Poor mans Sat Nav.....

gromituk

point3 wrote:

Perfectly legal, too ... it's called a clearance bargain

Indeed - I never said it wasn't. My point is that it's an anomaly which could be a misprice - why on earth would you label something as more expensive on the shelf than it actually is? Either the shelf edge label is wrong or the checkout database is wrong. "It's called a mistake."

point3

I just bought another one today - well, slightly different actually, but again another Sat Nav unit for the princely sum of £49.91 .

I got a Mio 168 Digiwalker, which is actually a PDA with built-in GPS receiver. It includes car cradle, in-car charger, mains charger, USB lead, extra car antenna, wallet and headphones. Comes complete with Windows Mobile 2003, Outlook, Pocket Word, Pocket Excel, Windows Media Player 9, MP3 player, calculator, etc. It doesn't come with navigation software (unless you include MioMap of Belgium ), but if you add a copy of TomTom Navigator 6 + Europe maps for around £100, then you have the equivalent of TomTom One Europe for around £150. TomTom One with maps of Western Europe normally retails from £260 by the way.

Clasics

point3 wrote:

Perfectly legal, too ... it's called a clearance bargain - see the other Staples threads for networking bargains.

BTW, Evesham Technologies are selling refurbished Bluemedia BM6300 units on ebay for £119 BIN plus £5.99 postage - http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Clearance-Evesham-PNA150-Destinator-SATNAV-UK-Maps_W0QQitemZ190038460793QQihZ009QQcategoryZ4668QQssPageNameZWD1VQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

They are accepting best offers too
These come with the latest Destinator software and 6 months of free speed camera updates. If you want, though, you can exploit the perfectly legal loophole to unlock these and run other Pocket PC programs.

https://www.medionshop.co.uk are doing the next model up from this, the PNA250 for £100.00 plus £4 delivery. Refurbished also.

point3

Yep, I saw that too.
The software is slightly different though and some people may prefer the looks of the Bluemedia unit and the fact that Evesham provide free monthly traffic cam updates for 6 months.