[OSM-talk] Price of GPS units in Europe or US

[Karl Newman]

On Tue, Mar 18, 2008 at 5:00 AM, Frederik Ramm <frederik at remote.org> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> > I want to ask the community how much a regular GPS cost in your
> > country.  In the Philippines a local supplier charges approximately
> > 530 U.S. dollars for a GARMIN Etrex Legend CX.
>
> Cheapest mail-order price in Germany is 200 EUR for the Cx (195 EUR
> for the HCx, strangely), including 19% VAT and excluding shipping.
> Shipping to the Phillippines would be approximately 45 EUR, minus 19%
> German VAT which you don't have to pay plus import duties and
> anything else the Phillipines slap onto it.
>
> Bye
> Frederik
>

You can get a Legend HCx for about $200 in the US. I think the HCx makes the
most sense because I don't think there's much of a discount for getting just
the Cx (i.e., without the high-sensitivity chip). Not sure about shipping
costs, though.

Karl
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