stivesvelo wrote:Not sure I agree, recently had a classic car stolen, the tracker co. called a soon as movement was detected, it was located in a lockup and recovered in the morning after police had installed discreet surveilance in the area (so they said), they also asked to keep the car for forensic tests.
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Correct.
As soon as movement is detected, provided the system recognises the fob that you're supposed to carry about your person, you would not get called.
If you forget your fob, or there is a technical hitch that has prevented the in car unit recognising it, or indeed the vehicle is being nicked, the receiving centre get a movement without fob alert, which could be a theft, so that's when the operator will make a call to the customer.
If it is established that the vehicle likely has been stolen, a whole long winded process involving lot's of mind boggling red tape and bureaucracy begins, and that's where it can get very time consuming and frustrating.
After what I saw, working at an alarm receiving centre, I would never bother with it.
In any case, the thieves are quite high tech these days, and the pro's will most likely use a GPS jamming device, rendering your tracker about as useful as a chocolate fireguard.