Satmap for £249.

BigPerk · Posted: Fri Feb 20, 2009 3:47 pm Post subject:

Noticed 3 comments from the User Guide which may be relevant (apologies if I seem to be in egg-sucking mode Smile

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Section 1: contact Satmap if satellite locking takes 'much longer' than 2 minutes;

Section 4: locking "best results" with 'GPS Status' page displayed;

Section 12: locking is quicker before the map card is inserted;
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David
(Navigon 70 Live, Nuvi 360)

briman · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jun 07, 2006 Posts: 1

another vote for Footsteps. Ordered the Unit, full UK Map and powerpack for £404 on the 13th Feb and it arrived yesterday. Great item, took me a while to set up and initial lock took a while, but that may have been being inside. Outside and in the car it locked on within two minutes at the very most. Accuracy seems pretty good on 1:50k map. will have to try and find a 1:25K map of Snowdonia for a reasonable price somewhere.
Initial impressions are very good in comparison to Garmin etrex Vista HCx and Fujitsu Siemens Loox N500.
I'm off to Snowdon in mid April, so that will be it's first real outdoor test.

Cheers,
Bri

adewar · Occasional Visitor Joined: Feb 28, 2009 Posts: 2

I recently ordered a Satmap and accessories from GLobal Gizmos. They quoted 5-7 days delivery. But after 5 days I got a terse email saying "due to unforseen circumstances we cannot fulfil your order, please speak to your credit card company to obtain a refund". I have dealt with bad suppliers before but Global Gizmos are despicable. I re-ordered from www.outdoorworldltd.co.uk whose price was equally keen and it all turned up after one day.

I am going through the process of getting my money back from Visa, but why should I. Surely Global Gizmos should offer me a refund if they cannot fulfil my order.

Under no circumstances would I every buy from Global Gizmos again, avoid them like the plague!!!!

BigPerk · Posted: Sat Feb 28, 2009 12:03 pm Post subject:

No consolation, but you are far from alone adewar - see

AshleyBooth · Occasional Visitor Joined: Aug 22, 2005 Posts: 10

I ordered some Satmap maps from Global Gizmos on the 8th Feb with 2-4 working days delivery. I paid by Visa using Google Checkout.

On the 13th I sent a message via Google asking when I would receive my order.

Having had no reply by the 16th I asked again.

Then having no reply by the 17th I asked again.

On the 23rd I got an email from Google Checkout to say my order has been canceled - Item out of stock - your card has not been charged.

So I guess I'm lucky but why does it take 3 weeks to find out an item is out of stock when they quote 2-4 working days delivery Mad

In my online research into this company I found a telephone number 01942 719161 but I don't know if it still works.

rothers · Regular Visitor Joined: Mar 28, 2007 Posts: 134

BigPerk · Posted: Sun Mar 01, 2009 1:25 pm Post subject:

With other suppliers having no supply problems, you can't help wondering if Global Gizmos are being hit by the recession and having financial problems.

Whatever the reason, wouldn't it be helpful to our members to have a mention in the weekly newsletter? I guess GG can't be specifically referred to, but the more people realise they can get very useful supplier guidance (good and bad) on here, and are reminded where to look, the better. It saves several people giving their warnings, only for others then to write in, clearly having been unaware of the info.

An alternative (I can't see one there at the moment) would be to have a prominent entry for suppliers in the 'GPS Forums' page.

JAT ...
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David
(Navigon 70 Live, Nuvi 360)

sham63 · Occasional Visitor Joined: Mar 05, 2009 Posts: 7

Another victim of Global Gizmos here. I ordered a Satmap unit at the end of January and stupidly paid by Debit card (Meastro) because they wanted to add 2.5% for credit cards at checkout.

Haven't received the unit or a refund despite numerous emails which go unanswered.

The website is still active (and still endorsed by Bear Grylls - shame on you!) The only positive thing I've noticed is that the checkout stopped working about 2 weeks ago ( supposedly due to a 'technical fault' ) so for the time being no one else will get caught out. My guess is that they will cease trading soon.
I'm really angry because it's alot of money I can't afford to lose and because I didn't pay by credit card. If I did I'd probably have my money back by now.

BigPerk · Posted: Fri Mar 06, 2009 1:07 am Post subject:

That's bad news. Although it unfortunately won't help you sham63, by the sounds of it, I hope you won't mind if I suggest a link for VISA debit card users to look at, just in case any of them have also been affected

AshleyBooth · Occasional Visitor Joined: Aug 22, 2005 Posts: 10

themib · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jul 13, 2008 Posts: 17

BBC Watchdog?

sham63 · Occasional Visitor Joined: Mar 05, 2009 Posts: 7

Global Gizmos have gone into liquidation. The Liquidators have published the accounts and they owe over £220,000 but only have assests of £12,000 (including an estimated £10,000 for the domain name !!!) so only £2000 really. One of the Directors has the cheek to claim he is a creditor (claiming £6000) - the whole thing stinks. They blame the 'economic downturn' for going bust but the online reviews mentioned by other posters indicate the company was run by incompetents. I don't think anyone will get anything back.

goon525 · Regular Visitor Joined: Aug 25, 2005 Posts: 75

I am mightily relieved I got my stuff out of them, albeit with plenty of hassle, before they went tits-up.

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