What's the consensus on mailing geocoins to achieve their goal?

[+WattsThat]

I picked up a geocoin that wants to go to Australia (I'm in the US, and it came here from the Netherlands) I could do my best to move it Westward to another cache, OR I could slip it in the mail to my Australian friend who can pass it onto a geocacher he knows. However, that ALMOST feels like cheating. What do y'all think?

Edited November 22, 2015 by WattsThat

[+Bear and Ragged]

I picked up a geocoin that wants to go to Australia (I'm in the US, and it came here from the Netherlands) I could do my best to move it Westward to another cache, OR I could slip it in the mail to my Australian friend who can pass it onto a geocacher he knows. However, that ALMOST feels like cheating. What do y'all think?

 

ASK the owner.

 

Involving non-cachers is not always a good thing (even if they are friends/family).

[+Touchstone]

I picked up a geocoin that wants to go to Australia (I'm in the US, and it came here from the Netherlands) I could do my best to move it Westward to another cache, OR I could slip it in the mail to my Australian friend who can pass it onto a geocacher he knows. However, that ALMOST feels like cheating. What do y'all think?

Likewise what B and R said. Some folks don't even like their Trackables going to Events, let alone passing them through the mail. Best to ask first.

[Pup Patrol]

I picked up a geocoin that wants to go to Australia (I'm in the US, and it came here from the Netherlands) I could do my best to move it Westward to another cache, OR I could slip it in the mail to my Australian friend who can pass it onto a geocacher he knows. However, that ALMOST feels like cheating. What do y'all think?

 

It's a very bad idea.

 

Absolutely not a good thing to pass it onto a non-geocacher.

 

Post offices have a tendency to lose things.

 

Is that what the trackable owner wanted? It's already taken some major leaps across the ocean.

 

If one was to take the trackable on a trip to the intended country, that would be fine. Keeping in mind how airlines also like to lose belongings of travellers.

 

There's no need to feel that you have to complete its mission.

 

Help Center → Trackables → Moving Trackables

http://support.Groundspeak.com/index.php?pg=kb.page&id=334

 

3.7. Mailing Trackables to Another Geocacher

 

There may be occasions when you want to mail a Trackable to a geocacher in another location.

 

Please do not mail any trackable without asking the owner first.

 

Mail services to some places are erratic and/or unreliable. Typically, Trackables should travel from geocache to geocache, or directly from the hands of one geocacher to another.

 

If you have received a Trackable in the mail, you will want to post a "grab it" logtype rather than "retrieve it" logtype, since you're not retrieving it directly from a geocache. The mileage traveled will show the next time you drop it in a geocache.

 

B.

Edited November 22, 2015 by Pup Patrol

[+WattsThat]

That's what I thought. Thanks! I'll move it a bit closer and pass it on.

[+hzoi]

For trackables like this, I try to find a safe cache near an international airport. Odds are better that this will get them closer to the goal than just some other cache.

 

If you search for stargate caches, those can be helpful as well.