TomTom SpeedCams not selling very well then?

Darren

I see TomTom have extended their extension on the extension of the reduced price offer on their speed cams yet again Laughing

Can't help but draw the conclusion that they aren't selling very well and is it little wonder? I loaded up my 940 with their speedcams for a jaunt to Devon and back last weekend.

It has been a while since I last appraised them but good grief, they aren't just bad, they are laughable. And these are the supposed premium cams with data from Road Angel!

Cameras that no longer exist, cameras that are in the wrong location, off by a few hundred yards and the best one, a mobile on the A303 for which TomTom made no mention whatsoever but our database happily forewarned.

A trip down the M3 Tuesday had it bleeping away at SPECS that have moved location weeks previously. Once again, we have the accurate data.

Yes it is easy to install, no argument there but surely the accuracy of the data is the crucial factor? Rely on TT's data and you'll be needing a bus pass all too soon Rolling Eyes

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DennisN · Posted: Mon Nov 02, 2009 9:56 pm Post subject:

They have 40mph specs to this day on the M4 east of Swindon and 50mph specs between Junctions 8 and 9 on the M5. As I posted a couple of days ago, they have one set of specs between here and Harrogate - the roadworks between M1 Jct 25 and 28 which have been running since the Flood, and not another specs camera at all for my trips north last week - Chester, Manchester and Harrogate. Somebody else posted that they had none of six separate sets of specs M5/M6 to Preston. As Darren says, we have the data all correct. They really should drop this peripheral stuff and support the POIs and SDK (wot's SDK, by the way?) to allow competent third parties to do the job properly for them. Like you say, update of cameras is a doddle, every day I just connect to Home and click update my XL Live and often down comes something called cameras. Easy Peasy. But whatever comes down, it's certainly not all those specs they're missing!

I have five current email registrations with TomTom accounts and these speed camera offers repeated every few days are slowly driving me up the wall. Evil or Very Mad

EDIT Easy Peasy except tonight - TT server seems to have died.
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Two of them are obesiting!!

MaFt · Posted: Tue Nov 03, 2009 2:08 am Post subject:

Pocketgps · Posted: Tue Nov 03, 2009 6:55 pm Post subject:

Not sure why, but I got 4 emails of this extended offer all to the same email address Rolling Eyes

253 · Posted: Tue Nov 03, 2009 10:20 pm Post subject:

yeah, I have had 3 now, the last one telling me they have extended the offer to allow me take advantage of this once in a life time, not to be missed offer of generosity.
Thanks, but no thanks.
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elljay · Lifetime Member Joined: Aug 22, 2008 Posts: 35

I was thinking of reporting them to the ASA.. Wink

(P.S. The "Read More" link in the newsletter about this took me to the forums home rather than to this thread)

Darren · Posted: Fri Nov 06, 2009 4:41 pm Post subject:

Must be an issue with the Newsletter service as the web page correctly directs here.

http://www.pocketgpsworld.com/newsletters/newsletter-06nov09.htm
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XssaCutOR · Lifetime Member Joined: Jan 02, 2009 Posts: 3

How do I remove the TT camera files (not the PGPSW ones)?

I too get annoyed by the inaccuracy of the data that was offered for an initial free download whenever I installed TT Home onto a new computer.

DennisN · Posted: Sat Nov 07, 2009 12:26 am Post subject: Re: Removing TomTom Speed Cams

XssaCutOR · Lifetime Member Joined: Jan 02, 2009 Posts: 3

Thanks for the info.

However, I cannot find all those file types - I did find a .DCT file, and also a .PNA & .META with a similar file name and the same timestamp.

DennisN · Posted: Sat Nov 07, 2009 11:56 pm Post subject:

Seamaster · Frequent Visitor Joined: Jun 05, 2006 Posts: 331

As a frequent traveler on the A1 south of Newcastle, I was disappointed by how many weeks (and multiple reports) it took before they added the temporary SPECS cameras on the Team Valley roadworks. An equivalent delay in updating their database occurred after the cameras were removed - again, the now-false alerts continued for weeks despite being reported multiple times.

I have a year's subscription to Tomtom LIVE services, including the cams, that doesn't run out until well into 2010, but my plan is to silence the Tomtom alerts for these and rely on my new Inforad K1 and the PGPSW database instead from now on.

falkirk81 · Posted: Mon Nov 23, 2009 3:50 pm Post subject:

Seamaster, the SPECS cameras you refer to have now been removed on the latest TT database! Very Happy

It was VERY annoying to have that warning everytime I drove past!
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mjdj1689 · Regular Visitor Joined: Mar 03, 2006 Posts: 132

There are some roadworks on the m6 around jun 13 stafford that have just been removed, but after 8 weeks tomtom have just added them.

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