+Oat Posted March 28, 2004 Share Posted March 28, 2004 Geocaching may get some bad publicity sometimes because of the dumbass who hooked up a trip wire to the cache in NJ. But has anyone thought about what geocaching does to the local economy near a cache? Leaving out the fact that we buy GSPr's. How much do we spend in the area's we visit? I know my girlfriend and I always stop for breakfast/lunch/dinner somewhere during our search for caches, we also buy gas, etc usually in the town closest to where the cache(s) is/are. Multiply that by thousands across the country and you have a pretty powerful voice. Your thoughts? Quote Link to comment
+leatherman Posted March 28, 2004 Share Posted March 28, 2004 Lattes. Lots of lattes. Quote Link to comment
WH Posted March 28, 2004 Share Posted March 28, 2004 I wonder if all my driving to caches has anything to do with the sudden spike in gas prices. Quote Link to comment
+Sparky-Watts Posted March 28, 2004 Share Posted March 28, 2004 Don't forget McToys! And somebody's gotta make money off all those expired coupons and torn movie ticket stubs I've been finding! And what about golfballs! They had to have been new and clean at one time, I'm sure! Quote Link to comment
+Renegade Knight Posted March 28, 2004 Share Posted March 28, 2004 There is an economist who is working on a study. They spoke to both Geocaching.com and Navicache to get permission to do their study. I've not followed up since then to see if they have been successful in getting permission. Quote Link to comment
+TeamK-9 Posted March 28, 2004 Share Posted March 28, 2004 I think it may effect the economy. But no more than how it would be affected if there were a small flee market once or twice a year... Quote Link to comment
+briansnat Posted March 28, 2004 Share Posted March 28, 2004 (edited) Stayfloopy has single-handedly kept the Wawa convenince store chain in business. Edited March 28, 2004 by briansnat Quote Link to comment
+bons Posted March 28, 2004 Share Posted March 28, 2004 (edited) Geocaching may get some bad publicity sometimes because of the dumbass who hooked up a trip wire to the cache in NJ. Actually we're more likely to get a black eye because of people like you who call anyone who get's creative a "dumbass" in public. from http://forums.Groundspeak.com/GC/index.php?act=boardrules Respect: Respect the guidelines for forum usage, and site usage. Respect Groundspeak, its employees, volunteers, yourself, fellow community members, and guests on these boards. Whether a community member has one post or 5,000 posts, they deserve the same respect. ... Personal Attacks and Flames will not be tolerated. If you want to praise or criticize, give examples as to why it is good or bad, general attacks on a person or idea will not be tolerated. Edited March 28, 2004 by bons Quote Link to comment
+Sparky-Watts Posted March 28, 2004 Share Posted March 28, 2004 Geocaching may get some bad publicity sometimes because of the dumbass who hooked up a trip wire to the cache in NJ. Actually we're more likely to get a black eye because of people like you who call anyone who get's greative a "dumbass" in public. from http://forums.Groundspeak.com/GC/index.php?act=boardrules Respect: Respect the guidelines for forum usage, and site usage. Respect Groundspeak, its employees, volunteers, yourself, fellow community members, and guests on these boards. Whether a community member has one post or 5,000 posts, they deserve the same respect. ... Personal Attacks and Flames will not be tolerated. If you want to praise or criticize, give examples as to why it is good or bad, general attacks on a person or idea will not be tolerated. Thank you, bons.....that was needed! Quote Link to comment
+Oat Posted March 29, 2004 Author Share Posted March 29, 2004 Actually we're more likely to get a black eye because of people like you who call anyone who get's creative a "dumbass" in public. You're right. I apologize. Quote Link to comment
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