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John
  
 
| #1 posted September 21, 2004 at 9:21am (EST)
edited January 7, 2006 at 11:11am (EST) |
This is the "official" thread for the GameTZ Cache. The cache is a traveling collection of items sent from trader to trader. The items in the cache can range in value from being worth only $1 or so to almost anything. Each trader removes one item from the cache and then adds in an item of their choice. The items should be video game, movie, music, or book related in some way -- although that is fairly open if you want to add anything interesting. (You may remove more than one item if you replace it with more than one item or a single item of "value" equal to or greater than what was removed.)
The goal is not really to get great items of value out of this. It is more for the fun of trading the cache around and make swaps within it.
Try to replace whatever you take with something of equal or greater value.
If you would like to be involved, post here to get signed up and I will add you to the list. (Signups are now closed -- GameTZ Cache #2 signups coming soon!) When it is your turn, you will be contacted by the current holder of the cache. At that time, a trade should be created between you. The next receiver of the cache must send 40 weeks of subtime to the cache holder! This is to help ensure that the cache continues to move along. Once the transfer is completed, the cache holder ships the cache out. When you receive the cache, be sure to report here so that we can mark it on the list and you can contact the next person. When you send the cache to the next person, you should post here what item you took and what item you put in.
Note that since I am starting it, I will actually receive 40 weeks subtime without having sent anyone any. I will hold onto this "in escrow" for the final person. When we decide to retire this cache for whatever reason down the road, I will send that 40 weeks to the last person when they send the cache back to me in the end. Just so people know I'm not stealing subtime here. 
If you are unwilling to ship the cache out of your own country, you must indicate so when you sign up! If you do that, I may then need to bump you down the list to make things work. Please keep in mind that you may need to ship overseas if you do not specifically state that you will not (although, I think this will be rare).
I will start the cache off as soon as we have a few people signed up and I have time to put the initial items together (as cache starter, I will put 4-6 items in so that there is always a selection as people swap their single items as it is traded).
GameTZ Cache #1 Current (  ) and Past (  ) Contents
Anachronox (PC)
FIFA Soccer 2003 (GBA, boxed)
New Eddie Bauer 4-in-1 Pen (this thing is cool!)
GoldenEye 007 (N64)
Skillz Extreme Stand (PS2)
Instant Power 2-in-1 PDA Charger (works in other similar powered devices too)
Rally Championship (PC)
Body Glove MP3 Arm Band
Onimusha Warlords (PS2)
NextGenVideos.com's The Future of Videogames DVD (2001 Edition)
South Park (N64 cart only)
Honeymoon in Vegas DVD
The Nutty Professor II: The Klumps CE DVD
Donkey Kong (GB) cart
Socom US Navy Seals (ex rental)
NFL 2K (DC)
Hollow Man DVD
Star Wars Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II (PC, discs only)
Virtua Fighter 2 (Saturn)
Team America promo bumper sticker
barbershop DVD
Slinky
Promo Coke Bottle
Mechassault (Xbox)
Ultra-Lounge Tiki Sampler CD
Lucky Wander Boy (a novel about a video game collector)
Okage (PS2)
Resident Evil 4 demo (Gamecube)
MVP Baseball 2004 (Xbox)
Sesame snack thingy
Metal flask (shaped like a cell phone, with a pleather holder/beltclip)
Mini lint roller
Talking bart simpsons watch (from BK)
FFX figurine
Corona Light
mardi gras beads
Name tag from when Kanes_Son worked at a gas station
yellow rubber band
Very nice zippo lighter w/ metal case
Leather drawstring bag
Some old photo CDs from walmart that Kanes_Son got when he developed film from a WWE raw he went to a few years ago
Empire Earth Promo DVD
Soul Calibur 2 Guide
New PSX Memory Card
Lawnmower Man 2: Jobe's War DVD
Sega Bass Fishing (DC - Sealed)
Nero OEM Suite
StarTropics (NES)
GBA Car Adaptor
Condom (NEW/SEALED)
Safeway Name tag from some guy DemonAlcohol doesn't know
Gothic Shotglass [Broken during transit.]
Beastie Boys and Leo Keychain
Mini GameCube Controller
Super Famicom Clock
Mini Yoshi's Island Novelty
My Disney Kitchen (PS1,New)
keychain echo keykiller thing
2 month trial
10 cent coin from caymen islands
yo yo
XBox Communicator Module
Green Day sticker
N64 controller box
GTA2 manual
2 xbox demos
pokemon red box
pokemon snap guide
rugrats gba game
last action hero dvd
private parts vhs
gripz snack
on dangerous ground book
Ninja Resurrection DVD
Extreme G 3 GC (complete)
Nintendo cleaning kit
Nascar 2000 (PSX)
Test Drive 4 (PC)
Test Drive 6 (PC)
Tomb Raider The Last Revelation (PSX) (disc only)
Doom (PSX) (disc only)
Swat 4 demo (PC)
Driver 2 (PSX) (GH)
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- John...
"Day in, day out, all week long,
things go better with rock..."
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John
| | #201 posted January 9, 2005 at 2:51pm (EST) |
Not much of Helen anywhere lately... She must be busy these days? Anyone heard from her lately?
- John...
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sandpaperback
  
| | #202 posted January 9, 2005 at 3:41pm (EST) |
She's busy playing Anarchy Online all the time. 
Help choose the music for my wedding! Suggestions go here.
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Z
 
| | #203 posted January 9, 2005 at 11:14pm (EST) |
I heard she has a second family in Nevada.
no! |
Ramsey
(frozen)
| | #204 posted January 10, 2005 at 1:58pm (EST) |
From another GTZ forum:
Helen wrote:
> Hey guys, sorry about the delay. Just started classes so I haven't been on as much.
I think she just moved back to school and has been busy getting back into school mode. |
Z
| | #205 posted January 10, 2005 at 2:07pm (EST) |
shes still going back and forth between two familyies.
I hear in navada she has a golden retriever and everything.
no! |
Helen
 
| | #206 posted January 11, 2005 at 7:20pm (EST) |
Sort of a mix of what Mxyz and Ramsey said. 
The address is most definitely correct though, and I will ask the P.O. about sending it again, although I doubt they will do it for free. 
Sig by mdooz |
John
| | #207 posted January 18, 2005 at 10:19pm (EST) |
Any luck? I just want to make sure we move this on now that we finally have it back in someone's hands again!
- John...
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Helen
| | #208 posted January 19, 2005 at 8:25pm (EST) |
Guy and I are discussing this right now to figure out what went wrong. I wrote the address exactly like the one provided with the pending trade... he says it might be because I didn't write it in all capital letters. I'm going to ask the Post Office about that, although other packages I've sent to Canada without all capital letters arrived fine.
Sig by mdooz |
John
| | #209 posted January 19, 2005 at 9:45pm (EST) |
Yeah, I'd definitely complain to your post office. Sounds like they messed up and now expect you to pay all over again. I'd argue it.
- John...
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Mendo
 BTRs
| | #210 posted January 19, 2005 at 10:24pm (EST) |
dont know if the capital thing is true, just thought it was a good guess cause i remember a while back people discussing it. Hopefully it gets worked out
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rock101
(bad email)
| | #211 posted January 21, 2005 at 10:28pm (EST) |
Im interested in joining i have a few questions first..
what does it cost to resend the package most of the time?... how much does 40 weeks of subtime cost? thanx guys sounds fun i just want to make sure i can afford it befor i join .
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waazzuup1
(abandoned)
| | #212 posted January 21, 2005 at 10:28pm (EST) |
I don't have time to really be part of the Cache, but I'd like to cover the cost of Helen sending it to Canada again, because she shouldn't have to pay for it twice.
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jwitherow
| | #213 posted January 22, 2005 at 12:53am (EST) |
aren't you a nice guy wazzuup
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John
| | #214 posted January 30, 2005 at 5:04pm (EST) |
Any motion on this? It has been over another week... I'd really like to get this moving again. I'm even willing to reorder a bit if we need to pop a US person in there to make it easier for Helen -- then they Guy can be next on the list. Just let me know if you'd like that, Helen so that we can keep it moving. It's been dead in the water for too long... 
- John...
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Ghaleon
| | #215 posted January 30, 2005 at 6:10pm (EST) |
Perhaps, to avoid problems, once it enters Canada, it should be passed along through Canada, before returning to the US?
Might saved some time. Althought, I think this is an isolated problem.
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John
| | #216 posted January 30, 2005 at 6:47pm (EST) |
Hmmm... I could see that. Maybe once Guy has it, I'll bump you up in the list. We could have a policy that anyone that joins from a country while it is in that country gets a position to keep it there. Might make sense.
I'll give it some thought and decide once Guy has it -- just in case we end up bumping someone else ahead of Guy to help out Helen as I suggested earlier today... We'll work it out then...
- John...
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Mendo
BTRs
| | #217 posted January 30, 2005 at 9:40pm (EST) |
me and helen have been in talks through the gametz message system trying to figure out a way it gets here safely. I also did mention also perhaps grouping the canadians with each other to avoid shipping getting expensive. We just dont want the same thing happening twice, trying to figure out what went wrong. Could it have been weather related?? we did have some heavy snowfalls
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DemonAlcohol
| | #218 posted February 11, 2005 at 2:45am (EST) |
Another week. How about we just skip Canada
Check out this stuff I need to get rid of! |
John
| | #219 posted February 11, 2005 at 9:12am (EST) |
Yeah, I'm fine with that -- or changing it around. I was just hoping for word from Helen on what she'd like to do.
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Helen
| | #220 posted February 11, 2005 at 7:59pm (EST) |
Sorry, I've been midterming for the past 2 weeks and such... anyway, the cache is on its way to Guy and hopefully will make it this time, and sorry about the delay.
Sig by mdooz |
John
| | #221 posted February 12, 2005 at 12:18am (EST) |
Sweet.  Thanks for the update!
- John...
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vDub
(frozen)
| | #222 posted February 20, 2005 at 3:28pm (EST) |
John - could you change it so it shows me as only wanting to ship within the States? Thanks!
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DemonAlcohol
| | #223 posted February 20, 2005 at 3:50pm (EST) |
Can I be moved a few spots down? I'm going to be moving soon and I'm going to have to freeze my account while I get setup.
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John
| | #224 posted February 20, 2005 at 9:29pm (EST) |
Dyne wrote:
> John - could you change it so it shows me as only wanting to ship within the States? Thanks!
Done!
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John
| | #225 posted February 20, 2005 at 9:30pm (EST) |
DemonAlcohol wrote:
> Can I be moved a few spots down? I'm going to be moving soon and I'm going to have to
> freeze my account while I get setup.
No problem -- I moved you down two for now. If you are frozen when it comes to you, I'll just keep bumping you down until you return -- then you can have the next or maybe second next spot at that time.
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John
| | #226 posted February 20, 2005 at 9:30pm (EST) |
Helen wrote:
> Sorry, I've been midterming for the past 2 weeks and such... anyway, the cache is on its
> way to Guy and hopefully will make it this time, and sorry about the delay.
It's been 9 days now -- I'm getting a bit worried again, but hopefully it makes it soon.
- John...
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Ghaleon
| | #227 posted February 20, 2005 at 10:34pm (EST) |
When excatly did it go out? Really, it should take 2 weeks at MAX to get here. Unless it was ground mail, in which case, it could be a month, or more.
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John
| | #228 posted February 21, 2005 at 12:02am (EST) |
On the 11th, she said it was on the way.
Things to Canada have been taking crazy long for some people lately though -- especially with some of this crap about capital letters and what-not. So, I'm not too worried yet...
- John...
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Mendo
BTRs
| | #229 posted February 22, 2005 at 4:38pm (EST) |
Finally the Cache has made it to Canada!!! Just seconds ago the doorbell rang and i look outside to see a box from Helen! I will find the games i was gonna put in it and send it on its way in the next couple of days! Everyone can breathe a sigh of relief!!
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sandpaperback
| | #230 posted February 22, 2005 at 10:14pm (EST) |
Shut up. It did not.
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John
| | #231 posted February 22, 2005 at 11:08pm (EST) |
Sweet! Updated!
- John...
"Come on, Daisy, don't drown me this time."
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Z
| | #232 posted February 23, 2005 at 8:58am (EST) |
yay...
wait... are we ever gonna get it back to the US now?
Graham cared. |
John
| | #233 posted February 23, 2005 at 11:17am (EST) |
I'm wondering if we should bump Ghaleon up now -- just to keep it in Canada for one more thing (since it took WAY too long to get there this time) -- then Ghaleon can send it back to the next US person (bse) after he gets it.
Thoughts (mainly from Ghaleon, Guy, and bse)?
- John...
"Come on, Daisy, don't drown me this time."
- Catherine Wheel, Sparks Are Gonna Fly |
Mendo
BTRs
| | #234 posted February 23, 2005 at 4:48pm (EST) |
I dont mind sending to usa or canada, just let me know by friday cause thats when i plan on sending this puppy out
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Mendo
BTRs
| | #235 posted February 28, 2005 at 1:32pm (EST) |
Whats the deal guys? where do you want the package sent to?>
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John
| #236 posted February 28, 2005 at 2:04pm (EST)
edited February 28, 2005 at 2:04pm (EST) |
I emailed Ghaleon to see what he thinks. As soon as he answers, we'll decide. If he wants it next, we'll just do that and keep it in Canada for one extra person to try to avoid these delays.
- John...
"Come on, Daisy, don't drown me this time."
- Catherine Wheel, Sparks Are Gonna Fly |
Ghaleon
| | #237 posted February 28, 2005 at 4:55pm (EST) |
As it seems I'm the only other Canadian in on this, it would be better to just keep it within Canada.
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John
| | #238 posted February 28, 2005 at 5:06pm (EST) |
Ok -- sounds good! I adjusted the rankings. Guy -- please ship to Ghaleon and then he will ship it back to bse in the USA.
- John...
"Come on, Daisy, don't drown me this time."
- Catherine Wheel, Sparks Are Gonna Fly |
Chad
| | #239 posted March 1, 2005 at 3:32pm (EST) |
i would like to tenatively sign up on this. A lot of it depends on when approximately I would be receiving (in which case i may need to get bumped down a few spots). Also, only sending to US.
I cant read sigs. |
John
| | #240 posted March 1, 2005 at 3:57pm (EST) |
Ok -- added Chad. We'll see how it goes time-wise -- we can always adjust as needed.
- John...
"Come on, Daisy, don't drown me this time."
- Catherine Wheel, Sparks Are Gonna Fly |
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