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Team Paradise
19th November 2003, 12:10 AM
Check out this (http://www.garmin.com/products/gpsmap60c/).

I guess it was only a matter of time before someone like Garmin got in on the act...

Steve

MCL
19th November 2003, 12:51 AM
KEEWWWLLLL!!!







I want one. :)

Chris n Maria
19th November 2003, 08:13 AM
What I was wondering was - where does it get the data from?

Will there be a new version of memorymap that reads GPX files?

Now that would be really cool :)

Chris

Paul G0TLG
19th November 2003, 08:46 AM
Oh wow! Now, what can I sell to raise four hundred-odd dollars?

I thought that "geocaching mode" meant that it made you walk round in circles, took you to the middle of the nearest boggy ground, and if it was a Blitzy cache you ended up not finding it anyway :lol:

Then, of course, you'd discover it had an automatic "forget to waypoint the car" function...

Paul

Brenin Tegeingl
21st November 2003, 07:46 AM
Latest news as confirmed by Garmin, the top of the range GPS60CS will go on sale in the UK in January 04. RRP of £489+vat. I for one am starting to save my pennies for one. Dave

Geoff & Bonnie
21st November 2003, 09:15 AM
So, in the USA its $535.70 (£315). In the UK it will be £174 +VAT more expensive. I wonder what the excuse for that differential will be.
Geoff

Brenin Tegeingl
21st November 2003, 10:13 AM
Originally posted by Geoff & Bonnie@Nov 21 2003, 09:15 AM
So, in the USA its $535.70 (£315). In the UK it will be £174 +VAT more expensive. I wonder what the excuse for that differential will be.
Geoff
Watch this space, as I have sent a email to Garmin asking them to explain the huge difference, which if my calculations are correct is about £259, when vat is taken into account. Dave

BugznElm'r
21st November 2003, 02:41 PM
Originally posted by Mancunian+Nov 21 2003, 10:13 AM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Mancunian @ Nov 21 2003, 10:13 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin--Geoff & Bonnie@Nov 21 2003, 09:15 AM
So, in the USA its &#036;535.70 (£315). In the UK it will be £174 +VAT more expensive. I wonder what the excuse for that differential will be.
Geoff
Watch this space, as I have sent a email to Garmin asking them to explain the huge difference, which if my calculations are correct is about £259, when vat is taken into account. Dave [/b][/quote]
You expect a little variation ... up to say 15 - 20% for a company of that size but that difference is just a joke.

Kouros
21st November 2003, 06:38 PM
I think it&#39;s sad that everything costs so much more in this country.

I remember going back a few years when I worked in a shoe shop, an American visitor was surprised that a pair of Doc Martins (which were at the time still produced in this country - I seem to recall hearing that this changed recently, but I don&#39;t know if it actually happened or if I imagined it) cost more over here than they did in the US.

We sold the 8-eyelet boots for £65 (which was about standard) and his local store sold them for &#036;99.95, or about £60.

I can understand them charging a little more in the US to cover export costs, but charge less?

Shame, especially considering I always have a pair on the go, and one of the heavy duty styles are easily my favourite caching boot.

Bill D (wwh)
21st November 2003, 08:18 PM
500 dollars over there - 500 pounds over here. That sounds about par for the course in rip-off Britain.

minstrelcat
22nd November 2003, 10:17 PM
Don&#39;t foget US prices are usually quoted exclusive of sales tax (the % varies from state to state).

It *is* still more expensive though.

Lisa