ya know the items taken value oh 2 or 3 dollars geesh restock it and get on with it he will be found out soon enough ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Tomlinson" To: Sent: Sunday, May 04, 2003 12:13 PM Subject: RE: [Az-Geocaching] Cache Pirate on the loose: Here is how I will protect my caches > I don't think the issue of members only caches has been so much a > controversy as a sales pitch. It's sad that I cringed when I saw one of my > caches had been hit by the pirate. I wasn't as frustrated about being > plundered as I was in knowing I would have to sit through yet another sales > pitch for members only. > > Ken, you've made your point. Please let it go. > > CacheLess > > -----Original Message----- > From: az-geocaching-admin@listserv.azgeocaching.com > [mailto:az-geocaching-admin@listserv.azgeocaching.com] On Behalf Of Marc > Sent: Sunday, May 04, 2003 11:57 AM > To: listserv@azgeocaching.com > Subject: Re: [Az-Geocaching] Cache Pirate on the loose: Here is how I will > protect my caches > > > Sounds like a good idea on the surface, but the reality is "who is the > pirate?" Are they worth going after? I think we are all smart enough to > "trap" them if this would be the case. Are they even worth going after? > There has been much controversy over members only and don't think this > should be the driving force to put all of them in there. If the pirate > wants to continue to do this, I'm sure spending the $30.00 would not be > an issue for them. Anyone who would want to do something like this would > not stop for a mere $30.00. > > These are just my thoughts. They do not reflect the thoughts of anyone else. > > Tamo - > > > Ken Akerman wrote: > > > To Arizona Geocachers, > > > > It's sad to see that there apparently is a cache pirate > > on the loose. > > I thought his entries were a joke, because he stated that he was at > > two caches on Saturday that I visited in the morning (neither one was > > plundered at that time), but when I checked the log for Pushing Tin > > near Sky > > Harbor International Airport, I read that Azcachmeister > > had visited the > > cache this morning and reported that it indeed had been plundered. > > > > I am heading out to the Diamondbacks game in a short time, so on the > > way there I will stop at a cache that I visit frequently, Have Bug, > > Will Travel > > . I > > stopped there Saturday morning to get the only travel bug in it and I > > moved the travel bug to another cache in Pinal County later that day. > > Fortunately, if the pirate did clean out this cache, there were no > > travel bugs in it. > > > > In order to protect my traditional caches, I have made them all > > Members Only. This is to protect my own caches from plundering, as it > > appears the Cache Pirate is not a Geocaching.com Premium Member. I > > recommend that all cachers make your caches Members Only (and become a > > Premium Member if you are not a member) now to protect them from > > plundering. (Virtual caches cannot be plundered, so those are open to > > all). > > > > Since there are some new cachers who perhaps aren't sure if they want > > to pay the $30 annual fee to become a Premium Member, here is what I > > will do for you. If you want to find one of my Members Only caches, > > and you are not yet a Premium Member and have been an active geocacher > > for less than three months with fewer than 50 cache findings, then you > > could find one of my caches without becoming a Premium Member. To do > > this, send me an e-mail explaining what cache you would like to find, > > and I will respond with an e-mail listing the coordinates and a brief > > description. You could find the cache and sign the logbook in the > > cache, but you won't be able to log your finding on Geocaching.com > > until you become a Premium Member. > > > > This is available to new geocachers only (and obviously does not apply > > to the Cache Pirate). I hope this new personal policy is agreeable to > > all, and in my opinion will encourage Geocachers to become Premium > > Members without restricting access to geocaching by newcomers. > > > > Ken Akerman (a.k.a. Highpointer) > > > > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________ > Az-Geocaching mailing list listserv@azgeocaching.com > To edit your setting, subscribe or unsubscribe visit: > http://listserv.azgeocaching.com/mailman/listinfo/az-geocaching > > Arizona's Geocaching Resource > http://www.azgeocaching.com > > ____________________________________________________________ > Az-Geocaching mailing list listserv@azgeocaching.com > To edit your setting, subscribe or unsubscribe visit: > http://listserv.azgeocaching.com/mailman/listinfo/az-geocaching > > Arizona's Geocaching Resource > http://www.azgeocaching.com