[Az-Geocaching] Cache Pirate on the loose: Here is how I will protect my caches

[Team Evil Fish]

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" <billtomlinson@qwest.net>
To: <listserv@azgeocaching.com>
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
> > <http://www.geocaching.com/profile/default.asp?A=121309>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
> > <http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?ID=67154> near Sky
> > Harbor International Airport, I read that Azcachmeister
> > <http://www.geocaching.com/profile/default.asp?A=88519>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
> > <http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?ID=13581>.  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)
> >
> >
>
>
>
>
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