Woolies and Garmin i3

Lunker · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jan 12, 2006 Posts: 36

Hello all,
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After spending a couple of weeks lurking on this site I finally decided to take the plunge into GPS and buy a Garmin i3.

My natural choice of retailer was Woolworths £144.99 but when I got to the counter they said they no longer had a contract to sell Garmin products and they weren't likely to soon. Crying or Very sad

What a nightmare now the cheapest place I can find is Argos at £179.99 but at that price it brings the Tom Tom One in to consideration.

I’ve checked www.find-streetpilot-deals.co.uk and they say the same. Is Argos now the cheapest Garmin i3 as I would still like to buy one but only sub £150.

I thought you would all like to know about Woolies as well.

Ben

kevinbev · Occasional Visitor Joined: Oct 04, 2005 Posts: 22

I was in PC World earlier today (York) and noticed it was being sold at either £139.97 or £137.97, cant remember which. I was feeling bit depressed at paying £169 a few months ago.

dmc · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jan 02, 2006 Posts: 23

pc world £139.99

http://www.pcworld.co.uk/martprd/product/seo/709717

that was an old link, which you can't find from the main page. I have seen it in some stores for that too

Lunker · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jan 12, 2006 Posts: 36

Cool thanks guys it looks like i'll be saving £5 as well. :D

I did call Dixons about the i3 and they said they had stopped stocking them. I just assumed being part of DSG PC World would have none too. I'll check tommorrow.

dyngoouk · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jan 03, 2006 Posts: 3

May be worth trying The Link (mobile phone shop). Got mine in store last week at £149.95.

Lunker · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jan 12, 2006 Posts: 36

I've checked PC World and The Link both have no stock.

I'm begining to think the i3's days are numbered.

Are Garmin about to release a new model or is it just too cheap for them to make a profit who knows?

Any way it doesn’t look like I’m going to be motoring with a Garmin i3.

tomthompson · Posted: Fri Jan 13, 2006 2:51 pm Post subject:

Reading the thread title I thought "OH NO someones knitted a jumper for their i3"

Cant stop laughing at my own stupidity
Rolling Eyes

8O :D

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Skippy · Posted: Fri Jan 13, 2006 4:07 pm Post subject:

Lunker · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jan 12, 2006 Posts: 36

Or you could use it to keep your i3 warm and safe when it's out of the comfort of your car.

PaulB2005 · Posted: Fri Jan 13, 2006 5:02 pm Post subject:

"Are Garmin about to release a new model or is it just too cheap for them to make a profit who knows? "

From someone who works in Woolworths:

"Garmin have withdrawn the i3 from a number of retailers as the unsold stock has been bought by another retailer."

From Garmin via e-mail earlier this week:

"The STP i3 will continued to be supplied to our dealers and therefore sold to the general public. I do not know anything about these units being returned.

Thank you"

Ash10 · Pocket GPS Verifier Joined: Feb 19, 2005 Posts: 478

There's a parallel thread here:

http://www.pocketgpsworld.com/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=33907

with more discussion about this...

dyngoouk · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jan 03, 2006 Posts: 3

Just noticed this on Money Saving Expert website. Somerfields are selling the i3 at £99.00 - may be worth a try.

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=135757
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Skippy · Posted: Sat Jan 14, 2006 12:11 am Post subject:

£99 ? How low can the price go? 8O
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devon-surfer · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jan 11, 2006 Posts: 13

I got munw frim Woolies website. £144.00

www.woolworths.co.uk

Almahadeus · Frequent Visitor Joined: Aug 06, 2005 Posts: 346

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