Setting Trackables as collectibles?

[+Ladyd'sworld]

What is this option for? what difference will it have to my trackable?

[+Carbon Hunter]

I'd also like to know

[+Carbon Hunter]

I just looked at the release notes : http://forums.Groundspeak.com/GC/index.php...howtopic=251299

 

It seems that if you mark the TB as "Collectable" another cacher can put it into their COLLECTION - if you mark it as "NON-COLLECTABLE" it means they can not put it into a Collection.

 

So my understanding is that if you want your TB's and coins to travel - mark them as NON-COLLECTABLE

[+Web-ling]

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[+GeoJunkie]

It doesn't appear to be working right any more. When this first started, there was an option to move any TB I owned to my collection. I've now added a new TB for my car that I want to put in my collection, but whether it's set to collectible or not, it won't give me an option to move it to my collection. Ironically enough, all the TBs I previously put into my collection are showing as NOT collectible!

[+Delta68]

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I've just read that and it appears to make no sense whatsover

What does 'The coin may be collected by another player.' mean?

What does

'You will receive an email when a trackable you own has been added to a collection' mean?

[+ngrrfan]

IMHO.... this whole "collectible/non-collectible" thing is a bunch of hooey. As long as my coin/trackable is in my physical possession, it is mine.

 

GS needs to do away with this point of confusion.

[+Gan Dalf]

I agree with it being hooey. If I activate a coin and release it, it's still mine. I'm just putting it out there to see how long it will take to reach a goal or to give other cachers a chance to see a cool coin and get another icon. If I want someone to be able to "collect" a bug or coin and make it there's I'll stick it in a cache unactivated and let the person who takes it decide what to do with it.

 

I haven't read the notes but my feeling is that the INTENT of the trackable to be collectible or not is to set another level of deterant for those thieves or lazies out there that take bugs out of caches and then never move them. Like people who steal travel bugs would care about something like that.

 

Personally the whole travel bug ownership idea has left a bad taste in my mouth. So many of the bugs and coins that I have released have gone missing that I don't even let them out anymore and the ones that are still out there, no one pays any attention to their goals anyway so whats the point? I'll still move bugs and coins, but I've soured on the whole ownership idea...

[+Bob and Rhonda]

if the TB has this in it for there collectible preference does that mean someone can keep it????

The owner hasn't set their collectible preference.

[+dfx]

if the TB has this in it for there collectible preference does that mean someone can keep it????

The owner hasn't set their collectible preference.

no.

[+Bob and Rhonda]

if the TB has this in it for there collectible preference does that mean someone can keep it????

The owner hasn't set their collectible preference.

no.

Oh just checking i had a coin that it said that i could put it in with my other collectible .but i did not just move it some where else