Hi, All,
Someone asked me if there are "rules" about placing (or not placing) letterboxes in public areas where one has to pay a fee to enter - for example a zoo, or a big garden...that sort of thing. After some thought, I had to admit I was stymied. Anyone want to help me out?
john&kathy (goatkick)
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Etiquette
4 messages in this thread |
Started on 2007-03-18
Etiquette
From: johnandkathy grandfield (goatkicks@yahoo.com) |
Date: 2007-03-18 09:21:29 UTC-07:00
Re: Etiquette
From: trekkiegal1701d (kjnohr@yahoo.com) |
Date: 2007-03-18 16:25:53 UTC
It has been done, and I don't think there is a "rule" against it.
However, if you plant a box in such a location, make sure the clue
clearly states there is a fee involved. Also, AQ has a icon for this.
TG
--- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, johnandkathy grandfield
wrote:
>
> Hi, All,
> Someone asked me if there are "rules" about placing (or not
placing) letterboxes in public areas where one has to pay a fee to
enter - for example a zoo, or a big garden...that sort of thing. After
some thought, I had to admit I was stymied. Anyone want to help me out?
> john&kathy (goatkick)
>
>
> ---------------------------------
> TV dinner still cooling?
> Check out "Tonight's Picks" on Yahoo! TV.
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
However, if you plant a box in such a location, make sure the clue
clearly states there is a fee involved. Also, AQ has a icon for this.
TG
--- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, johnandkathy grandfield
>
> Hi, All,
> Someone asked me if there are "rules" about placing (or not
placing) letterboxes in public areas where one has to pay a fee to
enter - for example a zoo, or a big garden...that sort of thing. After
some thought, I had to admit I was stymied. Anyone want to help me out?
> john&kathy (goatkick)
>
>
> ---------------------------------
> TV dinner still cooling?
> Check out "Tonight's Picks" on Yahoo! TV.
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
RE: [LbNA] Etiquette
From: xxxxxxxx (BrighidFarm@comcast.net) |
Date: 2007-03-18 12:12:00 UTC-05:00
Personally, I would make sure to put a note in the clues if there was a fee,
so folks can choose whether or not they want to pay the fee before driving
to the place and getting surprised. There are two boxes in a park in Lake
County, IL and altho it's a public park, they charge a fee to non-Lake
County residents. I don't know if the clues reflect that or not, but they
didn't reflect that when I went looking for the boxes way back when, and it
just would've been nicer if I'd known that ahead of time. I emailed the
placer with the suggestion but got no reply back.
Keep in mind that, sometimes, if an entrance fee is attached to a place, it
also might be a place that is stricter about enforcing rules against things
like letterboxes, since it's considered public but private property. If a
placer doesn't have permission to place a box, some places have been known
to consider it "trespassing" to place a box on their grounds, and will
sometimes threaten prosecution. So, if the placer doesn't have permission,
the searchers need to be sneakysneakysneaky. I think zoos, which tend to
attract families and have a more casual feel to the place, might be better
about such things than formal gardens might be. And places like museums
often tend to be anxious about such things because of 9/11 fallout.
~~ Mosey ~~
-----Original Message-----
From: letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com
[mailto:letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com]On Behalf Of johnandkathy
grandfield
Sent: Sunday, March 18, 2007 11:21 AM
To: letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [LbNA] Etiquette
Hi, All,
Someone asked me if there are "rules" about placing (or not placing)
letterboxes in public areas where one has to pay a fee to enter - for
example a zoo, or a big garden...that sort of thing. After some thought, I
had to admit I was stymied. Anyone want to help me out?
john&kathy (goatkick)
so folks can choose whether or not they want to pay the fee before driving
to the place and getting surprised. There are two boxes in a park in Lake
County, IL and altho it's a public park, they charge a fee to non-Lake
County residents. I don't know if the clues reflect that or not, but they
didn't reflect that when I went looking for the boxes way back when, and it
just would've been nicer if I'd known that ahead of time. I emailed the
placer with the suggestion but got no reply back.
Keep in mind that, sometimes, if an entrance fee is attached to a place, it
also might be a place that is stricter about enforcing rules against things
like letterboxes, since it's considered public but private property. If a
placer doesn't have permission to place a box, some places have been known
to consider it "trespassing" to place a box on their grounds, and will
sometimes threaten prosecution. So, if the placer doesn't have permission,
the searchers need to be sneakysneakysneaky. I think zoos, which tend to
attract families and have a more casual feel to the place, might be better
about such things than formal gardens might be. And places like museums
often tend to be anxious about such things because of 9/11 fallout.
~~ Mosey ~~
-----Original Message-----
From: letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com
[mailto:letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com]On Behalf Of johnandkathy
grandfield
Sent: Sunday, March 18, 2007 11:21 AM
To: letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [LbNA] Etiquette
Hi, All,
Someone asked me if there are "rules" about placing (or not placing)
letterboxes in public areas where one has to pay a fee to enter - for
example a zoo, or a big garden...that sort of thing. After some thought, I
had to admit I was stymied. Anyone want to help me out?
john&kathy (goatkick)
Re: [LbNA] Etiquette
From: FM Girl (meadow.walk@gmail.com) |
Date: 2007-03-19 10:32:56 UTC-05:00
I've gone and found leterboxes at places where there was a fee to
enter. The clues just clearly stated the hours open, and told the
amount of admission, so you know up front. I also think it depends on
amount -- $3-5 is not a big deal for me, but a family with 3 kids
might need to budget for the outing. So try to pick places not too
expensive. :-) I also saw a Boars Head series this past Dec and you
could only get the last one in the set by attending the Boars Head,
which involved buying a ticket to the show, IIRC. I still would have
gone to get it, if my own Boars Head had not conflicted with it.
There is a box near me I would like to get, but it is a Kiddlieland,
an amusement park with a $20 admission price. And I can't go on most
of the rides. So I won't be getting that one any time soon.
I don't have a problem supporting place slike zoos and museums and
such with my admission fee, and I enjoy being sent on treks to these
places and having an excuse to go see them. If people can't swing the
admission price, then thye will have to skip that box.
--F.Mystic
On 3/18/07, johnandkathy grandfield wrote:
>
>
> Hi, All,
> Someone asked me if there are "rules" about placing (or not placing)
> letterboxes in public areas where one has to pay a fee to enter - for
> example a zoo, or a big garden...that sort of thing. After some thought, I
> had to admit I was stymied. Anyone want to help me out?
> john&kathy (goatkick)
> --
=============
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My ScrapBlog -- http://www.myscrapblog.com/Epinoia/
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"Many are the wand bearers, few are the Bakkhoi."
enter. The clues just clearly stated the hours open, and told the
amount of admission, so you know up front. I also think it depends on
amount -- $3-5 is not a big deal for me, but a family with 3 kids
might need to budget for the outing. So try to pick places not too
expensive. :-) I also saw a Boars Head series this past Dec and you
could only get the last one in the set by attending the Boars Head,
which involved buying a ticket to the show, IIRC. I still would have
gone to get it, if my own Boars Head had not conflicted with it.
There is a box near me I would like to get, but it is a Kiddlieland,
an amusement park with a $20 admission price. And I can't go on most
of the rides. So I won't be getting that one any time soon.
I don't have a problem supporting place slike zoos and museums and
such with my admission fee, and I enjoy being sent on treks to these
places and having an excuse to go see them. If people can't swing the
admission price, then thye will have to skip that box.
--F.Mystic
On 3/18/07, johnandkathy grandfield
>
>
> Hi, All,
> Someone asked me if there are "rules" about placing (or not placing)
> letterboxes in public areas where one has to pay a fee to enter - for
> example a zoo, or a big garden...that sort of thing. After some thought, I
> had to admit I was stymied. Anyone want to help me out?
> john&kathy (goatkick)
> --
=============
2006 CKU-A Chicago Alum
My ScrapBlog -- http://www.myscrapblog.com/Epinoia/
Cross Stitch Projects -- http://community.webshots.com/user/epinoia
News and Notes -- http://meadowwalk.blogspot.com/
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"Many are the wand bearers, few are the Bakkhoi."