[Az-Geocaching] What should I do when a geocacher looses my TB?

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Hello IFISHAZ (Dennis P.) here,
Unfortunately I have had two travel bugs lost by geocachers who had
retrieved them from caches. Anyone have any suggestions as to what I =
could
do next? It seems to me (as a relatively new cacher) to be a waste of =
money
to buy TB's that if they get lost are just gone (both bugs were lost in
their first months of life, one wasn't even a complete month old). Any
suggestions would be appreciated.

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By sheer coincidence I received an email last night from a cacher who =
picked
up one of my TBs last November! I had emailed him a couple of times in =
the
past but never got a response until now. He was quite apologetic, and he =
has
promised to put it back in play very soon.

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My suggestions:

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1.	Never give up a TB for dead until and unless you have proof positive
that it is gone.
2.	If you're convinced your TB will never again see the light of day,
you can always "drop" it in the Travel Bug Graveyard (GC72A8)
(http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=3Dd95385c7-cfe2-4=
7ef-b
232-94e7818cbaa8). If it does turn up later, you can retrieve it from =
this
site. This assumes you (still) have the TB ID number.
3.	Try emailing the cacher who last took the TB. I think many TBs get
lost when people grab them and then lost interest in the game. Maybe a
friendly reminder will at least get them out one more time to put the TB
back in play.
4.	I'm convinced that TBs without specific destinations have much
better and more frequent travels.
5.	Finally, you have to be realistic and think of TBs as one of those
animal species you see on National Geographic specials where many are =
born
but few survive their first year. If that's disturbing to you, then =
don't
spend any more money on TB dog tags.

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Steve

Team Tierra Buena


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<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'margin-left:.5in'><font size=3D2 =
face=3DArial><span
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Hello IFISHAZ (Dennis P.) =
here,<br>
Unfortunately I have had two travel bugs lost by geocachers who had =
retrieved
them from caches. Anyone have any suggestions as to what I could do =
next? It
seems to me (as a relatively new cacher) to be a waste of money to buy =
TB's
that if they get lost are just gone (both bugs were lost in their first =
months
of life, one wasn't even a complete month old). Any suggestions would be
appreciated.</span></font></p>

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<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 color=3Dnavy face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>By sheer coincidence I received an =
email
last night from a cacher who picked up one of my TBs last November! I =
had
emailed him a couple of times in the past but never got a response until =
now. He
was quite apologetic, and he has promised to put it back in play very =
soon.</span></font></p>

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style=3D'font-size:
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<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 color=3Dnavy face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>My suggestions:</span></font></p>

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 <li class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'color:navy'><font size=3D2 color=3Dnavy =
face=3DArial><span
     style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Never give up a TB for =
dead
     until and unless you have proof positive that it is =
gone.</span></font></li>
 <li class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'color:navy'><font size=3D2 color=3Dnavy =
face=3DArial><span
     style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>If you&#8217;re =
convinced your
     TB will never again see the light of day, you can always =
&#8220;drop&#8221;
     it in the Travel Bug Graveyard (GC72A8) &nbsp;(<a
     =
href=3D"http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=3Dd95385c7=
-cfe2-47ef-b232-94e7818cbaa8">http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_detail=
s.aspx?guid=3Dd95385c7-cfe2-47ef-b232-94e7818cbaa8</a>).
     If it does turn up later, you can retrieve it from this site. This =
assumes
     you (still) have the TB ID number.</span></font></li>
 <li class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'color:navy'><font size=3D2 color=3Dnavy =
face=3DArial><span
     style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Try emailing the =
cacher who
     last took the TB. I think many TBs get lost when people grab them =
and then
     lost interest in the game. Maybe a friendly reminder will at least =
get
     them out one more time to put the TB back in =
play.</span></font></li>
 <li class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'color:navy'><font size=3D2 color=3Dnavy =
face=3DArial><span
     style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>I&#8217;m convinced =
that TBs
     without specific destinations have much better and more frequent =
travels.</span></font></li>
 <li class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'color:navy'><font size=3D2 color=3Dnavy =
face=3DArial><span
     style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Finally, you have to =
be realistic
     and think of TBs as one of those animal species you see on National
     Geographic specials where many are born but few survive their first =
year. If
     that&#8217;s disturbing to you, then don&#8217;t spend any more =
money on TB
     dog tags.</span></font></li>
</ol>

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<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 color=3Dnavy face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:
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