Tb From A Cache It Was Not Logged At

[+Tremede]

Hi,

 

I'm a bit new to this, so I apologise if this is an obvious question (though I did try searching for an answer first and couldn't find one).

 

On a recent visit to a cache, I retrieved a TB, however when I came to log that I had it, I found it wasn't logged at the cache I got it from. The only option I had was to grab it from the last person who had it, it wouldn't let me say I got it from a cache?

 

When you look at its history now, it looks like I just grabbed it from another user and that it was never in that cache.

 

Is this correct?

 

Thanks,

 

Tremede.

[GrandpaCannon]

This is "correct" in that this is how the system is set up. What you can do is log the bug into the cache you got it out of and then log it back out again. This will show that the bug visited that cache and will reflect the mileage it traveled. The problem may have been that the placing cacher was on vacation at the time of the placement and did not have computer access to log the placement for a few days.

[+BlueDeuce]

Yep, that's correct. Sometimes people drop bug and haven't had time to drop it online. If possible give them a day or so to log it, but sometimes grabbing is the only option.

 

If you wish you could post a note dropping it in the cache you found it and then retrieve back out. There's no harm to the logging and at least the bug gets the actual mileage. Or don't worry about it and drop/log it into another cache as you normally would.

 

Edit: oops Cannonlaw beat me to it.

Edited October 9, 2004 by Elf Danach

[+AuntieWeasel]

I'm delighted to say, I just discovered that happened to one of mine.

 

It was listed as still in a local cache, but subsequent loggers have said it wasn't there. I thought she was lost forever, and I kicked myself for picking a nice dingus to attach the tag to.

 

But, no, someone's just logged her from Maine -- someone new and also puzzled that it made him "grab" it rather than "retrieve" it. She'd been MIA for about a month.

 

Hooray!

[+Charles Street Gang]

It was listed as still in a local cache, but subsequent loggers have said it wasn't there. I thought she was lost forever, and I kicked myself for picking a nice dingus to attach the tag to.

 

I sure hope that's what happened to Lone (Lonely) Sock TB in search of her mate. Maybe that is just the nature of socks "to go MIA".

[+Charles Street Gang]

It was listed as still in a local cache, but subsequent loggers have said it wasn't there. I thought she was lost forever, and I kicked myself for picking a nice dingus to attach the tag to.

 

I sure hope that's what happened to Lone (Lonely) Sock TB in search of her mate. Maybe that is just the nature of socks "to go MIA".

[+ZackJones]

Check the log book to see if someone dropped off the TB recently. It may be a case where someone dropped the TB off in the cache and hasn't gotten online yet to log dropping it off.

 

Zack

[+Renegade Knight]

I would of emailed the person who had the TB to give them a chance to offically drop of the Travel Bug. That way the bug's travels are correct. If that dosen't work then I'd grab it and log it into the cache I found it at, then take it from the cache. Then the travels are at least right even if the people aren't.