Log replacement

[Zerpersande]

Lets keep and preserve the old logs we replace, ask CO what to do next,

if he say toss it, fine you toss it, if he say he like to keep it,

be ready to send it to him, incase you took it home to dry,

Actually this is the first, hopefully of many, helpful insights I have gotten from this forum. I still feel that many COs are anal and that I did nothing wrong, the person in question would still have their log if I had done what I generally do. But seeing that pic drives home why I was doing it. It matters to some people. And even if some shouting has to be done to get to the point of understanding, getting to that point makes a difference.

[Zerpersande]

I understand that your act of theft is a misguided attempt at helping me out. I would email you privately and 1) get my log back and 2)nicely and politely suggest that you take advantage of the logging options provided us and not take it upon yourself to maintain caches that aren't yours.

In theory, the best option would be to write COs of "problematic" questions that I'm thinking of going to and as if they need any assistance with maintenance. And probably write down COs phone numbers.

This just goes to show that some COs don't want or appreciate the help.

I even left an entire cache recently. But I did place a magnetic nano with a log nearby, take a pic and send the coords and pic to the cache owner in case they wanted to save themselves a trip out into the countryside to replace the thing.

If you placed a throwdown cache at my cache site I would really be upset.

 

1- I didn't thieve a log book. Try to explain exactly how I did anything at all to deserve shame from either of the above though. I just don't see it.

 

To me, it looks like the safest way to avoid conflict is just say screw it, make a couple of ink marks on the wet tissue, and move along.

How is that not a throwdown? If it were my cache, I'd have to go to the countryside anyway to get rid of your throwdown nano and replace my cache appropriately.

 

The public shaming comment was just a snarky remark. U mad bro? (<------thats snarky too)

 

If you are looking for the safest way to avoid conflict, you could just stop playing geocaching. But I'd hate to see that happen so lets think about this. No CO has the right to be upset with a finder for not maintaining their cache for them.

 

It's interesting that we both seem to agree that its a fundamental part of the game that caches should be rehidden as found, but you have a list of scenarios where that basic idea doesn't apply.

Got your point. And if I think back on it, that nano MIGHT be close enough to the original spot for someone to find it if they really expanded the search area. In which case throw down would apply and problems could arise. Hate to disagree, but I'd do it again. I'd just make sure that any cache I left would not be accidentally found and confused for the original.

 

Be interesting to see your input on the issue of the construction and what to do with the cache. Or have you posted already? I haven't been paying a lot of attention to user names.

 

Also, related to the above, I'll start another thread. It will be interesting to see what the community has to say about this other incident.

[+simpjkee]

Be interesting to see your input on the issue of the construction and what to do with the cache. Or have you posted already? I haven't been paying a lot of attention to user names.

I was FTP (First to Post).