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General => General Technical Chat => Topic started by: deephaven on June 11, 2012, 08:05:42 am

Title: Great customer support from Garmin
Post by: deephaven on June 11, 2012, 08:05:42 am
I had a broken battery cover on my Garmin 60CSX GPS. The unit was well out of warranty so I emailed Garmin last Thursday asking if they could supply a replacement. I had a reply on the Friday saying they could supply this and asked for my address. It arrived on Saturday. They didn't ask for a serial number, nor when it was bought and didn't charge me a penny. That's what I call customer service.
Title: Re: Great customer support from Garmin
Post by: SgtRock on June 12, 2012, 06:01:59 am
Dear Deephaven:

--Garmin is a great company, they are the best in their field. They are the Fluke of the GPS business. I have an 86 Nissan Pickup with a bad speedometer cable, a chronic problem with these trucks. The cable makes a sharp right angle at the speedometer and there is no slack. They cannot be repaired and they are too costly to buy. Solution, a slightly used touch screen Garmin Street Pilot C340 from eBay for $36, shipping included. Now I have a speedometer, and a GPS to boot.

"He didn't know where he was going. But he knew where he was wasn't it."
Lord Buckley 1906 1960
 
Best Regards
Clear Ether
Title: Re: Great customer support from Garmin
Post by: T4P on June 12, 2012, 07:12:27 pm
My dad uses a Garmin Something can't remember which one but one of the cheaper models many years back (3.2" i guess?)
Still runs like a horse and the ability to select any GPS firmware is fantastic