GPS Navigation

That seems to have all the bells and whistles. Do you have one and is the quality any good?
Might buy one for my other car

No Stu I don't have one yet as I'm waiting for the 7" ebay gps's to get the Win CE 5 upgrade with the 8 GB cards. This later version has already been done for the smaller 5" & 4.3" screens. As my next big trip is still 3 months off I'm not in a hurry to buy.
I know there are over a dozen in the Jeep club successfully running the units & reports on the Patrol forum are very positive including being stable on rough outback corrugated roads.
The one I used was easy to opperate & resolution reasonable although you'll find higher end products to have a superior screen.
Because they aren't locked you can add programs & maps cheaply unlike similar units like the Hema Navigator or Gamon Nuvi.
Cheers Craig.............

the 276c might be a good gps, but it has one very large drawback..... it only takes the propriatry (spelling???) Garmin card which doesn't fit anything else. It also means relatively expensive replacement cards.

So buy a GPS that takes either a standard SD card or micro SD card; that way you can prepare different map sets as you require them.

KiwiAngler

I don't know why anybody would want to buy such items on ebay, US Base map, No waranty, no after sales service, and the chance of parting with your dollars and not getting the product.
you can come back at me with all the usual excuses but I tell you now i will not accept any of them,


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You state ' I don't know why anybody would want to buy such items on ebay....snipped"

This is why I do

You may have had such issues when dealing with e-bay I certainly havent so I have no issues with dealing in e-bay products.

The 'base map' comment is irrelevant when you load City Nav as it replaces it

Warranty is only an issue when it breaks

After sales service is only an issue when it breaks

I have owned many Garmin units over the last 30 years - never have I had to use either the warranty or after sales services - thats why I continue to buy and recommend them

As to losing your money - thats why you ensure you deal with 'recognised' sellers - did you even look at this seller's history?? - over 3600 transactions and only 30 negative comments

your closing statement " you can come back at me with all the usual excuses but I tell you now i will not accept any of them"

I just have - you dont have to

The 276c is really a great product and there is a potential downside Doug , but the upside is much more likely.

I have now got at least 4 276c with all the accessories from USA and all has worked out well.

I would happily have paid more for Aussie versions if there had just been a reasonable mark up , but its hard when Garmins are nearly twice the price they should be in this country, and software upgrades are dearer than buying many other units outright and even then they have cut them down to only one GPS it can be loaded into.

Robin
So much for supporting local Australian Business', it's no wonder some have moved off shore. but then that's another debate,

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Hmmm I see a comment above of having Garmin GPS units for the past 30 years.

In 1987 when driving the Simpson north/south we enquired about hiring a Magellan GPS which as then the size of a shoebox. The cost was prohibitive. So that is 22 years ago.

Maybe the above comment was a typo. Or have I been living in the dark?


Cheers

yeh, we all should support products made in Taiwan. LOL

I find it hard to believe that KiwiAngler has "owned many Garmin units over the last 30 years" when the company was only founded in 1989. ;-)

Andrew

Willem
His comment speaks for itself don't it. He probably had one of these,

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If you think thats to expensive then check this one out.

nuvi 765 Adventure pack

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Doug

I can picture it now - a sweat shop in the suburbs of Darwin with dozens of Territorians manning the production lines, turning out 100's of Garmin Nuvis every hour.

Yeah right.

Bob
It'll be you southeners that'll be doing the sweatin', Territorians will be the bosses.

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I note that the eBay stockist referred to in thread 66694 does not have any product currently.

Mh