+Pengy&Tigger Posted April 21, 2004 Share Posted April 21, 2004 I wondered if I could ask everyone's advice on something? We found A TB today at 'Seek the dead scotsman' and when I try to log the find it is telling me that it has not yet been activated. I've read through the log entries, and no-one has said that they put it there. The cache has not been visited for several days, so whover put it there would have had a few days at least in order to activate it. I'm just wondering what I should do with it - should I just hang on to it until someone activates it? If anyone thinks it may be theirs it's a little yellow plastic teddy bear keyring. If it's yours then please get in touch! P&T Quote Link to comment
+MarcB Posted April 21, 2004 Share Posted April 21, 2004 This could sound really silly but check you've typed the number in correctly (I've done this in the past!). If you have typed it in right (which I'm pretty sure you have) then it's unlikely that it will ever be activated... the owners will have probably thrown the little travel bug slip you get away. MarcB Quote Link to comment
+Pengy&Tigger Posted April 21, 2004 Author Share Posted April 21, 2004 Yeah, I tried reinputting the number a few times. I'm starting to feel sorry for it, as it's as if nobody wants it (I'll get me violin out!). Poor little orphan travel bug. P&T Quote Link to comment
Leoness Posted April 21, 2004 Share Posted April 21, 2004 Maybe if YOU activate it and make a note on the cache page where you found it, the owners can get in touch if they look there to see it. They must know where they left it! Quote Link to comment
+Pengy&Tigger Posted April 21, 2004 Author Share Posted April 21, 2004 (edited) I thought of that but you can't activate it without a separate code that you get when you buy the tags. Anyway, it would feel a bit strange naming someone else's bug. Although it is an orphan, so I suppose it should have a name... Any suggestions? Perhaps 'poor little orphan' would be appropriate! Edited April 21, 2004 by Pengy&Tigger Quote Link to comment
Leoness Posted April 21, 2004 Share Posted April 21, 2004 Sorry... I forgot about the other number which comes with a TB! I'd just post a note on the cache page saying that you have it and asking the owners to get in touch. They might have lost the "other" number or they might just be newbies who don't realise they need to activate it. Quote Link to comment
Leoness Posted April 21, 2004 Share Posted April 21, 2004 BTW... I just looked at your profile (Pengy & Tigger)... ... penguins???!!! Quote Link to comment
+Stuey Posted April 22, 2004 Share Posted April 22, 2004 Any suggestions? Perhaps 'poor little orphan' would be appropriate! Oliver Quote Link to comment
sidewallwolf Posted April 22, 2004 Share Posted April 22, 2004 This might sound a bit stupid, but as there are only 14 logs, it's worth emailing everyone who has found the cache and the owner, to ask. You probably wouldn't need to do Pyoung1s, mongoose39uk, Seasider and John Stead, they post regularly on the forum. It's always worth a try. Quote Link to comment
Big Black Bunny Posted April 22, 2004 Share Posted April 22, 2004 As sidewallwolf says. But you could check all the profiles to see who has unactivated tb's listed. before emailing all 14 Quote Link to comment
+mongoose39uk Posted April 22, 2004 Share Posted April 22, 2004 I can confirm that I have no travel bugs. Cheers Tony Quote Link to comment
+Seasider Posted April 22, 2004 Share Posted April 22, 2004 As sidewallwolf says. But you could check all the profiles to see who has unactivated tb's listed. before emailing all 14 There is no such list! The system does not know who owns a TB tag until you activate it. Anyway, it's not me guv!! Cheers! Seasider Quote Link to comment
Deego Posted April 22, 2004 Share Posted April 22, 2004 Think he means the 14 people that have been to the cache. Somebody dropped it off Quote Link to comment
+KSWader Posted April 22, 2004 Share Posted April 22, 2004 If you are unable to find who owns the travel bug, you can send an email to "the powers that be" and they can get you an activation code so the travel bug can then be activated in the system. I have seen a past post where the owner of the TB lost the activation code and they were able to provide them with a code to log the bug. Hope you find the owner of the bug soon or become the "foster parent!" Ed Quote Link to comment
+Seasider Posted April 22, 2004 Share Posted April 22, 2004 Think he means the 14 people that have been to the cache. Somebody dropped it off I know what he meant but unactivated bugs ain't listed in your profile so there's no point looking! Cheers! Seasider Quote Link to comment
+Seasider Posted April 22, 2004 Share Posted April 22, 2004 If you are unable to find who owns the travel bug, you can send an email to "the powers that be" and they can get you an activation code so the travel bug can then be activated in the system. I have seen a past post where the owner of the TB lost the activation code and they were able to provide them with a code to log the bug. Hope you find the owner of the bug soon or become the "foster parent!" Ed A man with a plan!! Cheers! Seasider Quote Link to comment
Big Black Bunny Posted April 22, 2004 Share Posted April 22, 2004 Confirm I did mean just the 14 on list. Go to their profile select user stats, then click on the tb icon. This might not be any quicker than a mass email. And the unactivated ones are listed check out "bliss" Quote Link to comment
+Seasider Posted April 22, 2004 Share Posted April 22, 2004 Confirm I did mean just the 14 on list.Go to their profile select user stats, then click on the tb icon. This might not be any quicker than a mass email. And the unactivated ones are listed check out "bliss" No, those bugs are activated but not yet placed. Cheers! Seasider Quote Link to comment
+Seasider Posted April 22, 2004 Share Posted April 22, 2004 (edited) To give you an example - I've just activated one of the 5 unactivated tags I've got in my caching draw. If you look at my profile you will see an un-named bug and you can find it by typing in the tracking number xxxxxx (I'll remove this number from this forum later on). But you don't see the other 4! Cheers! Seasider Edited April 23, 2004 by Seasider Quote Link to comment
Big Black Bunny Posted April 22, 2004 Share Posted April 22, 2004 I had tried logging a tb from the "bond steet" cache by "bliss" although it is listed on his profile it came back as unactivated. I think some else has since pick it up and is having the same problem. Or maybe the owner has got there numbers muddle up? Quote Link to comment
+Seasider Posted April 22, 2004 Share Posted April 22, 2004 (edited) I had tried logging a tb from the "bond steet" cache by "bliss" althoughit is listed on his profile it came back as unactivated. I think some else has since pick it up and is having the same problem. Or maybe the owner has got there numbers muddle up? Strange! Maybe he has muddled the numbers up although I notice the top 4 on his profile do not have a release date but I can't see how he has managed to do that as the system forces you to put a date in. Have the techno-geeks any ideas as to how Bliss is showing 4 undated bugs in his profile?! Cheers! Seasider Edited April 22, 2004 by Seasider Quote Link to comment
+Seasider Posted April 22, 2004 Share Posted April 22, 2004 (edited) Have the techno-geeks any ideas as to how Bliss is showing 4 undated bugs in his profile?! Cheers! Seasider Right, I've managed to do it with another bug - apparently if you abort the last stage then you can bypass a release date. However, the bug is still activated - try xxxxxx (again I'll delete this later)! Right, enough of this I'm off to the pub!! Cheers! Seasider Edited April 23, 2004 by Seasider Quote Link to comment
Big Black Bunny Posted April 22, 2004 Share Posted April 22, 2004 why do I always get the weird ones? Maybe this was historic before the latest system. Any way It means were both right Quote Link to comment
+Pengy&Tigger Posted April 22, 2004 Author Share Posted April 22, 2004 I've emailed all the visitors now. If I get no response, Ill try to adopt it. If the powers that be don't let me adopt it I'll get a new tag for it so it can be sent on it's way. Tigger Quote Link to comment
+Volvo Man Posted April 22, 2004 Share Posted April 22, 2004 A man with a plan!! Panama Quote Link to comment
+Pengy&Tigger Posted April 23, 2004 Author Share Posted April 23, 2004 We have a happy ending to this one - the owner has just come forward. They had not activated it yet because they thought he wouldn't be found until the weekend. I guess they thought no-one was mental enough to be 1500ft up on winter hill on a weekday evening! Quote Link to comment
+Cave Troll and Eeyore Posted April 23, 2004 Share Posted April 23, 2004 Great to see all the good advice offered to Pengy & Tigger and a happy ending to boot Quote Link to comment
NeilFord Posted April 23, 2004 Share Posted April 23, 2004 And the moral of the story is.... activate your bugs either before you set out to place them or as soon as you get back. Geocachers are unpredictable people... assume one was at the cache 5 minutes after you were, even if it was a 3 day trek to reach it! ;-) Glad to hear this ended happily though. - Neil. Quote Link to comment
+Seasider Posted April 23, 2004 Share Posted April 23, 2004 I guess they thought no-one was mental enough to be 1500ft up on winter hill on a weekday evening! Didn't you drive up then?! Cheers! Seasider Quote Link to comment
+John Stead Posted April 23, 2004 Share Posted April 23, 2004 You probably wouldn't need to do John Stead Thanks! Quote Link to comment
+Haggis Hunter Posted April 26, 2004 Share Posted April 26, 2004 I guess they thought no-one was mental enough to be 1500ft up on winter hill on a weekday evening! They have obviously not met Ben Pid & Dan Wilson yet Quote Link to comment
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