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CT/MA missing boxes??

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CT/MA missing boxes??

From: Laura Holland (lbholland@highstream.net) | Date: 2002-07-10 10:10:47 UTC-04:00
My husband and I started letterboxing a few months ago, and since then we've found 38 boxes, placed 2, and missed 5.  I was wondering how we should go about notifying others of lost boxes.  It looks like people post their misadventures here, but are we also supposed to contact the owners of the box?  What if we don't have contact info?  Do we contact the webmasters?  When we place boxes, should we give an email address with the clues so folks can contact us with problems?  Just wanted to figure out the most expedient way of notifying others about problems.
 
We've had a great time letterboxing thus far, with relatively few bad experiences.  Even when we couldn't find the box, it was still worth it for the nice walk.  The boxes we had trouble with were:
 
--Bunny in the Briar Patch (mystery box in MA... I think this got pulled off the website after we went looking for it)
--Fairy Pool (Glastonbury, CT)... I know the box is there, but we couldn't find it and I sprained my ankle on the slippery rocks (hazard of the sport, I suppose!)
--Mt. Higby (Middletown, CT)... I'm fairly certain we found the spot it should have been... there was a pile of suspicious looking rocks, but no letterbox.
--"George" (part of the Beatles series in Essex, CT)...we found all the others of this series, but couldn't find Georgie after searching for quite a while.
--the "Witches Treasure" (follow the clues from several letterboxes at Chatfield Hollow, CT)... searched and searched in what appeared to be the correct spot, but couldn't find it... found all the others at this park... maybe the treasure was simply exhausted?
 
To all you fellow letterboxers:
 
Thanks for all the fun!
Check out my two boxes in Chester, CT (Pattaconk Reservoir Walk... posted on the newsgroup, but not up on the site yet).
 
To the webmasters:
 
Thanks for the lovely web pages!  I think the LBNA web page is very well done, with nice graphics.
 
--Laura, "Little La"
 
 
 

Re: [LbNA] CT/MA missing boxes??

From: Tom Cooch (tcooch@sover.net) | Date: 2002-07-10 12:41:13 UTC-04:00
Laura,
 
If you are able to contact the owner of the box, that is the best method. Otherwise, post it to this list. I'd suggest putting the name of the missing box in the subject to maybe get the owner's attention.
 
Sending it to the webmasters won't help. They will only remove clues or put up notices on the clue page at the owner's request.
 
Tom
 
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Subject: [LbNA] CT/MA missing boxes??

My husband and I started letterboxing a few months ago, and since then we've found 38 boxes, placed 2, and missed 5.  I was wondering how we should go about notifying others of lost boxes.  It looks like people post their misadventures here, but are we also supposed to contact the owners of the box?  What if we don't have contact info?  Do we contact the webmasters?  When we place boxes, should we give an email address with the clues so folks can contact us with problems?  Just wanted to figure out the most expedient way of notifying others about problems.
 
We've had a great time letterboxing thus far, with relatively few bad experiences.  Even when we couldn't find the box, it was still worth it for the nice walk.  The boxes we had trouble with were:
 
--Bunny in the Briar Patch (mystery box in MA... I think this got pulled off the website after we went looking for it)
--Fairy Pool (Glastonbury, CT)... I know the box is there, but we couldn't find it and I sprained my ankle on the slippery rocks (hazard of the sport, I suppose!)
--Mt. Higby (Middletown, CT)... I'm fairly certain we found the spot it should have been... there was a pile of suspicious looking rocks, but no letterbox.
--"George" (part of the Beatles series in Essex, CT)...we found all the others of this series, but couldn't find Georgie after searching for quite a while.
--the "Witches Treasure" (follow the clues from several letterboxes at Chatfield Hollow, CT)... searched and searched in what appeared to be the correct spot, but couldn't find it... found all the others at this park... maybe the treasure was simply exhausted?
 
To all you fellow letterboxers:
 
Thanks for all the fun!
Check out my two boxes in Chester, CT (Pattaconk Reservoir Walk... posted on the newsgroup, but not up on the site yet).
 
To the webmasters:
 
Thanks for the lovely web pages!  I think the LBNA web page is very well done, with nice graphics.
 
--Laura, "Little La"
 
 
 

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Re: [LbNA] CT/MA missing boxes??

From: (lbholland@highstream.net) | Date: 2002-07-11 10:48:19 UTC-04:00
Tom and Aili:
 
Thanks for the feedback about my questions.  You're all such nice folks...
 
Aili-- I absolutely adored your Black Knight and Guinevere boxes.  The stamps are beautiful.  Nice research and story, too.  Both boxes were in good order when I visited them on 6/21/02.
 
--Laura