I give up on Garmin

[Lifted]

You paid $89.00, which sounds like a great price to me for lifetime anything.

Are you seriously throwing such a temper tantrum that you're considering spending even more money because the manufacturer wouldn't refund you for being lazy and not shopping around beforehand? I assume you spent time researching the devices, and decided that this one was the best for your needs. Now all of that goes out the window because you couldn't get a refund and you're willing to take whatever, at whatever price, because... baby didn't get his bottle?

You have some serious growing up to do, and some anger management therapy and meditation or yoga classes would help as well.

 

[surfsatwerk]

why shouldn't they? i feel cheated. they fact that i wasted my time speaking with them they should have given me the credit. should i send my dilemma to the consumerist?

You are being a crybaby.

 

[postmortemIA]

Lol. Can you sell us these for 40 or so dollars since a. They are 65 new and b. You will not need them as you purchased competing product.

 

[foghorn67]

stay on topic, troll.


and those advocating using smartphones.....please. cell phones provide spotty coverage and use up too much of my 'unlimited' data plan. it is not a viable solution. i have my gps on at all times. i will look into magellan.

You're a troll. Nobody in their right mind would be upset about this and then, blame others.
You have nobody to blame but yourself for not doing even 5 minutes of research.

Garmin, Navigon and TomTom sell iPhone apps that don't need a data connection. (Except traffic feeds).

 

[Brainonska511]

Can you show us where the GPS touched you?

 

[0roo0roo]

You paid $89.00, which sounds like a great price to me for lifetime anything.

Are you seriously throwing such a temper tantrum that you're considering spending even more money because the manufacturer wouldn't refund you for being lazy and not shopping around beforehand? I assume you spent time researching the devices, and decided that this one was the best for your needs. Now all of that goes out the window because you couldn't get a refund and you're willing to take whatever, at whatever price, because... baby didn't get his bottle?

You have some serious growing up to do, and some anger management therapy and meditation or yoga classes would help as well.

yea seriously car gps disc upgrade prices would make your eyes bleed in comparison, 89 bucks is chump change.

 

[KaOTiK]

My work truck has a TomTom that I use pretty much all day. I have ~0 issues with it.

Run it beside a Garmin to the same location, TomTom is a joke. If you don't have a comparison sure it seems fine. My buddy had a TomTom and I have a Garmin. We had a pretty long trip and we decided to see how close they were with one another. Not very long into the trip his TomTom was showing how bad it was. He also told me some pretty lol stories he had with the thing, once used it and it had him make 3 lefts in a row simply making him go around the block, that was my fav one that I remember hehe.

 

[Away]

stay on topic, troll.

One of the biggest trolls on this forum calling someone else a troll... laughable.

 

[TurtleCrusher]

One of the biggest trolls on this forum calling someone else a troll... laughable.

Amen to that.

This is ridiculous. Should I call Gateway up since I bought a laptop from them, found it cheaper at wal-mart, and get a refund of the difference?

OP, you are the definition of trolling. Did you find too many cop bashing articles to the point that you couldn't afford any time to shop around?

 

[ch33zw1z]

Meh, $25 lesson learned. Not to shabby for a good lesson.

 

[Miramonti]

Selling ones own products directly to customers below 'retail price' upsets the supply chain, and these are generally not who you want to piss off, since that is often where most of your sales come from.

 

[erikistired]

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[erikistired]

yea seriously car gps disc upgrade prices would make your eyes bleed in comparison, 89 bucks is chump change.

you can pay 89 bucks for a gps upgrade a year or two old, and feel like you are getting a deal. and that's ONE upgrade, which is probably out of date already, but better than what your car shipped with. it's like the OP is trolling or something!

 

[EagleKeeper]

Seeing how you feel cheated, then buy it from Amazon and make sure that you have the better item.
Then "return" the defective one to Garmin. If they balk; then try to do a CC dispute

That should work well, given your attitude of self righteousness,

 

[Meghan54]

it's like the OP is trolling or something!

Just look at who the OP is and you've got the answer to your musing.


Seriously.

 

[Jeffg010]

Hay OP you could of had new garmin for $99 with lifetime maps, 2 chargers 2 mounts, and a case. You better call garmon back and complain that they should send you this bundle for free because you are so awesome.
http://www.walmart.com/ip/Garmin-nuv...undle/16651384

 

[SillyOReilly]

You paid $89.00, which sounds like a great price to me for lifetime anything.

I'll charge you 89 bucks lifetime for a hot poker shoved up your ass every morning.

Great deal, right?

 

[LOL_Wut_Axel]

I'll charge you 89 bucks lifetime for a hot poker shoved up your ass every morning.

Great deal, right?

OP is an idiot and a troll.

 

[OutHouse]

hahahah

 

[notposting]

If Garmin is the best of the GPS world, they all suck. Picked up the 1390 LMT last year and it blows. Rain storm? No GPS. Tall buildings? No GPS. Short streets & wrong turns? Recalc...wait starting over...recal...wait....re....slow processing. Searching for something? Very slow and cumbersome. And shit-for-brains routing.

I stand by my idea of what the best GPS in the world would be. A Motorola hardware design (slim and sleek, capacitive screen), running Google Nav with onboard maps and POI's from el Goog, combined with a Kindle/Whispernet like cellular updating system which also doubles as aGPS to ensure quicker/more accurate locks.

I would pay $199 for that, even with the included ads you know Google would sneak in.

 

[dabuddha]

What makes your time so valuable that they should give you the credit just for having to talk to them? Who do you think you are?

Think of it as a stupid tax, next time you should have shopped around. Amazon would have no incentive to get product from Garmin if Garmin is going to match or undercut the price that Amazon would sell it at.

Should Apple refund customers who buy a macbook pro from them because amazon sells them cheaper than even Apple's education discount? Why should Garmin?

This has to be a parody thread cause no one is that stupid.

 

[lokiju]

Same situation with a lot of brands. 4Sevens flashlights comes to mind. Direct from them vs Amazon, Amazon is always cheaper and by a good amount.

Also, you're out $20, why does that lead to you sell it and get a TomTom? What does that accomplish? Just suck it up and move on in life.

 

[SandEagle]

it's funny how all the trolls are calling me a troll.
it is not about the $25. it is about the principal. there are principalities involved.

i will suck it up and continue using Garmin, sigh. the product is awesome i admit.

Garmin - 1
SandEagle - 69
ATOT - 0

 

[NikolaeVarius]

it's funny how all the trolls are calling me a troll.
it is not about the $25. it is about the principal. there are principalities involved.

i will suck it up and continue using Garmin, sigh. the product is awesome i admit.

Garmin - 1
SandEagle - 69
ATOT - 0

No. It doesn't exist. Manufacturers are under no contract to provide their services at the same price as their vendors.

Moreoever, who the hell ever goes straight to the Manufacturers to buy something, its always more expensive except in some extremely limited cases.

 

[SandEagle]

by the way, you can't refund because the download is mapped to your serial number. lamest horseshit evar