Night Parrot Posted April 20, 2006 Author Share Posted April 20, 2006 Yeah, I'm fairly sure both of us don't care about the useless base-maps. Here's another update. I got an email overnight asking for a fax of my driver's licence and credit card. Hopefully they will finally ship it now. I'll keep you posted. Hi comphelp Sorry if it seems you are the "Guinea Pig" for this purchase as far as Australia is concerned - probably wouldn't be too many here that have one of these Units yet is my guess. I was going to put my Order in last week but might just wait until you receive yours - if you don't mind letting me know how it all goes once you DO receive the Unit. To Zahadoom - regarding the Base Map - we addressed that already in a different thread here. Thanks Quote Link to comment
+comphelp Posted April 20, 2006 Share Posted April 20, 2006 Sorry if it seems you are the "Guinea Pig" for this purchase as far as Australia is concerned - probably wouldn't be too many here that have one of these Units yet is my guess. I was going to put my Order in last week but might just wait until you receive yours - if you don't mind letting me know how it all goes once you DO receive the Unit. No worries. There is no point us both taking the chance. I'll keep you posted. Quote Link to comment
rwsmith123 Posted April 21, 2006 Share Posted April 21, 2006 I have a brand new 60CSx I need to sell, see: http://forums.Groundspeak.com/GC/index.php?showtopic=130062 With shipping to Australia (USPS global express mail) the price would be $450 US. As I said in my other post, I'm new here, but I'm well known over at http://forum.brighthand.com/forumdisplay.php?f=53 and run the Garmin map site: http://rwsmaps.griffel.se/ It's in stock and ready to be shipped out. Rich Quote Link to comment
+comphelp Posted April 22, 2006 Share Posted April 22, 2006 Well another day has past and despite providing the security information on Thursday afternoon (US time), my unit still hasn't shipped. The price is great but unfortunately the service is VERY slow. Night Parrot, you might want to keep looking for other suppliers unless, of course, you are extremely patient - I'm not Quote Link to comment
Night Parrot Posted April 22, 2006 Author Share Posted April 22, 2006 I have a brand new 60CSx I need to sell, see: http://forums.Groundspeak.com/GC/index.php?showtopic=130062 With shipping to Australia (USPS global express mail) the price would be $450 US. As I said in my other post, I'm new here, but I'm well known over at http://forum.brighthand.com/forumdisplay.php?f=53 and run the Garmin map site: http://rwsmaps.griffel.se/ It's in stock and ready to be shipped out. Rich Hi Rich Thanks for your Post and the offer to sell a new 60CSx. Unfortunately being domiciled in Australia I would prefer to buy direct from a Garmin Authorised Dealer. I have looked into this matter of off-shore purchase and there are just too many issues anyway regarding the purchase and return if faulty etc. Good luck with it. I'm sure someone your side will take you up on your offer considering that you are also throwing in a some free USA Topo mapping. Quote Link to comment
Night Parrot Posted April 23, 2006 Author Share Posted April 23, 2006 Well another day has past and despite providing the security information on Thursday afternoon (US time), my unit still hasn't shipped. The price is great but unfortunately the service is VERY slow. Night Parrot, you might want to keep looking for other suppliers unless, of course, you are extremely patient - I'm not Hi comphelp. I'm going to have to put my Order on hold for the moment. I've been going thru a pretty busy time with work and don't envisage to be able to get a spare weekend for some time yet and getting a new GPSr now would just be too much of a temptation to put the pen down and play around with it. Quote Link to comment
+comphelp Posted April 25, 2006 Share Posted April 25, 2006 A quick update. I got an email overnight saying my GPS has shipped. It took 2 weeks to ship (ordered on 11th April)! They said I'd get a seperate email with tracking details but (typically) I havn't and now its night time in the US again so its another day's wait. Quote Link to comment
Night Parrot Posted April 25, 2006 Author Share Posted April 25, 2006 A quick update. I got an email overnight saying my GPS has shipped. It took 2 weeks to ship (ordered on 11th April)! They said I'd get a seperate email with tracking details but (typically) I havn't and now its night time in the US again so its another day's wait. hmmm - too slow. I hope that when you get it it and start using it, it will have been worth the (unacceptable) wait. Quote Link to comment
+comphelp Posted April 25, 2006 Share Posted April 25, 2006 I got my shipping advise overnight. Its been shipped via FedEx and will be here on Friday :-) Too bad I'll be interstate on Friday :-( Quote Link to comment
Night Parrot Posted April 26, 2006 Author Share Posted April 26, 2006 I got my shipping advise overnight. Its been shipped via FedEx and will be here on Friday :-) Too bad I'll be interstate on Friday :-( Hi comphelp Here's something that you may be interested in - topo maps for Garmin for Australia - ready any time now according to a recent Newsletter I received which in part reads as follows:- Topo Maps – for those interested in Topographic maps for Garmin GPS units we have produced a first for Australia, OZtopo. OZtopo is a comprehensive map set of tracks, secondary roads, major highways, creeks and rivers. The maps are based on the 1:250,000 topographic maps currently available on paper and on CD. In addition we have added contours at 20m intervals across the continent. The contours can be loaded separately and can be layered over the top of existing maps like City Navigator or Metroguide. The CD will be priced at $179 inc GST and delivery. Generous discounts will apply to those that have contributed to the Tracks4Australia project. See the product unfold at GPSOZ . ETA early April. I'm also still working on the issue of Warranty returns (if required) - making some headway with being able to get repairs done in Australia (but not replacements) - will keep you posted. Quote Link to comment
+comphelp Posted April 26, 2006 Share Posted April 26, 2006 Thanks for the heads-up about OzTopo. Very interesting. The price seems reasonable too. Please keep us posted about the warranty status, even if it is only repairs. Quote Link to comment
Night Parrot Posted April 28, 2006 Author Share Posted April 28, 2006 Looks like these Garmin "x" handheld Units are starting to become available here in Australia :- See here. (equates to about US$670.00 for the Garmin GPSMAP 60CSx - includes delivery). Quote Link to comment
+comphelp Posted May 3, 2006 Share Posted May 3, 2006 Looks like these Garmin "x" handheld Units are starting to become available here in Australia :- See here. Wow. Glad I imported. Good news, it arrived today I love it. Very nice unit. FedEx stuffed up and said it was an invalid address but fortunately they re-delivered it. Quote Link to comment
Night Parrot Posted May 4, 2006 Author Share Posted May 4, 2006 Wow. Glad I imported. Good news, it arrived today I love it. Very nice unit. FedEx stuffed up and said it was an invalid address but fortunately they re-delivered it. Now that the Exchange Rate is really in my favour I'm going to get one - I can wait and looks like OffRoute are OK with the price - and yours turned up in one piece - so I'm going to go ahead with them. By the way did you order any accessories as well comphelp ? Hope you enjoy your new toy ! Quote Link to comment
+comphelp Posted May 4, 2006 Share Posted May 4, 2006 Now that the Exchange Rate is really in my favour I'm going to get one - I can wait and looks like OffRoute are OK with the price - and yours turned up in one piece - so I'm going to go ahead with them. By the way did you order any accessories as well comphelp ? Hope you enjoy your new toy ! You timed the exchange rate quite well. The only accessory I ordered was the carry case. I'll source my maps locally as there is no price advantage to import them. I haven't bothered with memory yet. I imagine Perth would fit in the 64MB anyway Quote Link to comment
+comphelp Posted May 30, 2006 Share Posted May 30, 2006 Hi Night Parrot. Did you end up getting a 60CSx? Did you use OffRoute.com? If so, how did it go? Quote Link to comment
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