GPS rip off to walkers
Teslar
specialises in walking / camping etc. (no names mentioned) the prices are
much higher then those found in a Yacht Chandler or similar.
Buy a copy of Sailing Today or a similar publication and you will see that
you can save your self £50 or more for the same handheld item.
Cheers
Tom
Rob Nicholson
Dedicated walking shops (like Outdoors & that one in Fort William) are
always expensive, compared to the say bought from mail-order or
non-specialist shops.
Maplins used to be one of the best buys.
Rob.
Matthew Black
> > If your thinking of buying one, DO NOT purchase one from a shop which
> > specialises in walking / camping etc. (no names mentioned) the prices
are
> > much higher then those found in a Yacht Chandler or similar.
>
> Dedicated walking shops (like Outdoors & that one in Fort William) are
> always expensive, compared to the say bought from mail-order or
> non-specialist shops.
>
> Maplins used to be one of the best buys.
Or probably better still try going down the Tottenham Court Road in London,
almost always the cheapest place for electronic gear - and you can sometimes
bargain the proices down further too.
Matt.
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Rage
>almost always the cheapest place for electronic gear - and you can
sometimes
>bargain the proices down further too.
But if you did, Id recommend you try it out well ahead of time, to make sure
the bloody thing works...
Rage.
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Roger Chapman
from "Matthew Black" <matt...@callnetuk.com> contains these words:
> Or probably better still try going down the Tottenham Court Road in London,
> almost always the cheapest place for electronic gear - and you can sometimes
> bargain the proices down further too.
Any particular shops in mind. I may be in London next Tuesday (for
the first time in nearly 20 years) but will not have much time to spare.
Roger
DS
<r.ch...@zetnet.co.uk> writes
Got one last year from Sunrise Business Centre. They had a wide range
but do not put price tags on them!
I went prepared and quoted them a "price I had seen mail order" £10
lower than the real figure and they matched it when I said I was going
to browse in a few more shops nearby.
If I were you I would research which model / accessories you would like
and figure out the price you want to pay before you go.
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David Prow
Jim Willsher <j...@willsher.sol.co.uk> wrote in message
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> Like that's handy if you live in Scotland?
>
> Can't beat Tiso - I got a GPS12 for an excellent price last year.
>
>
> Jim
>
Hi ,
I don't know what price you paid last year, but I was shocked at the
price Tiso were asking for a GPS12 (£150).Try
http://www.21store.com/21store/cgi-bin/printpage.pl?user=unknown&fname=gpsz.
txt&doctype=gpsz who sell them at
£119 . If you try your local Yacht Chandler I,m sure they would match
this.
David Prow
Rob Nicholson
London,
> almost always the cheapest place for electronic gear - and you can
sometimes
> bargain the proices down further too.
Yeah okay like if you live near London :-)
Rob.
belgrave
keep walking up the road - they're all over the place !
Roger Chapman <r.ch...@zetnet.co.uk> wrote in message
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>The message <3732...@eeyore.callnetuk.com>
> from "Matthew Black" <matt...@callnetuk.com> contains these words:
>
>> Or probably better still try going down the Tottenham Court Road in
London,
>> almost always the cheapest place for electronic gear - and you can
sometimes
>> bargain the proices down further too.
>
>Any particular shops in mind. I may be in London next Tuesday (for
>the first time in nearly 20 years) but will not have much time to spare.
>
>Roger
>
>
Kev J
Matthew Black <matt...@callnetuk.com> wrote in message
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> Rob Nicholson <rob.ni...@unforgettable.com> wrote ...
>
> > > If your thinking of buying one, DO NOT purchase one from a shop which
> > > specialises in walking / camping etc. (no names mentioned) the prices
> are
> > > much higher then those found in a Yacht Chandler or similar.
> >
> > Dedicated walking shops (like Outdoors & that one in Fort William) are
> > always expensive, compared to the say bought from mail-order or
> > non-specialist shops.
> >
> > Maplins used to be one of the best buys.
>
London,
> almost always the cheapest place for electronic gear - and you can
sometimes
> bargain the proices down further too.
>
Or order one from US, I saved 50% including postage.
Kev J.
Graham Ingram
Rob Nicholson wrote in message <7gt0fv$tv7$2...@news4.svr.pol.co.uk>...
>> If your thinking of buying one, DO NOT purchase one from a shop [snip]
As a matter of interest I have just picked up the June issue of Trail
magazine complete with Ellis Brigham catalogue. They are offering the
Magellan GPS 300 at 115 UK pounds and the Blazer 12 at 130 UK pounds. Also
several other models up to 220 UK pounds. It may be worth a look.
Regards Graham
Pete292
Where did you buy in the usa
Thank you in advance
Pete
Dave Cox
GPX 2000xl I reckon I saved about £30 purchasing from the US, dont forget
they will add VAT, import duty & parcel force add carrying too.
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Pete292 wrote in message <19990508225123...@ng-fz1.aol.com>...
Phil Tanner
*seem* to be rated higher than Magellan (judging largely by the Garmin
following on sci.geo.satellite-nav). AFAIK the GPS12 has more features
than the Magellan Blazer12 & the former is £99.99 from Mailspeed Marine
(I just happened to glance at a copy of 'Sail-Faster Monthly' or some
such publication whilst in WH Smiths last week.)
Personally, I plan to get a GPS sometime soon - I'd get a Garmin GPS12,
from a Chandlers & expect to spend £100 tops.
If anyone is considering buying a GPS I'd check out
http://www.joe.mehaffey.com. I've also looked into buying one from the
US & due to VAT plus import duty (totalling 22%) it seemed uneconomic.
If anyone has found otherwise, I'd be very interested in hearing about
it....
Phil.
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Peter Clinch
> I don't know what price you paid last year, but I was shocked at the
> price Tiso were asking for a GPS12 (£150).Try
> http://www.21store.com/ who sell them at
> £119 . If you try your local Yacht Chandler I,m sure they would match
> this.
Indeed. Couple of friends have them, and both recommended to me that if
I were to follow suit then the ads in sailing and avaitaion mags were
the place to get the bargains.
Pete.
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Russell Pinder
warantee issues and using the supplier below the saving was so small it was
not worth it. Its frightening the amount of difference in the price of these
units.
Nautical World 01702 444444 where I got my unit were knocking them ( Garmin
GPS12) out at £94.99 plus £4.99 P&P. (Includes VAT) a couple of months ago.
I've no connection with them except I've bought a couple of things off them
with no problems, never seen GPS cheaper anywhere else and it saves all that
shoe leather on the tottenham court road - as always use a credit card for
additional protection. - note you need to spend over £100 for this so buy
the data cable too.
Hope that helps (Do I get a percentage of the saving?) :-)
Russell
David Prow wrote in message <7gvhm4$6vo$1...@gxsn.com>...
>
>Jim Willsher <j...@willsher.sol.co.uk> wrote in message
>news:37320b28...@news.scotland.net...
>> Like that's handy if you live in Scotland?
>>
>> Can't beat Tiso - I got a GPS12 for an excellent price last year.
>>
>>
>> Jim
>>
>Hi ,
>I don't know what price you paid last year, but I was shocked at the
>price Tiso were asking for a GPS12 (£150).Try
>http://www.21store.com/21store/cgi-bin/printpage.pl?user=unknown&fname=gpsz
.
>txt&doctype=gpsz who sell them at
>£119 . If you try your local Yacht Chandler I,m sure they would match
>this.
>David Prow
>
>
>