Geocoins on Ebay

[random_incoherencies]

Saw this listing on ebay;

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Lot-of-8-Geocoin-Club-Activated-Geocoins-w-pathtags-And-1-Travel-Bug-/190895478895?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2c7241d86f

 

Looks like the seller is trying to auction off Geocoins that belong to other geocachers.

[+Kacher82]

I notice he's listing them as new, too.

Maybe I should watch the listing. If they go cheap enough, I could buy them just to get them back in circulation.

[+ThePetersTrio]

I just sent him/her a note asking if they were his/her property or if they were collected from caches. We'll see if he/she responds. It is certainly against eBay policy to sell stolen merchandise.

[+Quossum]

Found one of them:

 

http://www.geocaching.com/track/details.aspx?id=3866977

 

Doesn't look legit to see it on eBay, not at all.

 

--Q

 

Edited to say I found another one:

 

http://www.geocaching.com/track/details.aspx?id=4204185

 

Picked up by the same guy as the one above.

 

And here's a third:

 

http://www.geocaching.com/track/details.aspx?id=614927

 

The person who picked them all up has 700+ finds and one would think knows better. The eBay seller mentions his son "finding" them. Maybe there's some major misunderstandings going on here rather than malice, but...it doesn't look good.

Edited September 2, 2013 by Quossum

[+kunarion]

I just sent him/her a note asking if they were his/her property or if they were collected from caches. We'll see if he/she responds.

According to the listing, "No questions or answers have been posted about this item", just like on all the other stolen Trackable auctions.

 

It is certainly against eBay policy to sell stolen merchandise.

Why does Ebay even bother stating such a policy?

Edited September 3, 2013 by kunarion

[+Kacher82]

He just ended the listing. Guess there's our answer.

[random_incoherencies]

Ha, that's funny. Guess the seller was not expecting to be questioned about these items. Hopefully they get them back out into circulation now.

[+kunarion]

I'm guessing there's a very embarassed father tonight. And maybe a very grounded son?

[+ThePetersTrio]

The person who picked them all up has 700+ finds and one would think knows better. The eBay seller mentions his son "finding" them. Maybe there's some major misunderstandings going on here rather than malice, but...it doesn't look good.

 

You planning on contacting the owners and letting them know about the attempt to sell their property on eBay? I know if I were an owner of one of those items, I'd sure like to know about it.

 

Maybe that's just me though.

[+Harry Dolphin]

I'm relatively sure the cacher is the son. (I'm really hoping that an adult would not dedicate a series of caches to his favorite TV show: South Park.) (Yes. I've done most of his caches in the Clifton area...) (It could explain why some of his caches away from his home area take a fair amount of time for maintenance.) The father does not seem to log caches on-line. They seem to be having a good father/son adventure geocaching/hiking. Hopefully, he has learnt his lesson.

[+speakers-corner]

At the moment he seems to be holding approx 11 TB's/Coins.