Opinions on my rejected cache idea

[AZcachemeister]

Truly just piling on here as the question has already been adequately answered.

 

If you cannot maintain the cache within 24 hours, don't hide/list it.

[GOF and Bacall]

Truly just piling on here as the question has already been adequately answered.

 

If you cannot maintain the cache within 24 hours, don't hide/list it.

 

24 hours may be a bit unrealistic.

[AZcachemeister]

Truly just piling on here as the question has already been adequately answered.

 

If you cannot maintain the cache within 24 hours, don't hide/list it.

 

24 hours may be a bit unrealistic.

 

Just my own personal guideline.

 

Some of my caches would be somewhat challenging to maintain within 24 hours if the need arose, but I COULD if required.

(Might need a sick day off work)

[GOF and Bacall]

Truly just piling on here as the question has already been adequately answered.

 

If you cannot maintain the cache within 24 hours, don't hide/list it.

 

24 hours may be a bit unrealistic.

 

Just my own personal guideline.

 

Some of my caches would be somewhat challenging to maintain within 24 hours if the need arose, but I COULD if required.

(Might need a sick day off work)

 

Ah, should be POSSIBLE but not mandatory. That is more reasonable.

[+keeweechris]

Oh well, I tried. Guess it will stay there until someone accidently finds it. It's in no danger of spilling itself all over the ocean, trust me. Its very well concealed and secure.

 

Yes, ofcourse I read the guidelines at time of creation, but was under the impression that in certain circumstances novel caches could be published after consultation with the reviewer. That was my plan, to plant it then discuss the finer details once home. Won't try that again!

 

I've learnt a lot about publishing a cache through all this, and a lot about the type of person who makes up the majority of the geocaching community. I have to admit though, and I know I'm in the minority, that I rather see a few less "guidelines". I'm just a normal guy who got excited at the prospect of hiding treasure in a cool place and wanted to see others go there too. It's definately easier to hide a cache in a flax bush in your neighbourhood. Maybe thats the type of cache the majority wants? Maybe I had the wrong end of the geocaching-stick?

 

Over and out.

[Clan Riffster]

It's definitely easier to hide a cache in a flax bush in your neighbourhood. Maybe that's the type of cache the majority wants?

I would think the "majority" would prefer creative hides, in interesting locations, that the owner can properly maintain.

Of course that opens the doors to subjectivity. If plopping a film can in a flax bush qualifies in your mind as creative and interesting, go for it.

Personally, I've never encountered a geographic region entirely devoid of interesting places. Is your neighborhood such a place?

Not sure why getting your cache denied would make you want to slide all the way over to the lame end of the spectrum, skipping everything in between.

[+va griz]

You might also try listing your cache on some other site. But then again they might also have rules guidelines, so maybe that wouldn't work.

[GOF and Bacall]

Or try contacting a cacher in the area of the cache you hid and ask for their help.

[+Ecylram]

I have to admit though, and I know I'm in the minority, that I rather see a few less "guidelines".

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Perhaps your opinion may change overtime. Many of the quidelines don't seem relevant until you've had a few hundred finds and start to see patterns develop.

 

I don't live in an area where tourist-placed caches are a big problem. However, I've come across more unmaintained caches than I'd care to and wasted hours looking for non-existent or severely damaged caches. I can't even imagine how frustrating it would be to live in an area littered with tourist-placed unmaintained caches.

 

I'm guessing you haven't run into many issues in your area due to unmaintained caches and it might not be a problem there and perhaps thats why the guidelines, in this case, may seem unreasonable.

 

On the flip side, and this might be worthy of a separate thread sometime. I've got a cache owner in our area that is almost over responsive (I'd hate to tell any owner to do less maintenance). She's got over 450 caches placed and adding more. Recently I posted a DNF of a cache that was in an area with heavy growth. Within an hour or two she disabled it to check on it. I emailed her and told it wasn't necessary as I probably just missed it. Nevertheless, she went out to check on the cache - it was there, but had water in it so she replaced the container. Then she thanked me for posting DNF's as reminder for her to check on old caches.

 

Contrast that with a CO who in response to a DNF deleted the log entry and sent an angry email. There's all types out there.

 

Back to the point...

 

Whether you agree with the guidelines or not, it's generally wise to try to stick to them. Placing a cache you can't retrieve and hoping for an exemption didn't work out.

[+niraD]

I have to admit though, and I know I'm in the minority, that I rather see a few less "guidelines".

As others have pointed out, there are other listing sites, many of which will list caches that violate the guidelines at geocaching.com.

 

I've come to appreciate the guidelines and review process at geocaching.com. There are a number of parks and open spaces around here that allow caches only if they are listed at geocaching.com. Without the guidelines and review process at geocaching.com, there wouldn't be any caches in these places.

[+addisonbr]

Yes, ofcourse I read the guidelines at time of creation, but was under the impression that in certain circumstances novel caches could be published after consultation with the reviewer. That was my plan, to plant it then discuss the finer details once home. Won't try that again!

I've had my highest rate of success with novel ideas by contacting my reviewer first, laying out the idea, and asking some variation of "How could we get this idea to work?" Including the reviewer in the process of figuring out how to accommodate the guidelines ahead of time often goes a long way. You may even find that the same solutions that would have been rejected if you had submitted them without consultation, are green-lit if the reviewer and/or groundspk are involved in constructing them.

 

Dialog ahead of time just seems to make a big difference, is all I'm saying that I've discovered.