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actually, installers are lazy, there are only so many places that one can hide the lojack transmitter, and more often than not thieves can find the transmitter on a vehicle they suspect lojack to be installed and disable it within about 15 minutes. I've also heard of radio jammers.
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Garbage. Show me ANY source that discounts the effectiveness of Lojack.
I think THEY have some confidence in it to, as they'll refund the entire cost of the system (and in some cases a partial cost of the vehicle) if the it is stolen and not recovered within 24 Hours. Do you have any idea how fast they'd go out of business with a policy like this and a dismal record like you purport?
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# LoJack is the only stolen vehicle recovery system used by the Police.
# Over 180,000 vehicles have been recovered worldwide since the product was introduced, with over 90,000 recovered in the U.S. alone.
# Worldwide, LoJack has helped recover over $3 billion in stolen assets to date.
# LoJack offers a money-back guarantee. If your LoJack-equipped vehicle is stolen and not recovered within 24 hours, LoJack will refund the cost of the unit up to the Manufacturer's Suggested Retail Price.
LoJack installs special police tracking computers in law enforcement vehicles, helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft. The company's software and databases are directly integrated into each state's crime computers, providing a full interconnection to law enforcement.
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I don't even have it myself, but I've seen it be remarkably effective.. with the cops catching the car and the crook in under 20 minutes. My mom has it on her car, and they'll refund the entire unit cost including installation AND give her 20% of the car's net worth if it ever is. It may be a special deal, I'm not sure what exactly she paid. But I know it's been effective so far.
When they installed it, they put a tent up INSIDE the car so that even my mom couldn't see where they'd installed it.