Ask Slashdot: Inexpensive Anti-Theft Vehicle Tracking System?

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.

Easy!

[Anonymous Coward]

a "Made in the USA" sticker.

choose pink

[GreatDrok]

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

Buy a dog.

[apparently]

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.

Let the feds do it

[mrbester]

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

FBI

[codegen]

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

Re:Buy a dog.

[Greyfox]

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

Best Anti-Theft System for College Campuses

[Hugh Pickens writes]

Paint it Pink [slashdot.org].

Re:It's called "Insurance"

[Anonymous Coward]

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

An Inexpensive Anti-Theft Vehicle Tracking System?

[amanicdroid]

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.

Re:It's called "Insurance"

[Richy_T]

Marriage?

Re:Best Anti-Theft System for College Campuses

[tomhudson]

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.

Re:It's called "Insurance"

[MagicM]

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