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Originally Posted by Col
Not meant as a dig at anyone, but why are clubs charging for handout transpondrs when using the cheap system and people find this acecptable but there would be mass uproar and boycotting of any club that dared to charge users for handouts ith the AMB (expensive) system?
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I can see your point, but i will say this.. i've seen people at club level leave a handout transponder in their car & (accidentally) take it home with them, so i can see why some clubs may say they require a deposit if using a club transponder or impose hefty annual membership fee's to boost the clubs coffers. Because even if they come back the next week & hand it back in, the transponder battery will be flat & unusable so causes a headache for the race controller & of course replacing stolen, broken or missing transponders is costly.. a few AMB20 transponders going missing may be causing enough of a financial loss to close the club.
Plus i suppose the cheaper the transponder the more tempting it is for people to steal it because they are of the mindset "if its only a cheap transponder, the club make enough money they can afford it, i've paid enough money to this club".. not saying it's right, but that is the mindset of some people.