lowracer Posted July 20, 2003 Share Posted July 20, 2003 I have too many dang travel bugs! I went crazy one year and bought way too many. Some are AWOL, the rest are active out in the field. Is there a way to transfer ownership? I own 16, but I now only want to track about 4 or 5. Is it possible to sell them? I'm thinking I could take a paypal payment and then email the activation code to the new owner. Can this work? Can a bug be re-activated by a new owner? Thanks, -mark. Quote Link to comment
georgejj Posted July 23, 2003 Share Posted July 23, 2003 Hi! If it's possible, I would gladly buy them. George fotérképész Quote Link to comment
lowracer Posted July 23, 2003 Author Share Posted July 23, 2003 I've decided it will be easier to just let whoever finds them keep them. Anyone finding one of my travel bugs may simply email me for the activation code. I still do not know if this transfers the ownership of the bug or not. Quote Link to comment
+Pat in Louisiana Posted July 23, 2003 Share Posted July 23, 2003 How about a donation Pat in Louisiana I never get lost. I simply investigate alternate destinations. Quote Link to comment
+droosa Posted July 23, 2003 Share Posted July 23, 2003 quote:Originally posted by lowracer: I still do not know if this transfers the ownership of the bug or not. The ownership is assigned when you use the code and activate the bug. Hope this helps.... Quote Link to comment
lowracer Posted August 21, 2003 Author Share Posted August 21, 2003 Hi, I still have all my bugs and I do not want any of them. Though I still enjoy caching, I simply haven't got time to deal with these travel bugs anymore. I have emailed contact@geocaching.com with no response. I bought them, activated them, let them wander for a year out in the field, and now I simply want to give them to whoever finds them, and most importantly, get them off my page and stop receiving all those emails about their whereabouts. Can anyone tell me how this may be accomplished? I have been emailing the activation code to anyone who finds a bug and emails me the tag number, but when I email them the activation code, they can't do anything with it. Is there some way I can de-activate a bug so they can re-activate it? Thanks very much! -mark aka "lowracer" Quote Link to comment
sasquatch_hunter Posted August 21, 2003 Share Posted August 21, 2003 I would be glad to take one foo your hands . Just e-male me . sasquatch_hunter at carson_reed@hotmail.com please put "bug" in subdject line . Thank you Quote Link to comment
+tazilon Posted August 23, 2003 Share Posted August 23, 2003 Hey lowracer... I'd be happy to take one or two that you actually still have in your possession. Of course I'll pay postage... email me: taz AT symol.net -Taz Quote Link to comment
lowracer Posted August 25, 2003 Author Share Posted August 25, 2003 I appreciate all the offers to take my bugs off my hands and really I'd like to give them to you but you are all missing the point here. There is no way I have found, nor can anyone tell me: HOW DO I TRANSFER OWNERSHIP OF A TRAVEL BUG THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN ACTIVATED AND IS CURRENTLY OUT IN THE FIELD? THERE SEEMS TO BE NO WAY TO RE-ACTIVATE A BUG TO ATTACH IT TO A NEW OWNER. Sorry for shouting but it doesn't seem to be getting across any other way. When in doubt, SHOUT, I always say! Quote Link to comment
+Webfoot Posted August 25, 2003 Share Posted August 25, 2003 quote:Originally posted by lowracer:HOW DO I TRANSFER OWNERSHIP OF A TRAVEL BUG THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN ACTIVATED AND IS CURRENTLY OUT IN THE FIELD? THERE SEEMS TO BE NO WAY TO RE-ACTIVATE A BUG TO ATTACH IT TO A NEW OWNER. Once you activate a bug, it's yours permanently, unless you can convince TPTB to transfer your ownership to someone else. Try emailing Jeremy and see where that gets you. Webfoot Yeah, sure....but did he use a GPSr to find it? Quote Link to comment
+MissJenn Posted August 25, 2003 Share Posted August 25, 2003 lowracer, When you find out how to transfer ownership, let me know. I will happily buy or take a bug or two off your hands. Email me via my profile on this website. -- I've found 58% of the caches in the country! How are your numbers? ;-) Quote Link to comment
+The Stirleys Posted September 3, 2003 Share Posted September 3, 2003 Grab them all back to yourself with the code and then update their pages with a note saying 'please keep the bug and dispose of the tag - bugs now retired' or similar .. came across one like that when I keyed in an ID wrong once .. Quote Link to comment
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