- I agree, trade equal or up or not at all. As a cache placer, I have experienced first hand the frustration associated with having a cache (with items in $5 - $20 range) emptied by people who thought it would be ok to take whatever. One item left in trade was a broken cigarette. :-( Eric ----- Original Message ----- From: "Susan R. Makky" <susan@xxxxxxxxxx> To: <geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2006 2:16 PM Subject: [GeoStL] Re: Trading question > - > Geocaching For Dummies (I'm still a newbie, figured I needed it) states > that it is proper etiquette to trade up or equal. > > Mothership > > At 13:39 1/12/2006, you wrote: >>- >>I was recently in a discussion about geocaching on my homeschool list >>(international) and several of us were giving advice to a brand new >>geocacher (in Texas). I mentioned the trade equal or up thing and a >>geocacher from Nebraska said that that is not really expected. Is that >>just >>a regional thing, or am I so out of it now that I missed that trading up >>is >>no longer a big issue? It's been awhile since I spent a lot of time in the >>GC forums, but when I was there, there were always people griping about >>unequal trades. >>Jen aka nyisutter >> >>-- >>www.geocaching.com >>Where YOU are the search engine! >>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >>http://bookcrossing.com/referral/nyisutter >>where the ink hits the road >> >> >> >> **************************************** >> For List Info or To make _ANY_ changes, including unsubscribing from >> this >> list, click -----> //www.freelists.org/list/geocaching >> Missouri Caches Scheduled to be Archived http://tinyurl.com/87cqw > > > > > **************************************** > For List Info or To make _ANY_ changes, including unsubscribing from this > list, click -----> //www.freelists.org/list/geocaching > Missouri Caches Scheduled to be Archived http://tinyurl.com/87cqw > **************************************** For List Info or To make _ANY_ changes, including unsubscribing from this list, click -----> //www.freelists.org/list/geocaching Missouri Caches Scheduled to be Archived http://tinyurl.com/87cqw