VDO screws all their owners

Discussion in 'ELD Forum | Questions, Answers and Reviews' started by Hulld, Apr 29, 2020.

  1. theSoz

    theSoz Light Load Member

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    Sorry, I miss read. I thought you were the one making the decision. My bad.
     
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    deathB4decaf Medium Load Member

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    Typically, I would be. However, I was laid off at the time. Sigh
     
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    i guess that's what happens when you don't charge a monthly fee. and no way am I going to keeptrucking.
     
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    deathB4decaf Medium Load Member

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    I will say that I had my first interaction with Maven's customer support on Thursday last week after switching from VDO and it was awesome. Very helpful and I didn't have to wait forever to talk to someone.
     
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    Adding to this. KeepTrucking called me yesterday. Nice guy. Talked to my boss who set us up with Maven and even with the discount, Maven was cheaper.
     
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  6. HopeOverMope

    HopeOverMope Road Train Member

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    Nice! I went with keep trucking. $600 a year for the full service, ifta, and dash cam. But, I actually like it! It’s kinda of convenient being able to do everything on the phone. I just started using it on the road 2 days ago.

    I think $240 a year is the standard rate. I’m not to happy about the fees/ but everything else actually pretty good!
     
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    deathB4decaf Medium Load Member

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    Ours has IFTA but not the dash cam. It is only 2 units that we have that are actual fleet. Everything else we have is for sale. We installed tablets in the 2 units that are not dedicated to specific drivers, just whoever is willing and able to run the delivery or pick up.

    Jasper with KeepTrucking was super nice and willing to give me all of the information. We had already signed up before I came back to work.
     
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    stugats Bobtail Member

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    I still can't decide what to switch to. will not use my phone, don't want bluetooth, the idea of giving my email to them makes me nuts. I have a brand new truck so I'm not drilling holes anywhere or putting anything in my way with pedestal crap ( not a ton of room) was just looking at tuckx but not seeing it in any threads.
     
  9. deathB4decaf

    deathB4decaf Medium Load Member

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    Is there really any way to securely mount something without drilling holes?
     
  10. stugats

    stugats Bobtail Member

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    yes, fabricate brackets to something existing. I had the vdo just laying on pad on the dash. was going to hang it from the cb overhead when I got time to fabricate the brackets. glad I was to busy before they gave notice.