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Re: No ratings of "1"
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Reply to: #525812 by Kirbert
Jul 1, 2010 2:12am
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Takin' lots of abuse here, but I still haven't seen any other good reason for opting out of having your boxes rated. "I just don't condone it" is perfectly fine, but I'd like to hear why you just don't condone it.

Actually, I don't opt out, you can rate my boxes and I rate others. It does not negate the fact that what you wrote was just about the stupidest thing I have ever seen, and I have written some stupid things myself.
Re: No ratings of "1"
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Reply to: #525744 by MissMoon
Jul 1, 2010 4:44am
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I agree with Miss Moon here. I don't believe in rating boxes. Alot of it is subjective, anyway.

Jaxx
Re: No ratings of "1"
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Reply to: #525744 by MissMoon
Jul 1, 2010 5:23am
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I am not sure about the rating system I certainly have found blue diamond rated boxes that I thought were just so-so and I have found boxes with no diamond that were outstanding... I rate sporatically and I think that effects how your rating is counted *Shrug* I mean to say I only rate a box if I was really wow-ed or it really sucked - otherwise I don't rate at all. But you can rate my boxes, I do somtimes look at the ranking of my own boxes, however some of my longer hike boxes have never been found, and I know they are boxes I would enjoy finding... (revolutionary redoubts comes to mind) My Blue Diamond boxes are all about location (which I think is as it should be) .... I won't change the way I am planting because of ratings, I think I plant what I like to seek (maybe most planters are like this?)... longer walks and hikes and/or great locations and clues with little "a-ha's" and of course cemeteries. I mostly subscribe to Miss Moon's feelings on the rating system (the only diffrence being I allow my boxes to be rated and somtimes I am compelled to hit 5-4 or 1) - it's there but I am not sure its good for much, after all there is no icon for a sucky rated box (the reverse blue diamond)

LBM
Re: No ratings of "1"
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Reply to: #525838 by MushrooM
Jul 1, 2010 9:32am
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I rate sporatically and I think that effects how your rating is counted *Shrug* I mean to say I only rate a box if I was really wow-ed or it really sucked - otherwise I don't rate at all.

Your ratings won't count if you rate sporadically. Check the quality of your vote her: http://www.atlasquest.com/boxes/traditional/ratingstats.html
Re: No ratings of "1"
Board: Letterbox Chatter
Reply to: #525395 by Kirbert
Jul 2, 2010 7:16pm
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What didn't appeal to me, of course, was the fact that there's no way you can hand-make one of these things, they would always have to be store-bought. Still, at a place with crabs, that might be kinda neat.

i've seen LBs with two stamps that are related. what about a stamp AND crab hole punch that go together. that would be cool!
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Reply to: #526202 by windsurfgator
Jul 2, 2010 7:19pm
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what about a stamp AND crab hole punch that go together.

Hmmm. Already carved a crab stamp, it served proudly for a coupla years and then went missing. Perhaps carving another is in order.

Thinking more about it, perhaps that punch could be a bonus box.
Re: No ratings of "1"
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Reply to: #524665 by Eidolon
Jul 19, 2010 5:09pm
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OK, I"ve letterboxed for another month, and I understand how to use a 1. I feel like I'm at work.