check my inbox when I get home late tonight. Quote Link to comment
Maine Family Posted December 1, 2008 Share Posted December 1, 2008 Sent both ours out this afternoon. One international and the other across the country. Hope they both arrive safely. Quote Link to comment
+Suzyfishn Posted December 1, 2008 Share Posted December 1, 2008 (edited) Fun fun fun!!! Received my names. One in Switzerland....will try and mail that one ASAP! Can't wait to see what I get in return! Didn't find either name in any collection list (I don't have a list either yet), so hope I send coins they like. Edited December 1, 2008 by Suzyfishn Quote Link to comment
+burgessfour Posted December 2, 2008 Share Posted December 2, 2008 Got my international mission mailed off today! I hope you get it in time for Christmas and it is something you will like Thank you again Butterfly Lady (and the peguins) for this mission, it is very fun! Quote Link to comment
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