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surfgeek
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| J500ANT wrote: | | Mr_Gonzales wrote: | | Argos are in the habit of doing that - most things seem to come in an additional Argos brown cardboard box. Doing their bit for the rainforests I guess. |
I reckon the 2nd box is so the staff dont know whats inside.........
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I think you are right, my iPod came in an extra brown box. |
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seasider
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| Posted: Wed Nov 09, 2005 6:01 pm Post subject: \curiouser and curiouser. |
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This is a reply I receievd this morning from Garmin Europe.
Good Morning,
Thank you for contacting Garmin Europe.
In regard to your email, Mapping updates are usually released every 12
months around the end of the year. The have been no announcements when/if
City Select Europe v.8 will be released and there is no cut-off date
announced.
Therefore I cannot tell you if you were to purchase the software today, that
you would be entitled to a free update. There is usually a month period for
the cut-off date, where-by if you purchase within a month of the update
being released, you would be entitled to a free update.
We do not even have a rough estimate of when any updates will be released
for City Select Europe and will not until such an announcement is published
on the Garmin website.
If you have any further questions please let me know.
>> Regards,
>> Luke R
>> Product Support Associate
>> Garmin (Europe) Ltd
Seems to be at odds with other messages from Garmin posted on here.
I have emailed Argos today and asked them why they are continuing to sell the older versions at the same price as the new ones
Watch this space. |
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JonA
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| Posted: Wed Nov 09, 2005 6:30 pm Post subject: |
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See earlier in this thread - same as the message that I got from Luke R.
Other people have had positive emails though saying that the update will be free. Various cut off dates for purchases have also been given though.
Think we are going round in circles with Garmin. |
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zogman
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| Posted: Wed Nov 09, 2005 6:36 pm Post subject: |
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i think it was mikeb (mod) who told us we would get an upgrade maybe i can ask him via this post if he can contact garmin and get an update ...any info would be appreciated...
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Skippy
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| Posted: Wed Nov 09, 2005 8:59 pm Post subject: |
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| J500ANT wrote: | | I reckon the 2nd box is so the staff dont know whats inside......... |
I think what can happen is that the staff opens it, steals the GPS out of the box and then closes it again. Then the customer buys the item and WTF! there is no GPS inside it! So customer returns the box to complain and Argos have no way of knowing if the customer is lying or one of their staff stole the item out of the box.
Putting the box in a secure box before shipping to the Argos store would prevent this....
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devros
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| Posted: Wed Nov 09, 2005 9:49 pm Post subject: |
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Bought mine, PC World Telford - v8.
Had checked 20 mins earlier in Argos. v7 in Garmin box INSIDE brown box.
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| Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2005 2:59 am Post subject: |
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I ordered mine online from Comet, it get delivered later today (10th), I hope it has the V8 maps.
Will Comet take it back if it has V7 maps? |
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Skippy
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| Widdy wrote: | I ordered mine online from Comet, it get delivered later today (10th), I hope it has the V8 maps.
Will Comet take it back if it has V7 maps? |
Yes, if you brought it over the Internet, you haven't opened any shrink wrapped software and you return it in as new condition within 7 days then they have to take it backunder the distance selling regulations.
They may take it back as a gesture of good will even if you don't meet all these conditions...
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Widdy
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| Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2005 4:19 pm Post subject: |
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| Widdy wrote: | I ordered mine online from Comet, it get delivered later today (10th), I hope it has the V8 maps.
Will Comet take it back if it has V7 maps? |
Well I got it a couple of hours ago and it has v8 maps so I am happy with it.
However just a small point is that I uploaded the POI following the idiots guide on the forum, but in map mode or guide mode the POI icons are not showing.
Have I done something wrong? |
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zogman
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| Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2005 5:02 pm Post subject: |
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the poi icons should show when you get close to them..do a simulation run and see...........
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J500ANT
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| Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2005 7:52 pm Post subject: |
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| zogman wrote: | | the poi icons should show when you get close to them..do a simulation run and see........... |
They dont for me either, not the custom ones nor do i recall seeing any for anywhere i've been passing either.
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zogman
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| Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2005 8:22 pm Post subject: |
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ok..heres what i done, click on where to..click food etc ..click on shopping ..find a shopping are of your choice..click show map and any poi's you have in that area will show up...does on mine..(v2.50 and v7 maps)
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J500ANT
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| Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2005 8:48 pm Post subject: |
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| zogman wrote: | | ok..heres what i done, click on where to..click food etc ..click on shopping ..find a shopping are of your choice..click show map and any poi's you have in that area will show up...does on mine..(v2.50 and v7 maps) |
One place that I went to today, using the custom POI's, shows the logo using the method above but didnt when I was navigating to it or when I had arrived and was just showing map. v2.70 / v8 maps |
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MELennium
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| Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2005 8:56 pm Post subject: |
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| Quote: | | ok..heres what i done, click on where to..click food etc ..click on shopping ..find a shopping are of your choice..click show map and any poi's you have in that area will show up...does on mine..(v2.50 and v7 maps) |
Mine only shows other poi's in the area if i zoom into 300ft (v2.70 and v7 maps) |
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zogman
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nice one dan...by the way how did you get a pic of my wife taking her nics off as your avatar....hehehe..
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