Well, I can understand the paranoia that led them to cancel the
guarantee, since an unscrupulous owner could disable it and have the car
"stolen".
But raising the price looks very dishonest, especially after canceling
the guarantee. Was this the LoJack company itself or a single dealer? At
any rate, I am now suspicious of their motives and will spread that view
whenever the subject arises.
Ken Landaiche
-----Original Message-----
From: Bob Brooks [mailto:rbrooks@micrelinc.com]
Andy:
I wanted to put Lo Jack in a rod I am building. Down this way, Metro NY
area, they
have a money back guarantee. As I wanted it installed inthe vehicle
before it was
fiished, and because I insisted that I know where the device is, they
cancelled the
money back guarantee, and upped the price 250.00.
Bob
Andy Poling wrote:
> On Mon, 16 Nov 1998, Bud Krueger wrote:
> > LoJack is an alarm system based upon a transmitter that is
hidden
> > in/on/under the vehicle and is actuated if the car is stolen. Many
police
> > departments have direction-finding receivers for the LoJack system
on some of
> > their cruisers and can locate the car within a very short while
after being
> > notified of its loss.
>
> Actually, it's really a stolen vehicle recovery system. The
transmitter in
> the/your vehicle is only activated when the police send it a signal
telling
> it to go active (after you've reported your car stolen). It does
nothing to
> keep your vehicle from being stolen - it just _may_ help recover it
> quickly... and maybe intact.
>
> It will only work in (usually metropoitan) areas where the police have
the
> equipment to use it. I have no idea what the range is.
>
> In Baltimore it would probably be pretty effective for your average
> non-joyride theft since the police claim that they almost always park
the
> car in a "cool-off" zone for 24 hours to see if the cops magically
find it
> and take it away. This is presumably to avoid Lojack leading the
police to
> the chop shop. :-)
>
> > I think they have a web site that you could browse for.
>
> Yep - www.lojack.com . The site organization is a bit
counter-intuitive,
> and it's full of "glossy" brochure-type propoganda, but it also has a
> directory of dealers so that you can find one near you to get real
> information...
>
> -Andy (who is still thinking about installing it in a couple of my
toys)
>
> PS - I just heard yet another Lojack commercial on the radio while
typing
> this...
>
> 72 Pantera - Rocky 91 Miata - Steve 96 A4Q
- Rudolf
> 80 928 - Phantom 97 Miata - Nadia 84
RZ350 - Sting
--
Bob
rbrooks@micrelinc.com
Micrel, Inc.
http://www.micrelinc.com
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