NASCAR thinks they are helping fans with new devices

If you are an owner who probably spent close to 500 dollars on just the FanView system, it won't work in 2012.

I just finished reading an article about NASCAR Replacing the FanView devices with a new product.

It is their way of making more money with the newer fans but some fans don’t feel as if it is helping.  The new device is one that many NFL stadiums are letting fans use to have a better experience with the games.  Yes NASCAR has to keep up with the other sports and the fan used equipment, however, some fans are going to feel a little different after they have spent hundreds of dollars on a piece of equipment from 2008-2010, and after being taken off the market last year, it still worked at the race tracks.

Now NASCAR is saying that the FanView will not work at all when these new devices are put in place.  Scanners have been part of a fans great experience at the track for almost 20 years, and it does help to get the experience within the races.

However, one fan has already gave me their view on the decision that NASCAR has made.

“How many people are gonna be LIVID … in this time when everyone is having money problems, and it’s already hard to afford the tracks and travel, etc.  BAD VIBES.  I hope they don’t do well and the company suffers.  I hope the current owners boycott it.”

You have to see the point even if you haven’t purchased the FanView.  It’s like spending 400 dollars on a laptop and then getting told two-years later that it won’t work anywhere.  I know that I would not be happy with this decision, even if they are offering a discount for the new FanVision that will be available in the Spring of racing season.  Because the chances of fans getting even a third of their money back is very slim.  Some decisions that NASCAR makes in the long run that they think help every fan, hurts more fans than they think.

I just went on ebay and seen that one FanView had almost 45 bids on it, and had bidded up to 450 dollars.  So the person that makes this purchase is going to be out of a lot of money after the decision that NASCAR has made.  Give me your thoughts below in comments.