Halfords

[netboy_junior]

So I go to Halfords to buy my stupid GPS thing, and I've done my research, I know I want the garmin 550, and I know how much it costs. And this spotty 25 year old who looks like a sex offender and smells of damp towels comes over and offers to help me. I resist the urge to reply "yeah you can help me, go wash up and then lets start looking for a

Comments

[psi]

Jaysus that's mad. I think even Maplins are cheaper than that!

[netboy_junior]

Sort of discovered why, there's 2 major guys who do these, Tomtom and Garmin. TomTom do EVERYWHERE in europe except Ireland. So it mens you can only really buy Garmin which pushes the price up. It's still ridiculous, but I guess I'd do the same thing.

[psi]

http://www.pixmania.com/ie/uk/xx/617/xx/1914/23/criteresn.html

[seamus_walsh]

why do you want the c550? the only difference between the c510 and c550 is that the c550 does hand free calls, got an mp3 playa and does traffic alerts (which prolly won't work here). you'd pick up a c510 for a helluva lot cheaper.

[netboy_junior]

It's the bluetooth I want. It's cool and it has a mic and means I won't have to get arrested or die in a fireball answering my phone.