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11/29/2009 at 3:16 pm #1729187
RSplash40
Received a email via gc.com today from a cacher in europe: Moviefan noting that I just picked up a white jeep TB and was hoping I’d ship it to them as there are only 3 he’s ever seen.

Looks legit, he’s got about the same finds I do and is offering to pay for post.

I’ve sent tb’s across the state before but never across the big pond… the tb isn’t one of the original white jeeps, it must’ve lost its original one a while ago and someone replaced it with a bigger jeep painted camo-ish.
11/29/2009 at 3:19 pm #1917340
Trekkin and Birdin
Maybe ask him first if he still wants to see it, since it’s not one of the originals. If he’s offering postage costs, sounds legit. Wonder how he spotted that particular jeep, though.
11/29/2009 at 5:25 pm #1917341
marc_54140
Go ahead – jump in and get your feet wet!
11/30/2009 at 9:32 pm #1917342
TyeDyeSkyGuy
I’ve still have never seen a white jeep TB. Got the other three though.
11/30/2009 at 9:40 pm #1917343
RSplash40
@TyeDyeSkyGuy wrote:

I’ve still have never seen a white jeep TB. Got the other three though.

I think the original white jeep went missing on this one and tehy replaced it with a bigger and “aftermarket” paint job on this one.

Good shot I’ll be down by you thursday or friday this week, I can drop it in a cache down there.
12/01/2009 at 5:21 am #1917344
Miata
Here are 7 I used to have….
12/01/2009 at 12:31 pm #1917345
Trekkin and Birdin
I’ve seen a few white ones, but never a yellow one.
12/01/2009 at 1:44 pm #1917346
zuma
@Trekkin’ and Birdin’ wrote:

I’ve seen a few white ones, but never a yellow one.

It has been a while since I saw a yellow one. Rare as hen’s teeth now.

I have a white one right now that I plan to put out in the next cache that I plant.

z
12/01/2009 at 1:57 pm #1917347
Buy_The_Tie
I’ve been collecting them on my kitchen floor. The wife is getting really sick of walking around them.

(just kidding)
12/01/2009 at 1:59 pm #1917348
Buy_The_Tie
@Miata wrote:

Here are 7 I used to have….

Did you mean 8? I see 7 little ones, and one big fuzzy one.
12/01/2009 at 2:16 pm #1917349
Lostby7
I can’t remember the last time I saw a Jeep in a cache…actually all bugs and coins seem to be in decline….or is it me?
12/01/2009 at 3:39 pm #1917350
seldom|seen
Nice to see these when they do show up rarely. I think more of them end up in personal collections than stay moving around actively, which is a shame.

I am also sympathetic to Jeeps that end up in difficult caches as “enticement” since many of them end up sitting there for months on end which kind of defeats the purpose. They a re “TRAVEL” bugs after all.

Now, I know it’s nice to see a little line of Jeep icons on your cache listing, but what does that say about the cache owner, except that they like to go out of their way to make their cache look special. This is all well and good for them, but not for the Jeep owners who want to see them move. On the other hand, if a cache owner is swapping them out and keeping them moving, that’s another story and very commendable.

In summary, don’t horde them and keep them moving!
12/01/2009 at 6:07 pm #1917351
labrat_wr
Actually, the Jeep TBs are all “owned” by Jeep corporation.
I am sure there are those out there that are being “watched” by the person that released them but they don’t really “own” them.

Perhaps that is why they are not treated the same way other TBs are 😕

Disclaimer : Always answering to a higher power.
12/01/2009 at 11:23 pm #1917352
Smashing Ground
well i once discovered a white one and its now in here GC12DBW along with 24 other jeeps, it looks like the ecorangers are cornering the market.
also there is a green one at the cache on the side of my house right now.
always fun to see one out there though.
12/02/2009 at 1:59 am #1917353
seldom|seen
@labrat_wr wrote:

Actually, the Jeep TBs are all “owned” by Jeep corporation.
I am sure there are those out there that are being “watched” by the person that released them but they don’t really “own” them.

Perhaps that is why they are not treated the same way other TBs are 😕

This is true, but Jeep owners did intentionally put their names in the lottery for one and probably feel some degree of ownership, and would like to see them move along on their missions just like every other Trackables out there with a moving or final destination mission. I don’t think anyone besides a cache owner wants to see them sitting in a lonely cache or have a couple dozen housed in a single cache for no other reason that to collect them and make the listing look nice. I could be wrong.
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