Mountain Warehouse Trackable

[+lilibet24 2]

A friend of mine has found a Mountain Warehouse trackable #MWGEOTRAIL.  When she followed the instructions on it to log it at geocaching.com/track, not only did it require the number on it, which she supplied, but asked for an activation code which it said could be found on the packaging.  She says there was no packaging and wondered what to do with it.  If she puts in another cache the next person will have the same problem.

[RuideAlmeida 579]

2 hours ago, lilibet24 said:

...but asked for an activation code...

 

Did she tried here? https://www.geocaching.com/track/ActivationCodeRetrieve.aspx

[+lilibet24 2]

7 minutes ago, RuideAlmeida said:

 

Did she tried here? https://www.geocaching.com/track/ActivationCodeRetrieve.aspx

Thanks for your reply.  I have just tried it on her behalf and get the message "Cannot activate.  This trackable owned by someone else."

[RuideAlmeida 579]

Just now, lilibet24 said:

Thanks for your reply.  I have just tried it on her behalf and get the message "Cannot activate.  This trackable owned by someone else."

 

Unless "someone else" is her... then she should drop it on any cache, yes.

 

[+lilibet24 2]

OK thanks

 

[+cerberus1 3313]

4 hours ago, lilibet24 said:

A friend of mine has found a Mountain Warehouse trackable #MWGEOTRAIL. 

When she followed the instructions on it to log it at geocaching.com/track, not only did it require the number on it, which she supplied, but asked for an activation code which it said could be found on the packaging.  She says there was no packaging and wondered what to do with it.  If she puts in another cache the next person will have the same problem.

 

Questions would be a bit easier if there wasn't a middleman ...   

I found eight trackables with MWGEOTRAIL as their name (and something else with it).  Which is the one you/they have ?

By "number", are you/they talking about the reference number, or the tracking code ?  

If it gets to be a bother (I'd be done already ;-), why not put it back into a cache ?  Maybe the next person realizes the issue with it.  

[+lilibet24 2]

Thanks for all your help.  We did manage to find a tracking number and the matter is now solved.

[+colleda 869]

On 11/28/2020 at 3:53 AM, lilibet24 said:

Thanks for all your help.  We did manage to find a tracking number and the matter is now solved.

OT but your name twigged one of my trivia memory cells. Was it Margaret's pet name for HRH? I seem to remember it from somewhere.

[+lilibet24 2]

Yes it was.