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thekennelat79
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PostPosted: Tue Oct 26, 2010 9:09 pm    Post subject: Trackable Item "Amnesty Service" Reply with quote

It’s undeniable that quite a few Trackable Items go missing on their
travels.
Some are stolen, some go missing from Muggled caches, and some just
disappear.

From reading the forums, it has become apparent that some of the
Trackables have become genuinely and honestly “mislaid”, rather than stolen.

We've all seen or heard of this sort of thing.
Somebody picks up a Trackable from a cache, in good faith, and fully intends to move it along fairly quickly.
6 or 9 months later, they are genuinely surprised to find it tucked away
inside a caching bag, in the car, or in the bottom of a coat pocket.

What do they do with it?
Most cachers would want to return it to circulation, rather than throw
it away.
But how do they put it back without causing themselves any embarrassment?
They can quietly slip it into a cache, without logging their visit, but this
can often lead to confusion especially if an inexperienced cacher finds the
item.

Several cachers have been discussing the possibility of setting up an
"Amnesty Service" which would operate something like this..........
Anyone who suddenly "finds" a Trackable in their possession could put it in
an envelope and send it to a given "Amnesty" address.
This could, of course, be a totally anonymous method with no way of knowing the sender.

No questions could be asked as to the origin of the item and the sender’s
conscience would then be clear.
The Trackable could then be placed back into circulation by the "Amnesty
Man", using a wide spread of caches across an area.

Having had several of my own Trackables go missing, I can sympathise with those cachers who have seen their treasured, (and often expensive), items disappear into the unknown.

I think that this “Amnesty Service” is an excellent idea, and I am prepared
to openly support it.
So, after much discussion, I have indicated that I am willing to act as
the ”Amnesty Man”, and give out my home address on this forum.

The address to be used for this service is………..

79 Froxfield Road
Havant
Hants.
PO9 5PW

Groundspeak have been made aware of the "Amnesty Service" and have said that they have no objection to it.
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PostPosted: Tue Oct 26, 2010 11:23 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

In principle a reasonable idea, but personally, I don't see why someone can't genuinely e-mail the owner and admit to losing/finding a trackable. If it's been found, then just pop it in the next cache.

I thought I'd lost one last year and after hunting high and low for a few weeks, e-mailed the owner, only for it to appear in a cache I'd visited on the day I'd found it and had forgotten my actions (phew!). The owner appreciated that I'd come clean and we were both happy when it turned up safe and well, of course.

Another instance is one of mine which went 7 miles to its 2nd cache and hasn't been seen since. If the next person to have found the cache before its owner did a maintenance check did take it and subsequently finds it tucked down the back of an armchair or something, I won't be cross if they just e-mail me and get it back in action.

Others might want to hide behind anonymity, but let's face it - we're already pretty anonymous on here unless we choose to be otherwise...

Good luck if it takes off though.

Cool
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