How come tomtom rider is the same price everywhere?

[Gerontious]

Looks fine. Have a read of the reviews.

[skyrider]

No... It's when they decide. When they made the announcement that lifetime only meant as long as they choose to offer maps or software updates and then, rubbed salt in wounds by trying to sell these owners new models, they hadn't actually thought through the implications. There were people who had bought new 'old' sat navs just 2 years before, whose 24 month old devices were suddenly obsolete.

TomTom moved the goalposts because they were too tightfisted to invest a bit of their software designers time producing updates and mapping for older models.

I have an 11yr old Garmin, it's still fully supported. When it bricks itself one thing is certain. I wil not be replacing it with a TomTom. I'm not going to give my cash to a company that treats its customers in such a cavalier manner.

so are you saying its garmin every time

[raesewell]

I've had both Garmin and Tomtom, my preference is for Tomtom. I have had good customer service from both.

Tomtom suits my needs better than Garmin.

[Stu]

so are you saying its garmin every time

 

Its each to their own!

I thought the routing around city centres was better on the tomtom but the garmin has so much more

[Gerontious]

so are you saying its garmin every time

 

No. If someone gave me a TomTom, Bought me one as a present, then i wouldn't turn it down.

But I wouldn't buy one. Why would anyone spend a few hundred quid on a device that can be declared obsolete.. effectively on a whim.

The Zumo mickly linked to...the 340LM is a 5 year old satnav. that means it would already be halfway through its life if it were a TomTom.

i don't think thats a very good advert for the brand.

[JRH]

Why would anyone spend a few hundred quid on a device that can be declared obsolete. effectively on a whim.

 

Laptops, tablets, phones etc

[Gerontious]

Why would anyone spend a few hundred quid on a device that can be declared obsolete. effectively on a whim.

 

Laptops, tablets, phones etc

 

none of which are problematic.

A laptop doesn't stop working as it should when an update arrives that it cannot cope with, it just means new features cannot be added. Same for a tablet. or a phone. everything will still work as it did before.

With a sat nav... if you want it to carry on performing as it did when you bought it then you must update the maps at least every year. otherwise it becomes unreliable in the way it routes. it cannot tell you about a new road or junction layout that it doesn't know exists or has been altered.