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Returned HH
Board: Hitchhikers, Cooties, and Fleas
May 31, 2007 6:12pm
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I've been thinking about planting Hitchhiker but then I thought I would waste all that time carving a stamp and then never getting it back. Does anyone ever have their HH returned to them after a while.
-Jerseyhikers
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Board: Hitchhikers, Cooties, and Fleas
Reply to: #96059 by jerseyhikers
May 31, 2007 6:22pm
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If you're worried about getting putting it out there and never hearing about it agin, I would say don't make a HH.

Logbooks as well as hitchhikers get returned, but a lot of them never do. You may never even see a find report.

However, getting a find report after a year or so on one I hear is a pretty cool thing, then that person can update you on where it's been.

My first planted HH I KNOW was found, but never received anything on it... Maybe someday.

Mr. Yuk
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Board: Hitchhikers, Cooties, and Fleas
Reply to: #96059 by jerseyhikers
May 31, 2007 6:25pm
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Recently I had a letterboxer record a find of and make comment on one of my HH. I'll tell you it's very rewarding to get feedback on those you set loose in the wild. I requested to get it back and lo and behold she did return it to me. As a bonus to her for being so awesome, I sent her two new ones for her to turn loose on her next outing. It was so much fun to see how far this little HH had gone from home here in Maine. Usually I use a small piece of carving material that I have left over and whip up a little someting with a small logbook. It's not a big time consuming detailed piece. When I go letterboxing, I expect to find what I am searching for and a HH is an awesome bonus.
Teacup
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Board: Hitchhikers, Cooties, and Fleas
Reply to: #96059 by jerseyhikers
May 31, 2007 6:30pm
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i never consider carving "wasting time". To me it is a zen time to let the daily worries vanish. So if i ever get any of my hitchhikers back i will be overjoyed. i carve and plant so that others may enjoy. i am very jealous of my time and use it towards endeavors that please me. Letting my Hitchhikers be free to roam wherever they may is very liberating.

deniserows
grasshopper... carve the PzCut and let it be free
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Board: Hitchhikers, Cooties, and Fleas
Reply to: #96059 by jerseyhikers
May 31, 2007 6:43pm
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I recently found my first hitch hiker, and when I contacted the owner to let them know, they were very grateful, because they hadn't heard any news on it in a long while, and they had recently had a family tragedy, and were retiring all of their boxes. It was a nice experience to be able to return that HH to them.
bummer that I didn't get to replant it though... so I planted my own (first one) just last week on PAL day.

Warm Front
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Board: Hitchhikers, Cooties, and Fleas
Reply to: #96066 by Teacup
Jun 1, 2007 5:41am
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Usually I use a small piece of carving material that I have left over and whip up a little someting with a small logbook. It's not a big time consuming detailed piece.

I have gone the opposite direction with my HHs. I put just as much time and effort into them as I would into a traditional or postal letterbox. My hope is that if I make them really awesome and it is obvious that I poured a lot of care into them, then maybe people will be more likely to take the time to log them.
So far, it seems to be working.
S
Re: Returned HH
Board: Hitchhikers, Cooties, and Fleas
Reply to: #96187 by Nitrocat
Jun 1, 2007 5:56am
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Quote I put just as much time and effort into them as I would into a traditional or postal letterbox. My hope is that if I make them really awesome and it is obvious that I poured a lot of care into them, then maybe people will be more likely to take the time to log them.


I totally agree with this. I like to experiment with tiny, unique logbooks:
--the fuzzy Truffula tree logbook that has a Lorax stamp inside it
--the round moon logbook that has a "bubble" in it that holds my Bitty Batty stamp
--my Druid's Talisman series that are stamps mounted into a necklace like "talisman" strung to a felt cover logbook.

Of course many of my HH's are also from my children. They enjoyed carving but I just couldn't plant all those so off they went as HH's. We note in the logbooks that they are from children. One of them went to Disneyland, was signed by Mickey Mouse and was mailed home!

I can't say that I hear from them often but when I do the comments are very fun!

It's a gamble to release them and the odds are not good that you will get them back (or even hear from them), but the pay off if you do is really cool (those are stamps I could have never gotten otherwise!)!
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Board: Hitchhikers, Cooties, and Fleas
Reply to: #96066 by Teacup
Jun 1, 2007 11:47am
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oooh... I think that was me =o) I don't remember exactly who I recently sent on to, but it was someone =o)

I love HH's and I try to always give status updates to the owners... and I try now to take them home with me before releasing them again, just in case the owner wants it back or wants more info on where it has been. I used to release it again that same day if I was headed off to more box locations, but have since changed my thinking on that.

Cheers!
Rhea
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Board: Hitchhikers, Cooties, and Fleas
Reply to: #96353 by The Gillespie Tribe
Jun 1, 2007 12:52pm
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Quote I love HH's and I try to always give status updates to the owners... and I try now to take them home with me before releasing them again, just in case the owner wants it back or wants more info on where it has been. I used to release it again that same day if I was headed off to more box locations, but have since changed my thinking on that.

Cheers!
Rhea


I too take them home with me. Besides logging the find, I scan the images and then contact the owner and ask if they'd like me to email them the scanned pages. No one has said no to the offer yet and they've been happy to see the logbook.
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Board: Hitchhikers, Cooties, and Fleas
Reply to: #96192 by The Wolf Family
Jul 13, 2012 7:17pm
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--my Druid's Talisman series that are stamps mounted into a necklace like "talisman" strung to a felt cover logbook.

I found one of those! *scrambles for logbook* In LightninBug's hitch hiker hostel in Allentown, back in '08. It was lovely....