Paying for tracking. Thoughts? Poll

[emersonsdad]

I won’t be asking for the donation….

I’ve updated the first post in my original tracking thread for an explanation. Thanks for all the feed back!

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[AKgrampy]

I won’t be asking for the donation….

I’ve updated the first post in my original tracking thread for an explanation. Thanks for all the feed back!

No - don’t do it! You will go insane and also feed their insanity! The car will only get there when it does and no amount of updates will change it.

 

[emersonsdad]

No - don’t do it! You will go insane and also feed their insanity! The car will only get there when it does and no amount of updates will change it.

But it was fun tracking my own cars progress and yes I was insane about it. Even went so far as to make sure I was on the train my car was on.

 

[ItsFootballTim]

@emersonsdad I do pricing for a living (i.e. figure how much companies should charge for services/products). $1 is a bit low. More than happy to pay you $10 or even $20. With higher prices, fewer people will ask so that's a way to control volume.

But the big thing is to not get into trouble as noted by a few other people on this thread. So if it is directly tied where the fee is for checking the system then I'd be careful. Hopefully there's a lawyer on here to provide guidance. But calling it a donation without explicitly tying it to you checking the system may be better. Since I'm no lawyer, I recommend being careful.

 

[emersonsdad]

@emersonsdad I do pricing for a living (i.e. figure how much companies should charge for services/products). $1 is a bit low. More than happy to pay you $10 or even $20. With higher prices, fewer people will ask so that's a way to control volume.

But the big thing is to not get into trouble as noted by a few other people on this thread. So if it is directly tied where the fee is for checking the system then I'd be careful. Hopefully there's a lawyer on here to provide guidance. But calling it a donation without explicitly tying it to you checking the system may be better. Since I'm no lawyer, I recommend being careful.

Yeah I updated my thinking above. Thanks for the input.

 

[mburtsvt]

I also think there might be a TSA issue involved here. I always get a side eye when I'm taking videos of trains in Montana. There seems to be a white van following me around. Of course it could just be me - right?

 

[emersonsdad]

I also think there might be a TSA issue involved here. I always get a side eye when I'm taking videos of trains in Montana. There seems to be a white van following me around. Of course it could just be me - right?

We usually leave foamers alone unless they’re standing on the tracks or in a rail yard.

 

[emersonsdad]

But for real, people hanging around the tracks is a big thing right now. Especially around intermodal trains. Lots of break ins. There was a newscast about the train thefts in Los Angeles and since then it’s been bonkers. All it did was give people that hadn’t thought about breaking into trains an idea.

 

[meltonkt]

Personally, I wouldn't be willing to pay for someone to track my vehicle, but I would be willing to donate to someone doing me a favor and telling me what they know, based on their available resources. It may just seem like semantics, but I think it's fair to buy someone lunch for spending their time helping me answer my question.

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