Cache Maintenance and Ethical Questions

[Agent Splat]

I'm going to be heading out to my cache to do some maintenance today. Last time I checked on it, I barely got the Tupperware style container closed because it was so full. I want to replace it with an Ammo can today, but it might not hold everything either. My question is: Is it okay to remove some of the objects placed to allow some "room" in the cache? I plan on relocating the objects to another cache if that occurs.

 

Thanks,

--Marc

[+Prime Suspect]

I have a 35mm film can size micro-cache that's been around for a bit over a year. It was intended to be just a log book, and could maybe hold something very small to trade (like a coin). Cachers kept putting larger and larger items in it, and at some point, someone added a ziplok bag to hold the items. The downside is that the hiding place was really only big enough for the film can. What was once well hidden was now not hidden at all, and in danger of being plundered. So I took all the items from that cache, put them in a new cache, and returned the micro-cache to its intended state.

 

[mortonfox]

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Originally posted by Agent Splat:

 

either. My question is: Is it okay to remove some of the objects placed to allow some "room" in the cache? I plan on relocating the objects to another cache if that occurs.

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Sounds like a plan. It might also be good to post a note on your cache listing what you have removed in case the next seeker happens to be going for a particular item.

[+sbell111]

There is nothing wrong with removing items from your cache as you suggest. After all, it's yours.

 

[This message was edited by sbell111 on May 23, 2002 at 09:13 AM.]

[+LarsThorwald]

The maintenance is your responsibility, and therefore you should do what you see fit. These are quality problems!

 

Charlie

 

"One should never begin a journey by heading in the wrong direction."

[Agent Splat]

Thank you very much for putting my mind at ease! I upgraded it an hour or so ago with a nice ammo can, and listed the two items I removed, but will place into a new cache (or the next one or two I visit).

 

I was very happy to see my cache in such good condition. Yay!

 

Thanks again!

--Marc

[+Web-ling]

What I've done in the past is to pull excess items out of two of my caches, and used the items to create a new cache.

 

[+urbo]

this is an incredible hobby.. its one of the few hobbies i know of were people can use satellites to navigate yet cant read. the cant read part comes from the fact that people just dont follow instructions.

 

i would take the "offending" items out and note on your log that you removed the items because they didnt fit or didnt follow the theme or whatever.

 

dropping them at another cache may be an idea if theyre actually worth the trouble.

 

urbo

[+urbo]

this is an incredible hobby.. its one of the few hobbies i know of were people can use satellites to navigate yet cant read. the cant read part comes from the fact that people just dont follow instructions.

 

i would take the "offending" items out and note on your log that you removed the items because they didnt fit or didnt follow the theme or whatever.

 

dropping them at another cache may be an idea if theyre actually worth the trouble.

 

urbo

[Ozkar Wild]

I cant not beleive what is so funny or not about what you are sayieng.

[vagabond]

they are called functional illiterates.

We seem to have quite a few of them here in southern Cal

 

All who look are not lost

[vagabond]

they are called functional illiterates.

We seem to have quite a few of them here in southern Cal

 

All who look are not lost