Anyone use a ST109 tracker?

[Daffy D]

About two years ago  I installed a ST109 tracker on the family shopping bike.

 

The tracker works fine and gives location of the bike within a meter or so.

 

The problem is with the SIM card payment. Initially 50฿ would be enough for a month without topping up. Recently the topping up time has become shorter till now the SIM will only work for just 10 days before needing to be topped up again.

 

Anyone have the same model tracker experiencing the same? if so, did you find a way to fix the problem? and get back to the 50฿ per month.

Thanks.

[CanadaSam]

I suspect the problem lies with the sim card you are using, data rates have gone up considerably, and unlimited plans have mostly vanished.

 

Suggest you look into the GOMO sim, by AIS, but not available to foreigners, and only online, I believe.

 

I use it for data, 99 baht is valid for a year, and gives a substantial amount of data, I recharge mine every 3 months or so.

 

I am also considering buying one (through the GF) for my regular use, as there are free calls included!

[KannikaP]

Why do you need to track the family shopping bike? Just asking.

[biervoormij]

Not really a tracker issue but I have had issues with receiving SMS messages on both an AIS and TureMove prepaid Sim. Each of these SMS message had a fee and were eating up my balance even though I had never subscribed to receive these messages. I think you can stop these by calling *137 but has been a while since I had the issue.

[Yellowtail]

38 minutes ago, KannikaP said:

Why do you need to track the family shopping bike? Just asking.

Someone could boost the bike, and someone could be using it for something other than shopping. 

 

Seems like a good idea to me.