+PC Painter Posted November 14, 2004 Share Posted November 14, 2004 I found a TB today, that was placed in the cache yesterday and the placer hasn't logged it yet. Do I mess things up by logging it as a "grab", or should I wait for him logged it as "placed"? I can help it on it's way....in fact I'm taking it to it's goal next weekend! Quote Link to comment
+IV_Warrior Posted November 14, 2004 Share Posted November 14, 2004 Since you're not taking it to it's goal until next weekend, give the previous holder a couple days to log it. They could have been caching on a trip, or for some other reason not able to get to the website right away to log the drop. Quote Link to comment
+PC Painter Posted November 14, 2004 Author Share Posted November 14, 2004 Good idea, thanks. I'll mark the log on the cache, so people will know I already took it, but I won't log the actual bug, yet. Quote Link to comment
+TotemLake Posted November 14, 2004 Share Posted November 14, 2004 When you get within a day or two of your trip, send a message to the previous holder and advise of your intent to drop it along the way and ask him to log it in. Sometimes a nudge is all that's needed. In any case, make sure you write down the number on the tag. You'll need that to log your pickup so it is part of your inventory to drop off into another cache. Quote Link to comment
+Harry Dolphin Posted November 14, 2004 Share Posted November 14, 2004 I think that it is courteous to wait until the other person logs it. In fact, I think you should give a lot of leaway to the person dropping it off. My sister and I were hiking in New Hampshire. She dropped off a travel bug that she'd picked up in Maine. By the time she got home, someone had grabbed it from her. Allow at least a week. We're planning a cross-country geocache trip to Oregon next year. We won't have computer access until we get to Oregon. Give us a break! Hopefully, we'll move ten or fifteen bugs across the country. We would really appreciate being able to log them! Quote Link to comment
Keystone Posted November 15, 2004 Share Posted November 15, 2004 Moving this topic to the Forum of Unending Angst. Quote Link to comment
+Ambrosia Posted November 15, 2004 Share Posted November 15, 2004 Oh, it makes life so hard when someone logs a bug before it is placed. Been there many times. Quote Link to comment
+the hermit crabs Posted November 15, 2004 Share Posted November 15, 2004 We're planning a cross-country geocache trip to Oregon next year. We won't have computer access until we get to Oregon. Give us a break! Hopefully, we'll move ten or fifteen bugs across the country. We would really appreciate being able to log them! Try stopping at public libraries along the way -- it only takes a few minutes, and you won't have a week's worth of bug logs to try to catch up on. We've done that severla times while on vacation. Quote Link to comment
+Eartha Posted November 15, 2004 Share Posted November 15, 2004 "Trista the Tricer" is in the hands of KF6JAX. Give him time to log it as he just picked it up on the 10th, so probably just dropped it off right before you got to the cache. If he doesn't log it, you can send him a reminder via his profile page. But I think he will log it. He has moved a number of travel bugs in the past. Quote Link to comment
+PC Painter Posted November 15, 2004 Author Share Posted November 15, 2004 Thanks for all your helpful answers (Harry...you sounded a wee bit upset...was not my intention...just asking a question, since I'm new to this). I sent a friendly email to the placer of the TB, asking if I should wait, since I didn't know. He logged it a little bit ago, tonight. Thanks again, folks! Quote Link to comment
+Nero Posted November 15, 2004 Share Posted November 15, 2004 yep, logged it when i got home. that cache was first one i did today with my 2 boys, it was logged within 3-4 hours of dropping it. Quote Link to comment
+PC Painter Posted November 15, 2004 Author Share Posted November 15, 2004 yep, logged it when i got home. that cache was first one i did today with my 2 boys, it was logged within 3-4 hours of dropping it. Glad it all worked out OK, and hope you'll forgive my n00bness. I sent you a question about your GeoCoin that you left, through the site emailer. Oh...and if you ever meet WA6DBC while hamming, that's my dad. He goes through phases, and hasn't been on a bit. He's working on building his own ham radio....again...ha! He built his own before, but now he's doing it with newer technology....could take years (knowing him ). Quote Link to comment
+AuntieWeasel Posted November 15, 2004 Share Posted November 15, 2004 Moving this topic to the Forum of Unending Angst. Oi! You in the white smock! We aren't all that angsty in here, we just don't feel moved to post unless there's a problem. What do you want us to do, post threads like "picked up a TB today, took it on a field trip, had a great time, dropped it off...everything went off without a hitch, thanks"? Hm. Actually, I kind of wish people did that more often in here... Quote Link to comment
+BlueDeuce Posted November 15, 2004 Share Posted November 15, 2004 If you can hold the bug, try to wait at least three days before grabbing the bug from wherever. The real problem is when you can't hold the bug for long or you already physically moved the bug to another cache. Now it’s move twice without being logged. In those cases I give people 1 day tops Sometimes people will retrieve a bug before you had time to log it. That’s just the way it is. I would rather see a bug listed where it actually is, than be upset because I didn’t get the count on my stat page. Another bug will come along soon enough. ======================== I just released a new travel bug made from a keychain I found in a cache. There's my happy karma posting. Quote Link to comment
+AtlantaGal Posted November 21, 2004 Share Posted November 21, 2004 If I will have the bug in possession for a few days, I wait. If I won't and it's been 24 hours or more, I grab it and place/remove it into/from the cache that I found it so it gets it's miles. I think the thing I hate most is when you're caching all day in your home area and other cachers you personally know do a grab because they can't wait a few hours for you to return home to log your finds. I usually grab those bugs back and email the person. My personal rule is a 24-hour minimum wait. I cache on vacation too, but have a laptop and usually can log my finds and bugs within 24 hours regardless of where I am. Quote Link to comment
+Cabinwood Posted November 28, 2004 Share Posted November 28, 2004 Question -- I found a bug that wasn't logged into the cache in South Carolina. It says it's still in a different cache in SC. In looking at that cache, the bug was dropped in that cache in early October, then back in mid-october, there are logs saying the travel bug isn't there. I'll probably go caching again next weekend. If I do want to drop it off here in Georgia, and it's not logged into the cache I got it from yet, should I grab it from that other cache and post a note that I did??? Quote Link to comment
+ZackJones Posted November 28, 2004 Share Posted November 28, 2004 I'll probably go caching again next weekend. If I do want to drop it off here in Georgia, and it's not logged into the cache I got it from yet, should I grab it from that other cache and post a note that I did??? Yes, if it hasn't been logged properly since sometime in October odds are it isn't going to be logged. Go ahead and grab it. Quote Link to comment
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