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| I have a Garmin and it has needed repairs |
| never - at least not yet |
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| while under warrantee - repair done for free |
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| once - and I had to pay for the repair |
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10% |
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| more than once - bummer |
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6% |
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Amtraker
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I used to have a Garmin GPS III+ (until I left it at a cache  ) and now I have a Garmin GPS V. Neither ever needed repairing. Garmins Rule!
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geojared
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Amtraker - you are preaching to the choir, brutha! :rambo:
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Klemmer
Joined: Mar 05, 2003
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Location: Placentia
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| Posted: Wed Aug 17, 2005 8:23 pm Post subject: |
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Yeah, like Dave_W6DPS, I need a category of "fixed it myself" = TWICE!
[P.S. fixed my Magellan once also]
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Badgerdawg
Joined: Apr 15, 2005
Posts: 351
Location: Big Bear Lake
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| Posted: Thu Aug 18, 2005 7:26 pm Post subject: |
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Just got my 60 cs back, took 10 days round trip. The screen went blank on two occasssions and the compass was always locking up.
The report said "confirmed power problem-resoldered the battery contacts. Reloaded the software."
So far so good... 
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Moag_Ohana
Joined: Feb 26, 2003
Posts: 525
Location: Diamond Bar, Ca.
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| Posted: Fri Aug 19, 2005 12:02 pm Post subject: |
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| Klemmer wrote: | Yeah, like Dave_W6DPS, I need a category of "fixed it myself" = TWICE!
[P.S. fixed my Magellan once also] |
Say what you want a Magellan's vs. Garmins, the numbers dont lie.
I have a Garmin and it has needed repairs
never - at least not yet
65% [ 15 ]
while under warrantee - repair done for free
21% [ 5 ]
once - and I had to pay for the repair
4% [ 1 ]
more than once - bummer
8% [ 2 ]
Total Votes : 23
Granted this is not a tell all poll, but a 65% satifaction rating?!?!?
Hey all you garmin owners, I have a couple of used cars for sale and I will guarantee the will work at least 65% of the time!!!
I am not saying they are bad units, but would you buy any product from a company that boasts about how good their repair program is instead of how reliable they are????? For some the GPS is the only exception.
I think Abraham Lincoln had garmin in mind when he made one of his famous catch phrases "You can fool some of the people some of the time. and those people will still beleive it even when presented with facts to the contrary" ............or something like that. 
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Klemmer
Joined: Mar 05, 2003
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Location: Placentia
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| Posted: Sat Aug 20, 2005 4:58 am Post subject: |
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Somehow I knew we would hear from Moag on this thread (not that I totally disagree with him....)
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Ventura_Kid
Joined: Aug 22, 2003
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Location: Malibu Beach, California
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| Posted: Sat Aug 20, 2005 7:33 am Post subject: Ouch! |
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Magellans are better? :eyecrazy: OK, then......... maybe I need a different poll  .. One that asks which units are better for finding caches... hmm.... 
...by the way... I just got another dash bracket, cause' I broke another one.  They are just not made to use multiple times.
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bowlr
Joined: Jul 22, 2005
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| Posted: Sun Aug 21, 2005 2:33 pm Post subject: |
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| Got me a Garmin Quest and noticed that the battery wasn't recharging. Sent it back and they fixed it. |
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Moag_Ohana
Joined: Feb 26, 2003
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Location: Diamond Bar, Ca.
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| Posted: Mon Aug 22, 2005 8:21 am Post subject: |
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| bowlr wrote: | | Got me a Garmin Quest and noticed that the battery wasn't recharging. Sent it back and they fixed it. |
Garmin has lots of practice in the repair business, they better be good at it!
Talk about job security!!!!
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CodeSlapper
Joined: Sep 09, 2003
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Location: Chino Hills
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| Posted: Mon Aug 22, 2005 10:48 am Post subject: |
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| Moag_Ohana wrote: |
Say what you want a Magellan's vs. Garmins, the numbers dont lie.
I have a Garmin and it has needed repairs
never - at least not yet
65% [ 15 ]
while under warrantee - repair done for free
21% [ 5 ]
once - and I had to pay for the repair
4% [ 1 ]
more than once - bummer
8% [ 2 ]
Total Votes : 23
Granted this is not a tell all poll, but a 65% satifaction rating?!?!?
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Slight flaw in your statistics. 65% have not had problems... but that doesn't mean the remaining aren't satisfied with Garmin, nor does it mean that all those 65% are satisfied. Functionality poll is different than a satisfaction poll.
Though, I don't expect a Magellan to do well with numbers... so... an understandable mistake.
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KingCamilomilo
Joined: Apr 13, 2004
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Location: Claremont
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| Posted: Mon Aug 22, 2005 11:24 am Post subject: Survey needs more choices. |
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| I have a garmin Etrex Vista. I bought it used and really cheap because a couple of the buttons were torn up or torn off. I fixed one on my own with some glue. I used a pencil eraser to replace the missing button. I like to think of it as my own personalized and customized R2 unit. It also needs repairs for the screen, but I haven't sent it in. I don't know exactly how to vote on that one. |
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Moag_Ohana
Joined: Feb 26, 2003
Posts: 525
Location: Diamond Bar, Ca.
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| Posted: Mon Aug 22, 2005 11:53 am Post subject: |
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| CodeSlapper wrote: | | Moag_Ohana wrote: |
Say what you want a Magellan's vs. Garmins, the numbers dont lie.
I have a Garmin and it has needed repairs
never - at least not yet
65% [ 15 ]
while under warrantee - repair done for free
21% [ 5 ]
once - and I had to pay for the repair
4% [ 1 ]
more than once - bummer
8% [ 2 ]
Total Votes : 23
Granted this is not a tell all poll, but a 65% satifaction rating?!?!?
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Slight flaw in your statistics. 65% have not had problems... but that doesn't mean the remaining aren't satisfied with Garmin, nor does it mean that all those 65% are satisfied. Functionality poll is different than a satisfaction poll.
Though, I don't expect a Magellan to do well with numbers... so... an understandable mistake. |
Touche' 
Like my neighbor always tells me about the key to a happy marriage
"Do you want to right OR Do you want to be happy"
Maybe I should apply that line of thinking when it comes to GPS units???  :puppy: 
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