[GeoStL] Re: Trading question

  • From: "Eric East" <christianherper@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2006 14:47:06 -0600

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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


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> 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:
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>>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
>>
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