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Old May 4th 17, 02:32 AM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Dan Marotta
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Default SPOT pricing going up again...

Turns out you can't cancel your account online - you must call customer
service and wait for your turn. Then it turned out that the account is
in my wife's name and she wasn't home. Now we'll have to go through it
again...

On 5/3/2017 12:50 PM, Tom Kelley #711 wrote:
On Sunday, April 2, 2017 at 11:51:21 AM UTC-6, wrote:
I just got notice from SPOT Tracking that they are increasing fees again for my next annual renewal. A few years ago, they added a "network fee" of $9.99 to my bill. That is now going up to $14.99. It looks like for tracking service, yearly fees will go from around $162 to $199.99. So another $50 per year.

Flying out west in the mountains and Great Basin as we do here in Utah, we have to have GPS tracking devices. With the yearly pricing now around $215 per year for only basic tracking every 10 minutes without altitude reporting, is it time to consider one of the other better featured GPS tracking devices and services?

Don't get me wrong, I have been grateful for having my SPOT with me flying for the last 9+ years.

The snow is finally melting...now if only the rain would stop!
Bruno - B4

I just went online to my Spot account. I blanked out the card numbers and my name. I then saved the changes. Logged out, then logged back in. Went to my account and all the credit card information was again displayed!!! I now have tried several times to blank the card number out, but it still reappears after I log back on.
If they charge my card, I will notify my card company of the fraud they are attempting. Be careful as you may be getting a charge!
Best. Tom #711.


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Dan, 5J