cwoper Posted April 3, 2003 Share Posted April 3, 2003 I just posted this same topic on another forum by mistake,sorry,so here it is again.Calling Cards,do they stay in a Cache for the owner or are they fair game for the finder?I have taken a few that are really cool,is this O.K.?Some are like works of art,my own included.I would like some views on this topic. Quote Link to comment
+Nurse Dave Posted April 3, 2003 Share Posted April 3, 2003 When we leave ours we usually assume they are going to stay with the cache. Sometimes there get to be quiet a collection and it's fun to look through. But we have been to caches where our card was traded there before we got there. No big deal. But some people's card say "this cache found by" seems those for sure are supposed to stay there. ---Real men cache in shorts. Quote Link to comment
+Pharmadude Posted April 3, 2003 Share Posted April 3, 2003 My pin is not a card, per se, but it is meant to be taken by whoever cares to wear it with pride. Quote Link to comment
+sbell111 Posted April 3, 2003 Share Posted April 3, 2003 I'm not sure that I understand the question, but here's my opinion. (Sure, I can give my opinion even if I don't know the topic. ) A 'calling card' could be a personalized object such as a coin or personalized trink. In this case, in my opinion, they are fair game. Trade for it if you want it. Actual cards such as mentioned above that say something like 'This cache found by SBELL111, the greatest cacher on Earth!' should probably stay with the cache. A while back 'cacher trading cards' were discussed. (I guess these would just say 'SBELL111, the greatest cacher on Earth'.) These would be trade items. Quote Link to comment
+geo-jedi Posted April 3, 2003 Share Posted April 3, 2003 Ham radio operators trade what are called QSL cards. In the international "Q" code, this is an acknowledgement of receipt of a message. These QSL cards are then collected and displayed. Just as with avatars, people devote time and effort into their design. It would be cool to have Cache Site Location/Located cards to collect. Inside the cache, there would be site specific cards for finders to take. Finders could leave their Cache Site Located cards for cache owners to collect during cache maintenance. If the physical aspect is too costly (or inappropriate for microcaches), this could also be done electronically when caches are logged. You could then have a digital scrapbook of CSL showing off your caches found as well as one with CSLs that include the comments of those geocachers who have visited your caches. In the ham radio world, designing your QSL cards was/is an essential task. As such, this same topic came up in the ham radio forum a while back. See "QSL cards for caches" last updated Sept 2002 but started in February 2002. http://ubbx.Groundspeak.com/6/ubb.x?a=tpc&s=5726007311&f=4216058331&m=9766024841 geo-jedi Team Geo-Jedi, Searchers 4 Ground Truth Quote Link to comment
+Lil Devil Posted April 3, 2003 Share Posted April 3, 2003 At first I thought you were talking about prepaid phone cards, but after reading further I think you're talking about these personal "business cards" that many cachers around me seem to leave in caches. Personally I don't see the point. These people always sign the logbook, so leaving the card seems superfluous, and just junks up the cache, IMO. Now prepaid phone cards, that would be cool... Lil Devil Quote Link to comment
+briansnat Posted April 3, 2003 Share Posted April 3, 2003 Ya leaves somethin' in a cache, then someones cans takes it. Dem's the rules. Many people collect "calling cards" and "signature items". So go ahead and take the item and use it for whatever you like. "You can only protect your liberties in this world, by protecting the other man's freedom. "You can only be free if I am" -Clarence Darrow Quote Link to comment
+evergreenhiker! Posted April 3, 2003 Share Posted April 3, 2003 I take them if I don't have one already. I like to collect signature items and calling cards are one type. In the Columbia River Gorge, Captain Jack and others have placed magnetic ones. I've got them on the fridge now. Quote Link to comment
cwoper Posted April 4, 2003 Author Share Posted April 4, 2003 Yes,business card type signature items,thats what I'm talking about.I should have made myself more clear. Quote Link to comment
Northern-Lights Posted April 4, 2003 Share Posted April 4, 2003 Here in Michigan....we recently had the same question on our forums. Many of us like to collect and trade our "Signature" cards or trade items. We have our card, and a signature item being made....we collect cards or items from fellow cachers.....and they with us. Some teams follow around the state just to get an item from a certain cacher. Its a pretty good game we play and we have a very active membership in our organization. Loads of fun. Earth First!!! We'll cache the other planets later!! Quote Link to comment
gwendy & bugster Posted April 6, 2003 Share Posted April 6, 2003 quote:Originally posted by evergreenhiker!:In the Columbia River Gorge, Captain Jack and others have placed magnetic ones. I've got them on the fridge now. That's so cool! Do you know where they had them made? I want magnetic calling cards! Quote Link to comment
+Tradboy Posted April 6, 2003 Share Posted April 6, 2003 I agree with LilDevil above. I think they take up space for a purpose that the log book already provides. As for people collecting them and trading them, I guess if that actually happens, I can see the point. I have zero interest in collecting "personal business cards". Quote Link to comment
mudda_UBER Posted April 6, 2003 Share Posted April 6, 2003 I think they're cool. I just put a travel bug out who's goal is to collect as many as possible. Quote Link to comment
The Buzzard's Posted April 6, 2003 Share Posted April 6, 2003 We put calling cards in some of the larger caches that we find and they are meant to stay in the cache, although it doesn't matter to us. They are just something we decided to do. The Buzzard's: ZiggyStardust Quote Link to comment
+The Caching Shadow Posted April 6, 2003 Share Posted April 6, 2003 I leave a bookmark with our name and the geocach logo on it. If'n you want it, take it. I'll make more! Quote Link to comment
Radman Forever Posted April 6, 2003 Share Posted April 6, 2003 At a social our group had here in Michigan we had an auction of a cache that contained signature items. I lost the bid to UMC but I bought it from him. It's cool to collect signature items. I even have a sig item with a cartoon action hero I made back when I was in 8th Grade, that action hero's name was Radman! "If we don't succeed we run the risk of failure." - Dan Quayle Quote Link to comment
rag-a-muffin Posted April 6, 2003 Share Posted April 6, 2003 My signature item is a GC.com logo guitar pick (don't worry, I have permission from TPTB) attached to a card with my user name on it. So far there is only ONE in the entire WORLD out in a cache. I've numbered my sig items so that you know how many I've placed before the one you find. As far as whether it's there for the cache owner or a cache finder, it doesn't really matter to me. If you're a finder and you want it, by all means, TAKE IT...just be sure and trade for it. Sig item collecting is sort of neat, although I don't have anyone's sig item yet. I would probably, however, trade for one if I found it in a cache. I've posted a pic of my very first sig item (#001) which is currently hiding inside Belle Island Cache and Carry. If you want it, go get it. There will never be another #001 rag-a-muffin GC.com guitar pick! Quote Link to comment
FISUR Posted April 7, 2003 Share Posted April 7, 2003 rag-a-muffin: Very Nice! Please drop a couple of picks off a bit further north (like New England). FISUR Rhode Island Geocaching Quote Link to comment
+Rygel Posted April 7, 2003 Share Posted April 7, 2003 Yeah, that pick is cool. I'd collect that even though I don't play a stringed instrument. Lack of planning on your part does not constitute an emergency on mine. Quote Link to comment
mudda_UBER Posted April 7, 2003 Share Posted April 7, 2003 Those are too cool. I want one! Quote Link to comment
+Cadwalader Posted April 7, 2003 Share Posted April 7, 2003 Instead of a calling card we have printed two different sizes of address / mailing labels with "Cadwalader & the Golden Horde were here" and two lines for the date and what we traded. These go into the cache's logbook and are both our signature, and easy to place. Quote Link to comment
+TEAM 360 Posted April 7, 2003 Share Posted April 7, 2003 Cool pick...I play, and I should put a few of my thins out in the caches...cool idea! Quote Link to comment
rag-a-muffin Posted April 7, 2003 Share Posted April 7, 2003 quote:Originally posted by FISUR:rag-a-muffin: Very Nice! Please drop a couple of picks off a bit further north (like New England). FISUR http://www.geocities.com/team_fisur Sadly, I'm moving further SOUTH for the summer in just a few days. Those of you in the Atlanta area may have a shot at getting some of my sig items. I also may be paying a visit to the Galveston, TX area late this summer. For you New Englanders, you just might have to wait 'till I'm headed that way. r. Quote Link to comment
mudda_UBER Posted April 9, 2003 Share Posted April 9, 2003 Are you planning any side trips through KY? Quote Link to comment
+TX Diva Posted April 9, 2003 Share Posted April 9, 2003 Originally posted by Cadwalader & the Golden Horde:Instead of a calling card we have printed two different sizes of address / mailing labels with "Cadwalader & the Golden Horde were here" QUOTE] I like that idea. We had thought about a rubber stamp that said "Found by TX Diva and Dark Star" but I think that address labels would be a much easier carry! Thanks for the idea' I intend to steal it promptly. Quote Link to comment
mudda_UBER Posted August 22, 2003 Share Posted August 22, 2003 If anyone is interested in trading calling cards through the mail, send me an e-mail. muddaUBER Quote Link to comment
+mustanglx Posted August 22, 2003 Share Posted August 22, 2003 I never called it a calling card, I call it more of a signature item. I collection state quarters so I thought that I would make a sig item that has something to do with the state quarters. I feel that they are fair game to trade and I hope that people would take and trade them if they like or if they think they are neat they could even keep it for them self. mustanglx Quote Link to comment
+Scoobie10 Posted August 27, 2003 Share Posted August 27, 2003 I really like the idea of sig items and calling cards. So much so that I created Scoobie's Calling Card Cache I found a TB once that had nothing but cards on it. Very cool idea. Check the link for a pic. Scoobie Livin' & Dyin' in 3/4 Time Quote Link to comment
+CYBret Posted August 27, 2003 Share Posted August 27, 2003 I re-designed my calling card a while back so it's the same size as the traditional "trading card." Sorta tried to make it look like one with a picture on the front and stats on the back. I put my signature lighthouse pins on the card and then seal them up in little ziplock baggies. Hopefully that keeps them dry. Bret "The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. When a man found it, he hid it again." Mt. 13:44 Quote Link to comment
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