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Garmin Question

  • 01-10-2007 8:21am
    #1
    DannyBuoy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 598 ✭✭✭


    Hi folks,

    Just a thought... Am looking to replace my 250 that some scumbag robbed from my car (may a camel give birth in his tent etc) and I'm wondering should I hold off for a couple of months with a view to getting the next version maps. V9 came out towards the end of last year I think, and the units sold around then came with an upgrade voucher. Upgrading the Europe maps down the road costs about E200 so dont want to do that for a year. Anyone got the inside track?


    Thanks.


Comments

  • #2
    Aquos76
    Moderators, Regional South East Moderators Posts: 9,075 Mod ✭✭✭✭Aquos76


    Well afaik.. if you by a new garmin now, you can hold off on registering your unit and then when the new maps are released, register your unit with a purchase date after the release, and Garmin will send you out a free update disk. This has been the case on the two previous updates up to now.


  • #3
    DannyBuoy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 598 ✭✭✭DannyBuoy


    Any idea of when? Dec or Jan maybe?


  • #4
    Krusty_Clown
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,550 ✭✭✭✭Krusty_Clown


    I would hold-off.. Christmas/January would be a good time to buy a GPS receiver anyway, as there'll be a lot of competition to get customers/ get rid of excess stock.

    Also, around then we should have a better idea of what the NavTeq buyout might mean to Garmin (whose value dropped yesterday by 12% based on the news).


  • #5
    DannyBuoy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 598 ✭✭✭DannyBuoy


    Krusty_Clown wrote:
    I would hold-off.. Christmas/January would be a good time to buy a GPS receiver anyway, as there'll be a lot of competition to get customers/ get rid of excess stock.

    Also, around then we should have a better idea of what the NavTeq buyout might mean to Garmin (whose value dropped yesterday by 12% based on the news).

    Good points, might hold tough awhile, I noticed in the 4 months I had a nuvi 250 they came down about E50 but its the European maps that are costly to upgrade, I expect to spend E280 - 300 so i dont want to spend another couple of hundred buying the latest maps for at least a year.


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