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garmin 152 gps
can anyone tell me if a garmin 152 gps, bought from the good ol'
U.S.of A is the same as one from the U.K? Does it work in the same way or do I have to have a U.K. version? The reason I ask is that I can buy from America a lot cheaper than I can in Rip-off Britain! David C. |
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garmin 152 gps
Don't forget Canada. Sometimes electronics are actually cheaper here than
the US. Probably something to do with supply & demand. As a rule we don't have as much disposable income due to taxes etc so some companies sell cheaper. see http://ca.binnacle.com/online/produc...&pf%5Fid=28182 take that $500.00 CDN and convert to Brit funny money. Should be about 200 pounds sterling. david c. wrote in message om... can anyone tell me if a garmin 152 gps, bought from the good ol' U.S.of A is the same as one from the U.K? Does it work in the same way or do I have to have a U.K. version? The reason I ask is that I can buy from America a lot cheaper than I can in Rip-off Britain! David C. |
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garmin 152 gps
"The GPS 152 is a 12 parallel channel GPS receiver loaded with a database of
American cities and nautical navigation aids such as lights, buoys, sound signals, day beacons and tide data." The sentence above was cut and pasted from the Garmin web site. I would be concerned about what information you receive if you purchase a unit from the states. Where I work, we use nothing but Garmins, handhelds and fixed-mount. Unless we are using a chart chip, we turn all the database crap off. In other words, if we are going to go somewhere we will plot a course and enter waypoints of our own. Don't ever trust a chart chip either as they also have errors. Ever wonder why you have to acknowledge a disclaimer on the newer GPS unit when they power up? Andy K. "david c." wrote in message om... can anyone tell me if a garmin 152 gps, bought from the good ol' U.S.of A is the same as one from the U.K? Does it work in the same way or do I have to have a U.K. version? The reason I ask is that I can buy from America a lot cheaper than I can in Rip-off Britain! David C. |
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garmin 152 gps
Whoops...make that $456.00 CDN. An even better buy!
Don White wrote in message ... Don't forget Canada. Sometimes electronics are actually cheaper here than the US. Probably something to do with supply & demand. As a rule we don't have as much disposable income due to taxes etc so some companies sell cheaper. see http://ca.binnacle.com/online/produc...&pf%5Fid=28182 take that $500.00 CDN and convert to Brit funny money. Should be about 200 pounds sterling. david c. wrote in message om... can anyone tell me if a garmin 152 gps, bought from the good ol' U.S.of A is the same as one from the U.K? Does it work in the same way or do I have to have a U.K. version? The reason I ask is that I can buy from America a lot cheaper than I can in Rip-off Britain! David C. |
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