TomTom Safety Camera Subscriptions - UK Being Over Charged.

SpeedCam

Has anyone else noticed that us UK customers are being ripped off again? I've just notice that UK customers have to pay 69 Euros for the service whilst users in Belgium & the Netherlands only have to pay 39 Euro'

http://www.tomtom.com/plus/services/safetyCameras.php

I'd be interested to hear how TomTom justify they price difference, I bet it will be something along the lines of... 'the UK Camera DB has far more cameras than other countries'

nraponi · Occasional Visitor Joined: May 30, 2004 Posts: 11

Does anyone know how the TomTom DB compares to the downloadable one on this site (which has seemed really rather good to me so far)?

Cheers
Nick

Darren · Posted: Thu May 19, 2005 7:42 am Post subject:

I don't know anyone who's paid for it! It's also encrypted to the device it is downloaded to so cannot be copied or inspected.
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andy-c1 · Posted: Thu May 19, 2005 8:21 am Post subject:

typical isn't it Sad

but you probably right SpeedCam ,but thats not really an excuse when they relying on the customer of the input
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Skippy · Posted: Thu May 19, 2005 10:29 am Post subject:

I wonder how many suppliers are ripping off the free camera database from this site?
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Darren · Posted: Thu May 19, 2005 10:31 am Post subject:

Plenty offer it bundled with hardware which is a moot point. The ones I'm more pi**ed off with are the scumbags on eBay who sell it Twisted Evil

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RichXDA2 · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jul 26, 2004 Posts: 44

It doesn't end there, have you seen how much TT are charging for Traffic - 59.95 euros for the UK compared to 39.95 for Germany and 29.95 for Italy/France/Belgium/Netherlands!!!

Robocop · Posted: Thu May 19, 2005 3:12 pm Post subject:

Perhaps it's because we have twice the amount of road works and 10 times the amount of speed cameras than the the rest of Europe, that the cost is so much more? Laughing

andy-c1 · Posted: Thu May 19, 2005 3:45 pm Post subject:

Skippy · Posted: Thu May 19, 2005 4:05 pm Post subject:

Just to clarify, I didn't intend to infer that TomTom (or any other supplier) are actually selling the PocketGPS database as their own, I was just wondering out loud if anyone does it... Embarassed

Maybe we should add a few speed cameras in "interesting" locations and see how many other databases they appear in? Wink

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iancjc · Posted: Thu May 19, 2005 4:35 pm Post subject:

howabout half way down Downing Street W1?
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Darren · Posted: Thu May 19, 2005 4:37 pm Post subject:

Darren · Posted: Thu May 19, 2005 4:41 pm Post subject:

andy-c1 · Posted: Thu May 19, 2005 5:59 pm Post subject:

thats really cheap in my book ,but i also hestitate to say if you started charging ,i wouldn't hesitate to pay a fee as it is well worth it , and has saved me a few £££ in the past
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iancjc · Posted: Thu May 19, 2005 7:02 pm Post subject:

I think this has gone a little off topic.

I think it needs to be said again that no one is saying that tomtom are resusing this database and selling it only that certain £$%&^kers on ebay are.

Would be interested in how accurate it is - wonder if any go users have downloaded it?

Ian
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