+ICHTHYS Posted January 12, 2005 Share Posted January 12, 2005 Count me in. I belong to another site, not related to Geocaching, firearms actually, and they call this Karma. People give things away all of the time. I got a book and a DVD. People give away all sorts of stuff. Someone actually gave away a handgun once. Link to comment
+BlueSkyMI Posted January 12, 2005 Share Posted January 12, 2005 Put me in coach ditto!! ....and thanks Link to comment
+st3roadking Posted January 12, 2005 Share Posted January 12, 2005 I'm new to this also and that would be a nice tryout. sign me up! steve Link to comment
vivre Posted January 13, 2005 Share Posted January 13, 2005 Pick me! Pick me! I'm a newbie and I'm real cute. Link to comment
+TresOkies Posted January 13, 2005 Share Posted January 13, 2005 I'm a newbie and I'm real cute. Prove it. Link to comment
Smaug1 Posted January 13, 2005 Share Posted January 13, 2005 This is a good idea, and it reminds me of another good idea: Why not offer one month of free premium trial memberships to everyone who is signed up here? That way, people could get a taste of it and have a more educated decision on becoming a premium member on the pay basis... Link to comment
+2gether Posted January 13, 2005 Share Posted January 13, 2005 Enter me in the drawing, please. Thanks for your generosity. Link to comment
skillett Posted January 13, 2005 Share Posted January 13, 2005 (edited) Oh well, I guess I'll post something too.... Something Edited January 13, 2005 by rbezell Link to comment
+Vic303 Posted January 13, 2005 Share Posted January 13, 2005 I would like to give away a one time one month Premium Membership. Anyone that does not have a Premium Membership can sign up for the give away. Just post something here so I have your username for the drawing. I know it's not much of a give away being it only has a value of $3, but I'm doing it anyway. Not sure how long I will let the sign up run. I'm thinking a week or two at the most. Kind of depends on how active the sign up goes. Good luck to all that enter........ I'm in... Link to comment
+El Diablo Posted January 13, 2005 Share Posted January 13, 2005 This is a good idea, and it reminds me of another good idea: Why not offer one month of free premium trial memberships to everyone who is signed up here? That way, people could get a taste of it and have a more educated decision on becoming a premium member on the pay basis... I love creative marketing! You should join the Today's Cacher team. El Diablo Link to comment
+Milbank Posted January 13, 2005 Author Share Posted January 13, 2005 (edited) Why not offer one month of free premium trial memberships to everyone who is signed up here? If I could aford it I would. Edited to add: I maybe should have said this different. Even if the funds were there to be able to make this possible it would make my simple give away a lot more complicated. Just a reminder this give away is now for a full one year premium membership. and please no more offers or pledge to help with the give away. Thanks Edited January 13, 2005 by Milbank Link to comment
South Surrey Scavengers Posted January 14, 2005 Share Posted January 14, 2005 Something Link to comment
+DangerousDale Posted January 14, 2005 Share Posted January 14, 2005 I would like to give away a one time one month Premium Membership. Anyone that does not have a Premium Membership can sign up for the give away. Just post something here so I have your username for the drawing. I know it's not much of a give away being it only has a value of $3, but I'm doing it anyway. Not sure how long I will let the sign up run. I'm thinking a week or two at the most. Kind of depends on how active the sign up goes. Good luck to all that enter........ Something Speaking of which is the premium membership worth the money for newbies? I've read what it has but not sure if it would be right for me? Is there a way for them to give us like a grace period for newbies? I think that it might help with memberships if they gave like one month free to new members and then if they didn't want/need/use the service after that then the account might go back to being a normal account? Just a thought of course! Thanks for the offer, maybe if I get it I will be able to tell what the benefits are that makes sense to others. Dale Link to comment
team sartorius Posted January 14, 2005 Share Posted January 14, 2005 i would be grateful to win, count me in! Link to comment
+Phideo Posted January 14, 2005 Share Posted January 14, 2005 Put my name in the hat. Then pull it out Link to comment
+TresOkies Posted January 14, 2005 Share Posted January 14, 2005 Speaking of which is the premium membership worth the money for newbies? I've read what it has but not sure if it would be right for me? Is there a way for them to give us like a grace period for newbies? I think that it might help with memberships if they gave like one month free to new members and then if they didn't want/need/use the service after that then the account might go back to being a normal account? Just a thought of course! Thanks for the offer, maybe if I get it I will be able to tell what the benefits are that makes sense to others. Dale The value of a premium membership is in the eye of the beholder. What may be valuable to me, could be useless to you. Having said that... Generally speaking, the feature that most premium members use is Pocket Queries. These queries allow you to download up to 500 cache listings in one swoop. No screen scraping necessary. Coupled with GSAK, CacheMate or other software, this is a big time saver and good for finding the types of caches you want to find. Then there is the members-only cache feature. Some people think this is elitist, I think it has its' uses. I plan a MOC this spring to replace a regular cache that had been repeatedly misused. Finally, there is the Off-Topic forum that is available to paying members. This allows those people who want to talk about anything a place to do so. I've never looked in this forum, but since it showed up, the signal to noise ratio in the rest of the forums has generally gone up. Link to comment
team sartorius Posted January 14, 2005 Share Posted January 14, 2005 how many member caches vs. non member caches are active? Link to comment
uber_bike_geek Posted January 16, 2005 Share Posted January 16, 2005 Curses to being a poor high school kid without a job (yet) At this point I think my name will have to be added to a bucket... it seems that there are quite a few names... too many to fit in a hat! OK, I'll shut up now Happy Caching! Jeff Link to comment
kb7rzf Posted January 16, 2005 Share Posted January 16, 2005 Add me into the mix. :-) Thanks Link to comment
+Audion64 Posted January 16, 2005 Share Posted January 16, 2005 I never win anything but hey it sure would be nice to get a taste of what the Premium membership really get's you. I too like the idea of 'gift cards'... in the mean time maybe what you could do is leave a card with your email address and a code number, and an explaination of the offer. Whoever finds the card just have to email you to redeem the offer and you just have to manually pay for the premium account. Just a thought until if/when GC.com manages to implement the idea. Link to comment
+Ed & Julie Posted January 16, 2005 Share Posted January 16, 2005 I'm already a premium member, but would like to toss my buddie's hat into the ring for him. He had been caching since 2001 and is still a non-permium member for financial reasons...it would be cool for him. His profile: ka6aru (Jim) Link to comment
+dandylaurel Posted January 16, 2005 Share Posted January 16, 2005 I would love to be in your drawing Link to comment
+Milbank Posted January 16, 2005 Author Share Posted January 16, 2005 I'm going to give this a few more day's then draw a name at random. Anyone else that would like to sign up please do so now. Good luck to everyone. Link to comment
+CTKayak Posted January 16, 2005 Share Posted January 16, 2005 Adding my name, thanks. Link to comment
+ChicagoCanineCrew Posted January 16, 2005 Share Posted January 16, 2005 Great idea! thanks Link to comment
+Camo-crazed Posted January 16, 2005 Share Posted January 16, 2005 OH, "Pick Me, Pick Me!" No! pick me!! pick me!!! Link to comment
+marmetion Posted January 16, 2005 Share Posted January 16, 2005 ok, put me in....wait I already am a premium member, does that matter? Link to comment
tigerrag Posted January 16, 2005 Share Posted January 16, 2005 Please enter my name. Thanks! Link to comment
+CoolBreeze2513 Posted January 17, 2005 Share Posted January 17, 2005 Wow, can you enter me in the drawing please. It sure would be really neat to try the services before I actually by into the program. You are a very kind individual to offer such a drawing. One good dead always leads to another good dead. I am pretty sure everyone will remember this and possibly do another drawing like this. Thanks in advance. Link to comment
Mighty Tiggers Posted January 17, 2005 Share Posted January 17, 2005 Yup, please add me to the drawing. Thanks! Link to comment
+st3roadking Posted January 17, 2005 Share Posted January 17, 2005 Did i mention to put my name in the cache?! Just make sure its an easy find! lol st3roadking Link to comment
+CompuCash Posted January 17, 2005 Share Posted January 17, 2005 It's growwwing !!! see what you started? Nice idea - (no don't add me - just wanted to say it was a nice idea) Link to comment
+ClydeE Posted January 17, 2005 Share Posted January 17, 2005 Another don't add me. However, I would just like to applaud your generosity and innovation. May the geocaching gods smile upon you and good karma be your constant friend. Link to comment
+Milbank Posted January 18, 2005 Author Share Posted January 18, 2005 Last call for sign ups Looks like a week is going to be long enough for the sign up. Tuesday night I will pick a name at random. Good luck everyone! Link to comment
+Neuron Posted January 18, 2005 Share Posted January 18, 2005 This is a wonderful and generous idea - please sign me up! Link to comment
4x4van Posted January 18, 2005 Share Posted January 18, 2005 (edited) Don't add my name. Untill MOC's are eliminated, I don't want to "belong". I am, however, impressed that you are doing this, and wish all those who entered luck. Edited January 18, 2005 by 4x4van Link to comment
+Team_T&P Posted January 18, 2005 Share Posted January 18, 2005 I am in. Thanks for the offer Link to comment
+Milbank Posted January 18, 2005 Author Share Posted January 18, 2005 and the winner is........... Link to comment
Trinity's Crew Posted January 18, 2005 Share Posted January 18, 2005 (edited) Thanks! Count me in. I'm trying to decide whether to take the plunge and subscribe for a year. Winning this would let me try it out first! Just read the above post! After posting this, of course. Hope I'm no too late! Edited January 18, 2005 by Trinity's Crew Link to comment
+BalkanSabranje Posted January 18, 2005 Share Posted January 18, 2005 and the winner is........... Wait, wait, wait! I hadn't posted my "something" yet. Merci, BalkanSabranje Link to comment
+RoswellJam Posted January 18, 2005 Share Posted January 18, 2005 My name is here too! Link to comment
+Milbank Posted January 18, 2005 Author Share Posted January 18, 2005 Me too and the winner is top pin! Congrats Top pin, Check your email. I emailed you from your geocaching profile page. Link to comment
+Oakley1975 Posted January 19, 2005 Share Posted January 19, 2005 CONGRATS Top pin! I guess I will go buy mine now! Link to comment
+st3roadking Posted January 19, 2005 Share Posted January 19, 2005 (edited) Me too and the winner is top pin! Congrats Top pin, Check your email. I emailed you from your geocaching profile page. Wait, i have a Supreme court order for a recount. there is something wrong with the selecting method in which the odds are not in my favor. There must be a recount. lol steve but seriously, congrats top pin Edited January 19, 2005 by st3roadking Link to comment
+teepeeayy Posted January 19, 2005 Share Posted January 19, 2005 FIX! FIX! Is Top Pin from a Red State or a Blue State? DANG, now I'll havta go and pay for a premium membership! .......still gotta get me one of them avatar things....... Link to comment
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