john1bl
Bogey Member
oopsDGPA? You don't care about your Diploma/Degree Grade Point Average?
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oopsDGPA? You don't care about your Diploma/Degree Grade Point Average?
I could see if it was a sharpie dot on the nipple, but the guy put his PDGA number on it, so obviously he wants it to be identified as his, but then didn't make contacting him easy.
Don't the discs have to be uniquely identified? Your PDGA number is going to be yours and only yours, so it makes identifying your disc pretty easy
That is an easy one. If they can't take an extra 10 seconds to write a phone # then there is no reason for you to spend any extra time trying to track them down. And not writing contact info is basically the same as saying you don't want/expect the disc back.
I have never, not once, not EVER received a phone call about a found disc. NEVER.
I have never, not once, not EVER received a phone call about a found disc. NEVER.
I'm losing faith in the Charlotte area players, or general disc golf course clientele. I've lost 3 since I've moved here and haven't heard from them since.
North Florida, where I moved from, was great about returning discs. I can only think of one disc that I've lost there and not been contacted about
What's funny is that you can put your cell phone number (well, any number) in your PDGA profile page.
We all like to pat ourselves on the back about returning discs. My experience tells me that is far from the case, and the number of used discs at PIAS with names/numbers in it tells me the same story. It's BS. I'd estimate less than 10% of all (marked) found disc owners are contacted. Seriously, most of them end up right at the trade in counter 20 minutes after the round.
I've been playing this game for over 15 yrs, and lost at least 2 dozen discs during that time. With my name/number clearly written on them.
I have never, not once, not EVER received a phone call about a found disc. NEVER.
I stopped writing my name in them. What's the point? Just makes them look ugly and sucks for the next guy you trade or sell it to. You'll never get it back anyway.
It is probably the more casual players that steal while the more serious folks, the people like us on this website, who understand the importance of a disc, and will return it.
Lives in WI.No contact info on your means its mine! I have returned disk that were freshly lost,like the owner was on the nest hole. Most if not all DGer's have a cell phone. I call when I find the disk most of the time the loser is still at the course. No phone number no call and I am not a member of the DGPA so that number is useless to me.
Formerly lived in WI.I found a dx dragon on my local course once. Flipped it over and it had a number. I called it, more out of curiosity than anything as there isn't so much as a puddle on the course for that disc to float in.
It ended up belonging to a 10 year old girl who had lost it playing with her family the previous day. When her dad told her someone had found it I could hear her getting all excited in the background of the phone conversation, and the whole family drove to the course to pick it up and I was able to give them some extra discs I had in the car to use next time they played.
I'll always try to find the owner of a lost disc, you never know how happy someone may be to get it back.
I found a dx dragon on my local course once. Flipped it over and it had a number. I called it, more out of curiosity than anything as there isn't so much as a puddle on the course for that disc to float in.
It ended up belonging to a 10 year old girl who had lost it playing with her family the previous day. When her dad told her someone had found it I could hear her getting all excited in the background of the phone conversation, and the whole family drove to the course to pick it up and I was able to give them some extra discs I had in the car to use next time they played.
I'll always try to find the owner of a lost disc, you never know how happy someone may be to get it back.
I hear ya, I don't write my own number on discs. However, don't let the majority of dickheads change your attitude. You're right, everyone I talk to claims to be the type that would return the disc, but I hear from a lot of people, like you, that claim they never get the call. It is probably the more casual players that steal while the more serious folks, the people like us on this website, who understand the importance of a disc, and will return it.
This coming from someone who had my soldier cooler, wallet, and 16 discs stolen at my local course.
So, I sometimes assume the majority of people playing are dickheads. Still, I continue to act as I want to be acted upon: Return discs, mail discs back to people, and do my part. I didn't let my experience jade me. It's nice when someone gets their "favorite" disc back :clap: