buying an ETREX LEGEND
Johan Van Gompel
> In article <aiuor8$hj5$1...@reader08.wxs.nl>, nos...@nospam.com (Newbye)
> wrote:
[...]
>> I would like to buy an ETREX LEGEND, and am considering ordering it
>> from the USA.
>
> Why go stateside you end up with the US not European basemap, have to pay
> or avoid import duties and have major problems if anything goes wrong by
> way of shipping back.
[...]
I'm considering buying an eTrex Vista. Below are some prices from online
retailers that I recently gathered. As you can see prices range between
540-642 EUR on the European mainland, 471-517 EUR in the UK and 296-361 EUR
in the USA (1 EUR = 0.63641 GBP). Even considering import duties and taxes,
import from the US will beat even the lowest UK price, albeit probably not
by much.
Site Location Price (in euro)
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beva.be Belgium 642 EUR
meyer-edv.de Germany 609 EUR
technikmodern.at Austria 608 EUR
bever.nl The Netherlands 605 EUR
gogogadget.nl The Netherlands 600 EUR
gps-garmin.nl The Netherlands 599 EUR
navi.nl The Netherlands 599 EUR
dsh2000.com The Netherlands 589 EUR
fly.ch Switzerland 586 EUR
delfinos.ch Switzerland 583 EUR
nhd-shop.de Germany 580 EUR
poly-electronic.ch Switzerland 569 EUR
bctech.fr France 560 EUR
amr-outdoorwelt.de Germany 560 EUR
vaiocenter.de Germany 559 EUR
computerdoktor24.de Germany 559 EUR
busse-yachtshop.de Germany 559 EUR
segelladen.de Germany 559 EUR
schorr-aviation-multimedia.de Germany 555 EUR
unicom-informatik.ch Switzerland 548 EUR
europesatellite.com France 540 EUR
naturestore.fr France 540 EUR
lowe-electronics.com UK 517 EUR
offroadstore.co.uk UK 487 EUR
askdirect.co.uk UK 487 EUR
globalpositioningsystems.co.uk UK 471 EUR
gpsw.co.uk UK 471 EUR
rei.com USA 361 EUR
affordablegps.com USA 320 EUR
thegpsstore.com USA 314 EUR
gpscentral.ca Canada 313 EUR
gpsnow.com USA 299 EUR
gpsmarketplace.com USA 298 EUR
gpsdiscount.com USA 296 EUR
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Johan Van Gompel
Debian GNU/Linux 2.4.19 on Athlon 1400/512 MB
Johan Van Gompel
> pdro...@cix.compulink.co.uk wrote:
>
>> In article <aiuor8$hj5$1...@reader08.wxs.nl>, nos...@nospam.com (Newbye)
>> wrote:
>
> [...]
>>> I would like to buy an ETREX LEGEND, and am considering ordering it
>>> from the USA.
>>
>> Why go stateside you end up with the US not European basemap, have to
>> pay or avoid import duties and have major problems if anything goes wrong
>> by way of shipping back.
> [...]
>
> I'm considering buying an eTrex Vista. Below are some prices from online
> retailers that I recently gathered. As you can see prices range between
> 540-642 EUR on the European mainland, 471-517 EUR in the UK and 296-361
> EUR in the USA (1 EUR = 0.63641 GBP). Even considering import duties and
> taxes, import from the US will beat even the lowest UK price, albeit
> probably not by much.
[...]
Of course, you will also have to buy the MapSource Europe CD-ROM if you
want to use it here and those things do not come cheap (100+ EUR I believe).
Boo
the
> USA.
>
>
I bought my Summit from www.tvnav.com a couple of years ago and got a good
price and good service.
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Boo
Peter Collingridge
They are at www.oswaldbailey.co.uk
I have never used them, but their GPS stuff looked cheap last time I looked.
Pete
"Johan Van Gompel" <joh...@johanvg.dyndns.org> wrote in message
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Johan Van Gompel
> Oswald Bailey will do it for £209, which is about 330 Euros I think.
>
> They are at www.oswaldbailey.co.uk
>
> I have never used them, but their GPS stuff looked cheap last time I
> looked.
The Legend, yes, but the Vista is 500+ euros.
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Johan Van Gompel
Debian GNU/Linux 2.4.18 on Athlon 1400/512 MB