I recently contacted Garmin about replacing the badly corroded contacts in my eTrex Summit. I had started off using a pencil eraser to clean them, but gradually escalated to more aggressive corrosion removal, such as a small screwdriver blade, as the corrosion got to the point where the eraser trick didn't work any more. Even though the warranty had probably expired a year before, they sent me a brand new replacement for free within days of receiving my old one. Granted, it would have been nice if the gold-plating on the contacts was a little more durable in the first place, but it's hard to find fault with this kind of service! Now if only Ritchie was equally supportive of their deck compasses [mine has a very slow leak (maybe one half teaspoon per year) allowing the water-filled compartment to drip out] I'd be a happy(ier) camper! Evan Dallas Woodinville, Washington *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
I have always found Gamin's service almost without equal. cu *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
[Moderator's Note: Content unaltered. Excessive quoting (including headers/footers/sig lines/extraneous text from previous posts, etc.) have been removed. Please edit quoted material in addition to removing header/trailers when replying to posts.] When my Etrex Legend failed at the very end of the warranty, they repaired it at no charge. However when it failed again for the same reasons, nine months later, they wanted about 2/3 the price of a new unit to repair it. I then bought a GPSMap76 and a dry bag for it. So far that combo works well. Steve Holtzman > From: Bob Denton > Subject: RE: [Paddlewise] Garmin warranty coverage > > I have always found Gamin's service almost without equal. *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
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