AMB transponder ownership issue

[CaptainWho]

I'll be interested to see what comes of this. I've got a car I need to "unregister" from my ownership on MyLaps.com because we've sold the car. I couldn't find a way to do that, either.

[Greg Amy]

Send 'em a nastygram; I did. And I told them that as a result of their new policy I'd never buy a new product from them, ever, even if it meant buying someone else's old used-up equipment at a higher price.

GA

[BruceG]

Hi Doug

I just found out the answer to my issue from mylaps.com. Once a transponder has been registered, it always belongs to the owner!!

That sucks. They will give me 40% off on buying a new transponder but The old one will always show results for the previous owner. They have the new car owner under their thumb.

You should be able to cancel your mylaps acct for your transponder. Go to their website and you can ask them a question.

Thanks,

Bruce

[CaptainWho]

I think we might want to send this up the flagpole at SCCA HQ ... it seems like it really undermines the usefulness of MyLaps.com. Maybe someone "up there" would be interested enough to take it up with AMB. I doubt they'd listen to the racers, unless a crapton of racers started climbing their hides. AFAIK, there's no alternative for official scoring.

[BruceG]

Hi Doug...thanks for your response. I obviously would have purchased a new transponder if there had not been one already available(and hardwired) with the vehicle. If mylaps wanted to charge me a fee as a new user(with an existing transponder) that would be ok...but not this! It's like saying that you can only buy parts for your race car from the original owner!!

Bruce

[CaptainWho]

Hi Doug...thanks for your response. I obviously would have purchased a new transponder if there had not been one already available(and hardwired) with the vehicle. If mylaps wanted to charge me a fee as a new user(with an existing transponder) that would be ok...but not this! It's like saying that you can only buy parts for your race car from the original owner!!
Bruce

I'm with you. The reason I sold the one in my old car was that the new car had one already hardwired into it. Plus the old car went to a newby starting up, so they needed all the "bits and bobs" they could get.

I'd be willing to pay a small fee, like five or ten bucks, to switch it over. If I had a choice of using someone else's product for official scoring, I'd do it in a heartbeat based on the attitude displayed by AMB on this topic.

[Ron Earp]

Good thread, sounds like I'm hosed.

I have a surplus hard wired transponder from my Jensen Healey. Since Jeff Young's TR8 is in my garage I thought to wire this transponder up to his TR8 so he can ditch the rechargeable unit he owns now. However, from reading the thread it appears that we can't do this since the hard wired transponder is registered to me (I think).

Sux.

[spnkzss]

I sent a nasty gram (even though I have owned only 1 from new transponder and am not directly affected) and this is the reply I got. I left the name out, but this is a direct email response from AMB when I emailed [email protected].

Robert,

Thank you for your feedback. I understand your position, and I assure you that I will be passing this information along to our management team.


Sincerely,