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Wildlifewriter Founder member
Joined: 04 Aug 2005 Posts: 948 Location: Norn Iron
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Posted: Wed Oct 05, 2005 7:52 pm Post subject: What's the etiquette, here? |
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I'm not a happy bunny.
That's to say: up until 7 o'clock this evening I was happy enough - but since then, I'm very unhappy indeed.
That was when I found out about this new cache: GCQVFQ which has just been approved.
It's on a river towpath, midway between the start waypoint and the final location of one of my puzzle caches: Luke's Last cache The owner (it appears), logged a find on my cache, thought to himself "This is a nice place...", walked three hundred yards back down the path and hid one of his own - using the same hide method as mine.
Am I right to be upset about this? Am I right to be even more upset, because it also looks like this is yet another b____y holiday cache?
What would YOU do?
Here's a map of the layout: Another cache, GCGNNC is even closer but it's on the other side of a river, which cannot be crossed at this point.
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Naefearjustbeer Founder member
Joined: 20 Sep 2005 Posts: 118
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Posted: Wed Oct 05, 2005 8:08 pm Post subject: |
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perfectly justified in being a bit upset I would say. _________________ www.naefearjustbeer.co.uk |
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Mrs I Member
Joined: 03 Oct 2005 Posts: 284 Location: Falkirk, Scotland
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Posted: Wed Oct 05, 2005 8:17 pm Post subject: |
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Yep totally justified to be annoyed. What about contacting the approver as well as the owner and politely making your feelings known. Worse they can do is just ignore you _________________ Carol
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Naefearjustbeer Founder member
Joined: 20 Sep 2005 Posts: 118
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Posted: Wed Oct 05, 2005 8:56 pm Post subject: |
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Just hope the river bursts its banks this winter and washes it away, If its a holiday cache he will have to archive it. _________________ www.naefearjustbeer.co.uk |
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the windsockers Founder member
Joined: 05 Sep 2005 Posts: 77 Location: Co Fingal
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Posted: Wed Oct 05, 2005 9:08 pm Post subject: |
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i'd be P***** off too they could have even done the decent thing and let you know that a cache was planed |
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HighlandNick Founder member
Joined: 30 Aug 2005 Posts: 635 Location: Highlands, Scotland
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Posted: Wed Oct 05, 2005 9:26 pm Post subject: |
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TPTB are supposed to weed out holiday caches - unless there is a local maintaining it?
What would Eck and Lac say about it I wonder? Have you tried them?? |
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Wildlifewriter Founder member
Joined: 04 Aug 2005 Posts: 948 Location: Norn Iron
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Posted: Wed Oct 05, 2005 9:37 pm Post subject: |
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HighlandNick wrote: | TPTB are supposed to weed out holiday caches - unless there is a local maintaining it? |
I can't prove that it's a holiday cache - but the owner seems to have done most of his previous finds on Tyneside.
Quote: | What would Eck and Lac say about it I wonder? Have you tried them?? |
I've sent a polite (well, fairly polite) e-mail to the owner, with a copy to Eckington. I know what Eckington will say already, though:
"It's not a holiday cache, because the owner visits Ireland now and again. It's not against the guidelines because the two caches are more than 500ft apart.
Lame caches aren't against the guidelines either, so there's nothing I can do."
Poo.
-Wlw |
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HighlandNick Founder member
Joined: 30 Aug 2005 Posts: 635 Location: Highlands, Scotland
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Posted: Wed Oct 05, 2005 9:42 pm Post subject: |
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Send the boys round - to the cache site that is....... |
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allieballie Founder member
Joined: 29 Aug 2005 Posts: 296 Location: Fife
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Posted: Wed Oct 05, 2005 9:48 pm Post subject: |
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Take it you haven't bagged yet then?! |
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allieballie Founder member
Joined: 29 Aug 2005 Posts: 296 Location: Fife
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Posted: Wed Oct 05, 2005 9:59 pm Post subject: |
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I have extra caches along three of my multis... but the extra caches have been set by me...
I did ask myself permission and it was gratefully given. |
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HighlandNick Founder member
Joined: 30 Aug 2005 Posts: 635 Location: Highlands, Scotland
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Posted: Wed Oct 05, 2005 10:14 pm Post subject: |
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I reckon WLW is just a GOM (work it out)
Welcome to the club!!
(I've read his logs for another nearby cache, Lady Dixon.... ) |
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Posted: Wed Oct 05, 2005 11:53 pm Post subject: |
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Duplicating the location is bad enough but blowing the hiding method of a puzzle for anyone unfortunate enought to do them in the wrong order is the worst kind of "me too" cache. I do hope is doesn't get muggled because holiday caches are notorious for being archived from lack of maintenance. |
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Wildlifewriter Founder member
Joined: 04 Aug 2005 Posts: 948 Location: Norn Iron
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Posted: Wed Oct 05, 2005 11:58 pm Post subject: |
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mckryton wrote: | Duplicating the location is bad enough but blowing the hiding method of a puzzle for anyone unfortunate enought to do them in the wrong order is the worst kind of "me too" cache. |
To be fair, it doesn't wholly compromise the puzzle - but it pretty much indicates which direction to take.
-Wlw. |
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Haggis Hunter Founder member
Joined: 29 Aug 2005 Posts: 2487 Location: The building site formally known as Edinburgh!
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Posted: Thu Oct 06, 2005 9:07 am Post subject: |
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I too would be cheesed off, it's just ignorant to place a cache within anothers multi, espescially when he completed it first.
Talking of holiday caches, although the owner says they are not, I reckon this cache and this one are very much holiday caches!! I think he said his female relative who lives on the Isle of Lewis, who isn't a cacher would go and service them if need be, AYE RIGHT!! _________________ Let me know if I say anything that offends you
I might want to offend you again later |
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Firth of Forth Founder member
Joined: 29 Aug 2005 Posts: 1493 Location: East Lothian, Scotland
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Posted: Thu Oct 06, 2005 9:42 am Post subject: |
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mckryton wrote: | I do hope is doesn't get muggled because holiday caches are notorious for being archived from lack of maintenance. |
There's a message for you Wlw. _________________ Utterly smitten by a Captain
And now Mrs Aubrey |
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