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Ask Slashdot: Inexpensive Anti-Theft Vehicle Tracking System?

Posted by timothy on from the pulley-to-the-roof-each-night dept.

New submitter Chuckles08 writes "I'm about to complete the purchase of an electric scooter that is worth over $5,000. Since I'll be parking it on a college campus, it will be vulnerable to theft. I'd like to install some kind of tracking device on it but the solutions I've seen so far seem quite expensive. Are there any reasonably priced and effective solutions out there? Ideally, I'd like to be informed by text message if my scooter moves without my knowing. I'd like to then track the scooter's movements." And anything small enough to work for a scooter might be very useful for car owners, too.

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  1. Easy! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    a "Made in the USA" sticker.

  2. choose pink by GreatDrok · · Score: 5, Funny

    Noone is going to steal a pink electric scooter. Maybe put some flower stickers on it.

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  3. Buy a dog. by apparently · · Score: 5, Funny

    It is a known fact that burglars skip over houses that have dogs in them in favor of houses without dogs. The same should hold for your scooter. As an added benefit, if you pick the right breed, the coolness of the dog will balance-out the total uncoolness of the scooter and you might still have a chance at getting laid.

    1. Re:Buy a dog. by Greyfox · · Score: 5, Funny

      Claim it's a seeing eye dog and therefore you should be allowed to park in handicapped spaces!

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  4. Let the feds do it by mrbester · · Score: 5, Funny

    Become a person of interest to the FBI and they'll track you with their superior equipment free of charge.

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  5. FBI by codegen · · Score: 5, Funny

    Get yourself on the terrorist watch list. The FBI will install one free of charge.

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  6. Best Anti-Theft System for College Campuses by Hugh+Pickens+writes · · Score: 3, Funny

    Paint it Pink.

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    1. Re:Best Anti-Theft System for College Campuses by tomhudson · · Score: 4, Funny

      Or buy a used hearse.

      Not only will nobody steal it, but you get to go through red lights at 10mph with all your friends following you.

  7. Re:It's called "Insurance" by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    If I'm the thief, the one with the club. Just to prove a point, and to mess with the statistics.

  8. An Inexpensive Anti-Theft Vehicle Tracking System? by amanicdroid · · Score: 4, Funny

    Have you considered a giant ball of yarn? Tie one end to a pole and the other to a fender. If the bike gets jacked just follow the string.

  9. Re:It's called "Insurance" by Richy_T · · Score: 4, Funny

    Marriage?

  10. Re:It's called "Insurance" by MagicM · · Score: 5, Funny

    If you're going to do that, just leave the car and steal the club.