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becker gps ! anyone have one ?

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  • #2
    Krusty_Clown
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,530 ✭✭✭✭Krusty_Clown


    Run away!!


  • #3
    Dave!
    Closed Accounts Posts: 27,856 ✭✭✭✭Dave!


    I've already ordered this, so please tell me the good points about it and avoid the bad ones, thank you! :D


  • #4
    Rowley Birkin QC
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,305 ✭✭✭Rowley Birkin QC


    Bump, thinking of ordering one myself.

    Or maybe a Nuvi. Any help?


  • #5
    Dave!
    Closed Accounts Posts: 27,856 ✭✭✭✭Dave!


    Hopefully mine will arrive tomorrow and I'll let ye know then :)


  • #6
    Krusty_Clown
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,530 ✭✭✭✭Krusty_Clown


    Ok, some slightly more constructive comments:
    Would you buy Ferrari aftershave? Then why would you buy a Ferrari GPS receiver? The Ferrari association surely just allows the Becker company to put the logo on the product, and you can be sure that the cost of this license is borne by the cost of the unit.

    The map manufacturer is not named, and the maps are not dated (or more to the point, the maps might be quite dated!)

    Biggest concerns would be availability of map updates and reliability (some online feedback about reliability).

    For 152 Euro or therabouts, you could get a decent Garmin or tomTom unit. So why buy it? Also, I tried to buy a GPS receiver from DABS before. After 10 days, I cancelled my order in frustration and ordered from another website at a higer price. :eek:


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  • #7
    whiterebel
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 15,547 Mod ✭✭✭✭whiterebel


    Krusty_Clown wrote: »
    Ok, some slightly more constructive comments:
    Would you buy Ferrari aftershave? Then why would you buy a Ferrari GPS receiver? The Ferrari association surely just allows the Becker company to put the logo on the product, and you can be sure that the cost of this license is borne by the cost of the unit.

    The map manufacturer is not named, and the maps are not dated (or more to the point, the maps might be quite dated!)

    Biggest concerns would be availability of map updates and reliability (some online feedback about reliability).

    For 152 Euro or therabouts, you could get a decent Garmin or tomTom unit. So why buy it? Also, I tried to buy a GPS receiver from DABS before. After 10 days, I cancelled my order in frustration and ordered from another website at a higer price. :eek:

    Maps are by Navteq, apparently.


  • #8
    Trx
    Closed Accounts Posts: 343 ✭✭Trx


    becker

    Waste of Money...

    Buy a decent Sat nav and be finished with it....


    Garmin or Tom Tom the way to go !!!!
    Excuse the pun !!!


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