I have to totally agree... The Incident Notification used to be a great
hobby for scanner enthusiasts until these guys came around and started
to make it a hobby to buy everyone out so that they could charge for
something that should be free.

Scott wrote:
What a joke of a system.

Almost all of the other notification networks operate on a volunteer
basis for their dispatchers. If a dispatcher is in this HOBBY for
rewards, they should seek a job in news media where they pay for those
tips.

Also, they aren't very nice to deal with when you have any problems.
Before they 'took over' some other groups (read forced them to be bought
out), everything was running smoothly. Now, things are awkward at best.

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oups.com:

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