+Mastifflover Posted January 13, 2005 Share Posted January 13, 2005 I have a tb that has been held since last June by this guy. I have emailed him several times with no response. He has been geocaching as recently as last week and still hasn't dropped my bug off. What else can I do? Link to comment
+The Neverlanders Posted January 13, 2005 Share Posted January 13, 2005 Try posting a note on the NYGO. I think I may have seen their geocaching name on that board and he lives in Vestal NY which would fall into their region. Other than that you could mark it as missing. Maybe they watch the bug page and would notice. Or you could find a replacement item and send it out with the copy tag. Good luck. Link to comment
+ibycus Posted January 13, 2005 Share Posted January 13, 2005 It is possible that he never got your e-mails and has simple forgotten about it. I have a feeling that lots of people use throw away accounts for their contact addresses (or maybe you aren't getting by his spam filters). Try posting to the bug page, and see if you can figure out another way to contact him. Link to comment
+AuntieWeasel Posted January 13, 2005 Share Posted January 13, 2005 Hm. Doesn't look like he makes a habit of pinching bugs (well, possibly a Jeep). What do you want to bet he lost it and he's embarrassed to tell you? Link to comment
WH Posted January 13, 2005 Share Posted January 13, 2005 I had a bug holder that did that once, I posted notes on all caches he owned, the bug was dropped off shortly thereafter. Link to comment
+Mastifflover Posted January 13, 2005 Author Share Posted January 13, 2005 I had a bug holder that did that once, I posted notes on all caches he owned, the bug was dropped off shortly thereafter. Good Idea, I am quickly approaching the not so friendly stage. Link to comment
+Renegade Knight Posted January 13, 2005 Share Posted January 13, 2005 If they cache with someone often an email to them to have them remind their friend they are holding a bug works. Link to comment
+ibycus Posted January 13, 2005 Share Posted January 13, 2005 I had a bug holder that did that once, I posted notes on all caches he owned, the bug was dropped off shortly thereafter. Good Idea, I am quickly approaching the not so friendly stage. I'd keep things friendly though. Maybe something along the line of "I'm sorry to have to try to contact you this way, but I tried through your profile, and got no answer. I'm concerned about the fate of my travel bug that you are currently holding. I would appreciate it if you could drop it in a cache ASAP, so he can get on his way. Thanks a million." On every one of his owned caches might do the trick. You never know why he's holding it. Reserve getting mean until you know what is going on. Until then it could be a simple mistake. Link to comment
+ibycus Posted January 13, 2005 Share Posted January 13, 2005 I had a bug holder that did that once, I posted notes on all caches he owned, the bug was dropped off shortly thereafter. Just did this with one of my bugs. my note was I'm sorry to have to try to contact you this way and I apologize to those of you watching the cache, but I tried through your profile, and got no answer (I'm guessing I'm not getting past your spam filters). I hope by posting a note here you *might* see it more readily. I'm concerned about the fate of my travel bug (Grover the Rover)that you are currently holding. I would appreciate it if you could drop it in a cache ASAP, so he can get on his way. Thanks a million. We'll see what kind of responce I get. Link to comment
+Eartha Posted January 13, 2005 Share Posted January 13, 2005 I had a bug holder that did that once, I posted notes on all caches he owned, the bug was dropped off shortly thereafter. Good Idea, I am quickly approaching the not so friendly stage. You'll get farther keeping it on a friendly tone. I did notice the wink. Link to comment
+The Leprechauns Posted January 13, 2005 Share Posted January 13, 2005 If they cache with someone often an email to them to have them remind their friend they are holding a bug works. This worked for me. The guy's friend rescued my daughter's travel bug and released it after 16 months in captivity. I especially recommend avoiding the hostile approach if the other cacher is even remotely close to being local to you. Bad juju often results. Link to comment
+Mastifflover Posted January 14, 2005 Author Share Posted January 14, 2005 Well I left a friendly toned note on one of his cach pages. I'll let you know if I get any response. Of course the evil side of me likes to think that I would really love to hijack his one and only tb that he has released. Bwaaaahaaaahaaaa. Link to comment
+ibycus Posted January 18, 2005 Share Posted January 18, 2005 Well it worked for me, at least I think it did. He says he'll place it in a cache this week Link to comment
+The Neverlanders Posted January 19, 2005 Share Posted January 19, 2005 (edited) Glad things worked out. You may want to go remove your notes from his cache pages since you have now made contact with him. Perhaps you already have and I am sticking my nose where it doesn't belong. Edited January 19, 2005 by The Neverlanders Link to comment
+Mastifflover Posted January 19, 2005 Author Share Posted January 19, 2005 Still hasn't worked for me. Link to comment
+ibycus Posted January 20, 2005 Share Posted January 20, 2005 Glad things worked out. You may want to go remove your notes from his cache pages since you have now made contact with him. Perhaps you already have and I am sticking my nose where it doesn't belong. Good thinking, but yep I'd already thought of it. Took me a little while to actually get through them (site was running a little slow at the time), but they're all gone.) (Grover's still not in a cache, but at least I have made contact...) Link to comment
+ibycus Posted January 20, 2005 Share Posted January 20, 2005 Well I left a friendly toned note on one of his cach pages. I actually left a note on *all* of his cache pages... Maybe that will get his attention... Link to comment
+Mastifflover Posted January 24, 2005 Author Share Posted January 24, 2005 Well I left a friendly toned note on one of his cach pages. I actually left a note on *all* of his cache pages... Maybe that will get his attention... Still no response and he logged on to the website Sat. I just left a note on all his cache pages. Maybe that will work. Link to comment
+sTeamTraen Posted January 24, 2005 Share Posted January 24, 2005 Perhaps he's lost it, and is too embarrassed to 'fess up ? Link to comment
+MickEMT Posted January 27, 2005 Share Posted January 27, 2005 If he dosnet put the TB back out soon, e-mail me and let me know the name of the bug. I'm a member of NYGO and could maybe ask him "innocently" about the bug. kinda " hey I've been looking for that bug, when will you be putting it out". Link to comment
+wolfe359 Posted January 30, 2005 Share Posted January 30, 2005 Just a quick question. How do you find all of the caches a person has placed. I've been wondering and this topic brings it up (great idea by the way) I haven't noticed a way to do that. Thanks, MTW Link to comment
+Mastifflover Posted January 30, 2005 Author Share Posted January 30, 2005 If he dosnet put the TB back out soon, e-mail me and let me know the name of the bug. I'm a member of NYGO and could maybe ask him "innocently" about the bug. kinda " hey I've been looking for that bug, when will you be putting it out". Thanks Mick, its been over a week since I posted a note on all his cache pages and still no response. I don't want to cause a rift between any local cachers just would like to know what happened to the tb. If he lost it fine, but just ignoring me is unacceptable. Link to comment
+strikeforce1 Posted January 30, 2005 Share Posted January 30, 2005 Just a quick question. How do you find all of the caches a person has placed. I've been wondering and this topic brings it up (great idea by the way) I haven't noticed a way to do that. Thanks, MTW Going OT Hey wolfe3569 You have to go to your My Cache Page, after you log into GC. Click on the “My Cache Page” tab on the left. About 4 lines down, top left corner, is a line that says “Lookup/Email another player”. Click on that line, it will open a new page. On the new page, there is a user fill in block, to "enter the players name" Ex.wolfe359 . When you press go you’ll get another page with a larger box. Next to the players name is “(view profile)”, click on the “view profile”. I know see a pic of you titled me.jpg[/bi] and that you’re a premium member as of 11/07/04. Now when I click on “User Stats” tab, it tells me you own 1 tb tag and you found 1 virt, and 26 regular caches. Now that I taught you this trick, you must go hide two caches , or your profile page will self destruct! Happy Caching! SF1 Link to comment
+MickEMT Posted January 31, 2005 Share Posted January 31, 2005 If he dosnet put the TB back out soon, e-mail me and let me know the name of the bug. I'm a member of NYGO and could maybe ask him "innocently" about the bug. kinda " hey I've been looking for that bug, when will you be putting it out". Thanks Mick, its been over a week since I posted a note on all his cache pages and still no response. I don't want to cause a rift between any local cachers just would like to know what happened to the tb. If he lost it fine, but just ignoring me is unacceptable. Don't worry, I'll handle it in a way that makes it look like I'm just after that particular TB. Link to comment
+Planet Posted January 31, 2005 Share Posted January 31, 2005 Or find a cache they logged and click on their name. Then check "user stats" on their profile page, that'll bring up the finds and hides. Link to comment
+zygote2k Posted January 31, 2005 Share Posted January 31, 2005 Maybe you should get a lawyer. If you are worried about a TB, you shouldn't have released it into the wilds. Link to comment
+Mastifflover Posted February 9, 2005 Author Share Posted February 9, 2005 Maybe you should get a lawyer. If you are worried about a TB, you shouldn't have released it into the wilds. Maybe you should just.... never mind. Link to comment
+Markwell Posted February 9, 2005 Share Posted February 9, 2005 Time for a really big stick? Link to comment
+ibycus Posted February 9, 2005 Share Posted February 9, 2005 Still no response and he logged on to the website Sat. I just left a note on all his cache pages. Maybe that will work. Any luck yet? Grover has finally actually made it back in to a cache after 4000+km and 6 or 7 months of travel from his last cache. Horray! Link to comment
+Joe Smith Posted February 9, 2005 Share Posted February 9, 2005 Time for a really big stick? wow, markwell read my mind Link to comment
+Mastifflover Posted February 9, 2005 Author Share Posted February 9, 2005 Still no response and he logged on to the website Sat. I just left a note on all his cache pages. Maybe that will work. Any luck yet? Grover has finally actually made it back in to a cache after 4000+km and 6 or 7 months of travel from his last cache. Horray! Nope. Still not a word. Link to comment
+ibycus Posted February 10, 2005 Share Posted February 10, 2005 Hmmm, maybe you can come up with a nice way to ask their fellow cachers about them? Sounds to me like he's lost it, and is too chicken to admit it... Link to comment
+MickEMT Posted February 10, 2005 Share Posted February 10, 2005 Like I said, let me know off list who it is and I'll see what I can do. Link to comment
+ibycus Posted February 10, 2005 Share Posted February 10, 2005 Actually there is a link in the original post to the guy's profile page... Link to comment
+Mastifflover Posted February 14, 2005 Author Share Posted February 14, 2005 A happy ending!! The cacher holding my bug gave it to another cacher and he dropped it in a cache today. Thanks for the ideas. Link to comment
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