+Patuxent Pirates Posted December 8, 2003 Share Posted December 8, 2003 Hey..... has it ever been suggested or discussed that it would be great to have a "cachers links" area somewhere here or on the GC site that (after they were approved of course) would give cachers links to good deals on equipment, etc. OR that's probably too much to try and maintain, huh. It was just a though since I had such a difficult time finding a plastic caching box that was acceptable. I ended up going to Bass Pro Shops, taking an catalog out of a hunters shell box, going to the web site for that manufacturer and ordering a dry box from a vendor listed on that web site. Link to comment
+CacheBar Posted December 9, 2003 Share Posted December 9, 2003 I think that's a great idea. I just spent hours on line searching for surplus ammo boxes. Of course, the shipping is what kills, so I'm going to have to poke around locally and see what I can find. I didn't find any water-tight plastic containers however, other than a couple plastic ammo boxes that were too large for my purposes. I personally would really appreciate a place where members could trade notes on where they've found good deals on goodies needed for geocaching. Link to comment
Keystone Posted December 9, 2003 Share Posted December 9, 2003 There's been suggestions from time to time to have a separate forum for "Gear", similar to the GPS Units and Software Forum. In such a forum, we would collect all the discussions about ammo boxes and other cache containers, what to put in your backpack, which is the best Camelbak, good deals on trekking poles, etc. Personally (as a moderator and as a geocacher) I would be in favor of such a forum, as people interested in researching an item would be able to narrow down their search and fewer duplicate threads would be started. At the same time, I recognize that there is a long long list of forums on the index page and perhaps a desire on Jeremy's part to keep that list from growing even further. Finally, care would need to be taken to keep such a forum from turning into a free advertising bulletin board. Link to comment
+Patuxent Pirates Posted December 9, 2003 Author Share Posted December 9, 2003 Yeah, its just so hard finding the right equipment sometimes. Finding that good source on the web is often a grand hunt in itself. So many different places to find solutions and I have found that not everything is up to meeting the requirements of geocaching. Well, maybe we'll end up with a links page some day................... Link to comment
+robert Posted December 10, 2003 Share Posted December 10, 2003 SoMDCacherz, CacheGear.com was set up with some of this in mind. There are some things in the works so hopefully sometime first quarter we can get a lot of that rolling. Just need some more participation from people when the find cool stuff and cool prices to let us know and we'll post it. Link to comment
+Patuxent Pirates Posted December 10, 2003 Author Share Posted December 10, 2003 Ok, sounds good. I'll have to see when it arrives, but I may have found a good cache box alternative. Link to comment
+Doc-Dean Posted December 10, 2003 Share Posted December 10, 2003 (edited) Finally, care would need to be taken to keep such a forum from turning into a free advertising bulletin board. That would not happen with the excellent moderation we all enjoy here at GC.com forums!!! Edited December 10, 2003 by Doc-Dean Link to comment
+Patuxent Pirates Posted December 11, 2003 Author Share Posted December 11, 2003 I would have thought it would be better as a running list rather than a forum. That could easily get out of hand. Link to comment
+Lafrog Posted December 12, 2003 Share Posted December 12, 2003 Go to "cheaperthandirt.com" for ammo boxes. Sixpack of 30 caliber is only 19.99 So the shipping was 6.00--whoopy, 6 boxes for 26 dollars, what a deal Link to comment
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