60cs Shipping

January 20, 2004

As the initial Shipments of 60cs's come out, I'd appreciate seeing/hearing what vendors come through the quickest for their customers.

FWIW, I've ordered mine from TVNav...

Edited January 20, 2004 by Us 5 Camp

2.5k · January 20, 2004

I received word yesterday from Off-Route that mine had been shipped. Fed-Ex sent me an email this morning with the details.

Edit: My unit is a 60c not 60cs. I misread the thread subject.

Edited January 20, 2004 by WeightMan

January 20, 2004

I received word yesterday from Off-Route that mine had been shipped. Fed-Ex sent me an email this morning with the details.

It looks to me like there is two versions of the GPS60CS or at least some of the retailers are adding a Pro-99 Battery pak kit which I don't see on Garmins page? Can someone tell me what the is and is it worth the $40.00 some are asking for it.

What did Off-Route charge you or what is their home page for me to look up. I can't find it for some reason. I sold my Vista and now ready to my CS.

murph

2.5k · January 20, 2004

Off-route is linked from the gc.com home page. The 60c was about $8 more than the other sites I checked. Sorry about misreading the subject header. I saw 60c not 60cs since the 60c is now shipping and the 60cs won't be shipping for a bit. I think the other site i checked was TigerGPS.

January 20, 2004

That's no problem. I do want to get the CS but am also looking at the Rhino 130. My friends are all going to get a Rhino 120 for when they are 4 wheelin. I think the Rhino 130 would do me ok, I would save some money but I do a lot of Geo-Caching with my daughter, in fact more Geo than wheelin. So I am having a hard time deciding which one to get. It looks to me like www.gpsdiscount has the best pricing for the CS with the freight included.

murph

January 20, 2004

The 60C is now available on e-bay too, just saw a listing.

January 21, 2004

I ordered from GPSCity, and my unit is going to arrive tomorrow. Sadly, I won't be here to sign for it. <_< I initially ordered 2nd day and asked to have it shipped to my dad's address so he could sign for it, but GPS City freaked that the billing address and shipping address were different, so I had to have them just ship it to my home.

January 21, 2004

I ordered from GPSCity, and my unit is going to arrive tomorrow. Sadly, I won't be here to sign for it. I initially ordered 2nd day and asked to have it shipped to my dad's address so he could sign for it, but GPS City freaked that the billing address and shipping address were different, so I had to have them just ship it to my home.

Did you get the CS model from them or the C model?

murph

January 21, 2004

Just the C.

January 21, 2004

i don't believe the CS are available yet. Rumor has it, it could be as soon as the end of the week?

1.4k · January 21, 2004

reeeheeeheeeeaaaallly? Wow. I heard March last for the CS's. Would love to get mine by February.

Anyone getting any ordered GPSes from TigerGPS?

1.4k · January 21, 2004

I thought I had heard from someone who was posting from a trade show that there wouldn't be mounts for the 60s. I found some listed on Tiger GPS though...

http://store.yahoo.com/tigergps/bracketmounts.html

January 21, 2004

I found all kinds of options for the units under www.gpsdiscount.com and www.gpstiger.com

Not too worried but I do know that the ones my Vista used will not work on the 60 series.

murph

January 21, 2004

I thought I had heard from someone who was posting from a trade show that there wouldn't be mounts for the 60s. I found some listed on Tiger GPS though...

http://store.yahoo.com/tigergps/bracketmounts.html

You are correct, Toybreaker71 got word from a Garmin Rep at CES that there would not be any mounts available for the 60C series.

See this thread for more.

Although, as you have pointed out, this is not the case. Garmin also has mount accessories available for the 60 series.

Edited January 21, 2004 by MrPeabody

January 21, 2004

I ordered my 60CS here. http://www.jollyannsales.com/GPS/garmin_gpsmap_60cs.htm

417.99 delivered to my door. Now I suppose someone is going to find it for 399.99 right? Anyway this is the lastest word I recieved today.

Thank you for your order. Before I process your order I wanted to

ensure that you are aware that Garmin has not started shipping the 60CS

yet. They have started shipping the 60C, but they tell us the 60CS

will begin shipping in a couple weeks. We want to be sure our

customers are fully aware of the status. Do you want me to go ahead

and process your order with the understanding that it will ship when

Garmin begins shipping these units?

Again, We thank you for choosing Jolly Ann Marine & Outdoor! I will

await your reply before processing the order.

Have a great day,

Wade

Wade Kuehl

Jolly Ann Marine & Outdoor

www.jollyannsales.com

January 22, 2004

417.99 delivered to my door. Now I suppose someone is going to find it for 399.99 right? Anyway this is the lastest word I recieved today.

Sorry to tell you, I just got my 60C last week from GPSNow for $369.95. :huh:

I think I got the last one, don't know if they have restocked yet.

Happy hunting.

DUG

Ridgeland, MS

January 22, 2004

Ish-n-Isha was talking about the 60CS, though, with the extra sensors.

January 22, 2004

Just got off the phone with Offroute.com. They said they're not expecting their 60CS shipment from Garmin until Jan. 30th. I placed my order on Jan. 2nd. $429.95 plus shipping. Might of saved a few bucks elsewhere, but I like their policy of contributing 5%-20% of your purchase to geocaching.com. By the way, I added the cigarette lighter adapter to my order today, which is also currently back-ordered, but will be available to ship with the CS.

Edit- Just received the following email from offroute.com:

We are getting hammered with 60C/60CS questions, but I'm not gritting my teeth yet. We are expecting a handful of 60CS units around January 30th. This date has been pushed back several times and I can't guarantee it won't be pushed back again. As far as your order is concerned, I think it might ship out on January 30th, but I'm not exactly sure how many 60CS units we will receive on January 30th. If your order isn't filled by the first round of units coming in, it will definitely be filled by the second round of 60CS units which are expected to arrive around the end of February. We are expecting about 15 units on January 30th, and you are the 13th order on the waiting list. I really won't know how many units Garmin will be sending us until we actually receive them in our warehouse. I wish I could offer a more definite answer, so I figured I would give you the run down on what is going on so you have some idea what to expect. I will try my best to keep you updated.

By the way, the teeth gritting part refers to part of my email query.

Edited January 22, 2004 by Albino Parrot

January 22, 2004

Edited January 22, 2004 by Full_House

January 22, 2004

It looks to me like there is two versions of the GPS60CS or at least some of the retailers are adding a Pro-99 Battery pak kit which I don't see on Garmins page? Can someone tell me what the is and is it worth the $40.00 some are asking for it.

It's a pack of 4 NiMH AA batteries and a charger. You can find them for much cheaper than that, and they have nothing to do with Garmin.

Edited January 22, 2004 by Indiana Cojones

January 23, 2004

We are expecting about 15 units on January 30th, and you are the 13th order on the waiting list.

Doh! I'm #11! I sure hope they do get 15!

January 25, 2004

Just checked with Radioworld Canada and they are still expecting first delivery the first week of Feb. In talking to the contact they had a unit at the Boat Show last week. I'm in the top 10 on the list, so hopefully in the next couple of weeks I can start a new hobby. :blink:

2.2k · January 25, 2004

I preordered a CS last Wednesday from GPS Discount and was concerned with all this first shipment/second shipment talk, so I e-mailed them to find out what is going on and here are their responses:

I have preordered a GPSMAP 60CS and I have two questions:

1. Do you have an ETA for when you will receive the 60CS's? Not really. We are a one day ship from Garmin, we ordered a bunch the day of the announcement, we are just waiting on the 60CS to show up.

2. Will you be getting enough units to cover my order with the first shipment that you get from Garmin? Yes we should have enough.

I think that this confirms what others have said about GPS Discount ordering a bunch of units for their first shipment. Bottom line is that if you want to order now, GPS Discount has the best price and you will probably be able to get your unit shortly after Garmin sends out their first shipment.

RM

January 25, 2004

Stopped in at work today and see I had an e-mail from Garmin. I did write to them a couple of days ago regarding the shipping of the 60CS. My reply back was they have no date as of yet for first shipment The next line basically said as of right now there is no plans until the very end of the first quarter.

So the end of the first quarter is the end of March. We won't see them until the first part of April.

I sure hope our retailers have information that Garmin doesn't want to give out yet!! I hope.

murph

January 26, 2004

Before the recent barrage of 60CS postings, I thought I knew the best place to order one. Now I have no idea. I gues I'll wait till someone has them in stock.

2.2k · January 26, 2004

Stopped in at work today and see I had an e-mail from Garmin. I did write to them a couple of days ago regarding the shipping of the 60CS. My reply back was they have no date as of yet for first shipment The next line basically said as of right now there is no plans until the very end of the first quarter.

So the end of the first quarter is the end of March. We won't see them until the first part of April.

I sure hope our retailers have information that Garmin doesn't want to give out yet!! I hope.

murph

That sucks! I hope that Garmin is just guarding the actual release date and the retailers have the correct skinny.

January 26, 2004

Any updates in this "end of January" week?

I won't mind early Feb , but if it does turn out to be end of March, that will bite

Waiting to hear more from TVNav....

7.4k · January 26, 2004

I heard from TVNAV today that the latest word from Garmin on the 60CS is February 23rd.

Edited January 26, 2004 by Moun10Bike

3.8k · January 26, 2004

I heard from TVNAV today that the latest word from Garmin on the 60CS is February 23rd.

FWIW I heard from Garmin the 16th or 23rd, something like that... "the week of the 16th" maybe.... which would be very close to the 23rd. Since the 60C is already shipping, there's not a whole lot they have to do to make the CS so this doesn't have "iQue" written all over it. I wouldn't fret much past 3rd week of Feb before we have them.

January 27, 2004

Just talked with the guy that runs GPS discount and he confirmed the 500 units mentioned earlier and was under the assumption that they would all be spoken for by the time they were received by him.....also I e-mailed Garmin about their peculiar marketing tactic on this and the reply was:

Thank you for contacting Garmin,

We will ship the 60CS as soon as we receive the units from our manufacturing

facility. We are expecting the shipment very soon.

Thank you for choosing Garmin.

Best Regards,

Andrew Haaven

Aviation Support Specialist

......that's about all I can add......still waiting.....

January 27, 2004

I thin their "peculair marketing tactic" has to do with two things. First, the factory can only make so many of them at once. These aren't like stamping out widgets, and they must take a fair amount of work before one leaves the factory floor. Second, Garmin probably got nailed before when they announced the iQue so far in advance, and I'm sure they don't want to jump the gun on announcing a firm date until they're sure they can hit it.

January 27, 2004

I saw a note earlier today that the 60CS would start shipping Feb. 23rd.

3.8k · January 27, 2004

I thin their "peculair marketing tactic" has to do with two things. First, the factory can only make so many of them at once. These aren't like stamping out widgets, and they must take a fair amount of work before one leaves the factory floor. Second, Garmin probably got nailed before when they announced the iQue so far in advance, and I'm sure they don't want to jump the gun on announcing a firm date until they're sure they can hit it.

A few things:

The Garmin "factory" has been producing the 60C for a couple weeks, obviously, since the first batch has already shipped. The factory had to halt for a bit for the Chinese New Year. From what I understand, the CS is preparing for production in a week or so, making the first batches of those available early/mid-February. None too soon in my book. Have to get ready for my Camping/Caching weekend in April!

As for the iQue, that's a completely different animal than anything Garmin, or anyone else, really, has ever produced, which is where the problems came. Getting it all tied in together and working seamlessly in an all-in-one solution. When the iQue finally hit the streets, it had a host of problems that have since been resolved, even for those with the original units. The 60-series is "just another GPS" so the amount of issues related to its release are minimal since that's what Garmin does. The screens are new so as long as they could secure enough of those, they'd be fine. But for the most part, they had everything else ready to go, save for the software which doesn't take too long to tweak once you've got the hardware laid out. Something they didn't really have with the iQue. They announced it when they felt confident they could have it out soon, but with hardware and software flubs they had to postpone it a bit until they got it as close to right as possible. Even when they felt they did, they still had a few things which they fixed promptly.

Kudos to Garmin on that. They're really a top-notch business, and the more I use my recently acquired Legend, the less I miss my SporTrak Color. Now I can't wait to get my grubbies on the 60CS. I never used the compass in the ST, but figured for the difference I might as well get it so I didn't regret it later. I never used the pointer screen either, before getting the Legend, using the map screen for over 100 finds. Now I can't even go back to the map screen unless I want to get an idea as to the layout of caches around me.

Can you tell I'm a tech guber? And BTW, I have no affiliation with Garmin, in case you're wondering!

3.8k · January 27, 2004

I saw a note earlier today that the 60CS would start shipping Feb. 23rd.

Probably depends on the vendor and where they are in the queue for receiving shipments and sending out shipments.

January 27, 2004

Yep,

Just got an email message from one of the retailers I have been watching and Garmin expects to start shipping Feb 23rd, 2004. Kind of stinks, I would not have let me Vista go so soon. So I sits here without?

murph

1.4k · January 27, 2004

Well, then they really should get here around my bday. Which is what I was hoping for, more or less.

3.8k · January 28, 2004

Well, then they really should get here around my bday. Which is what I was hoping for, more or less.

No way, you were hoping for it NOW. :lol:

2.2k · January 29, 2004

Yesterday, GPSDiscount updated their 60CS availability information to this:

Garmin has moved the date to mid February 2004. Our best advice, order it now and wait. The 60CS is going to be a big seller, if you don't get in on the first batch, you could be waiting another month. You have been warned. We will not charge your credit card until we ship the order to you.

January 29, 2004

Received this message from Offroute.com today:

Bob,

We were expecting your Garmin Map 60CS to arrive this week, but Garmin

called us last night informing us that the release date for the Map 60CS has

been moved back until February 27th. This means your order will leave our

warehouse around March 1st. We are hoping Garmin does not move this release

date back any further, but we cannot guarantee this will be the case.

Edit- Corrected color of quote.

Edited January 29, 2004 by Albino Parrot

February 10, 2004

Is everyone still calmly waiting? :lol:

3.8k · February 10, 2004

Is everyone still calmly waiting?

YES!! NOW LEAVE ME ALONE.

So much for "calmly". :huh:

1.1k · February 10, 2004

Is everyone still calmly waiting?

Will it help you find the cache better, Slinger?

:lol:

-=-

michelle

2.2k · February 10, 2004

Is everyone still calmly waiting?

No

February 10, 2004

Discussion between the mailman and me (and yes, he is a man)....

Me: Is it here yet?

Mailman: No, not yet.

Me: Is it here yet?

Mailman: No, still not here.

Me: Is it here yet? :blink:

Mailman No.

Me: Is it here yet?

Mailman: NO! :mad:

Me: Is it here yet?

Mailman: Get a life, Garmin said 2/27/04, LEAVE ME ALONE... :bad:

1.4k · February 10, 2004

dadgum mailman..... Wadaya spect? Guvmint Employees! Sheesh..... :blink:

February 10, 2004

Will it help you find the cache better, Slinger?

YES! :blink: I oredered the one with the inflatable raft!, and wrong spur road indicator! or maybe not

February 10, 2004

I just got a new map60C and I am starting to use it more in the car then caring it around with me so since I was going to get the map60cs in the first place and got the map60C instead, I first thought maybe I should buy a street pilot for the car but found out how much more it is compared to the map60 so I will buy a map60CS when it comes out and leave the map60C in the car. Now I don't have to wait since I have a 60C to play with and will get a 60CS soon. I really hate waiting don't you.

:blink: :mad:

John.

February 10, 2004

I just got a new map60C and I am starting to use it more in the car then caring it around with me so since I was going to get the map60cs in the first place and got the map60C instead, I first thought maybe I should buy a street pilot for the car but found out how much more it is compared to the map60 so I will buy a map60CS when it comes out and leave the map60C in the car. Now I don't have to wait since I have a 60C to play with and will get a 60CS soon. I really hate waiting don't you.

John.

What? Buy a Map60c and a 60cs? One for car one for geocaching?

WHY?!?!?

They can be removed from the car you know! :blink:

3.8k · February 11, 2004

They can be removed from the car you know!

they, can! also. be, removed-for/ punctuation? too-

February 11, 2004

I noticed that Amazon is on the record for a 60CS release of March 5.

I'm surprized how much they are charging for a 60CS given the competitive price they put on the City Select software... err, when they can keep it in stock that is.

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