Good News from Garmin!

SteinAir · #1 01-29-2009, 04:22 PM

Good news today from Garmin...

NO price increases on their core products for 2009, with a slight increase on the GI-106A.

Even better, price decreases on 1/2/396's.

Trade in program for "GX" series of GPS'es towards the GNS's.

Cheers,
Stein

Garage Guy · #2 01-29-2009, 05:58 PM

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Originally Posted by SteinAir

Trade in program for "GX" series of GPS'es towards the GNS's.

Stein, Do you have more info on the GX trade in? I don't see anything on http://www8.garmin.com/whatsNew/currentpromotions/.

--Paul

SteinAir · #3 01-29-2009, 06:03 PM

Still trying to digest all of it, but basically it's between $1K to $2K worth of trade in value on the GX's towards 430's and 530's depending on which GX you have. I don't know all the spec's yet because I need to study my memo a bit more, but in general that's what it appears to be.

I'm sure it will show up on their site within a day or so.

Cheers,
Stein

Garage Guy · #4 01-29-2009, 06:08 PM

OK we will see. $3K for our GX60 I would certainly think about it, $4K I would jump at it. $1K or $2K, not so much.

--Paul

nucleus · #5 01-29-2009, 06:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Garage Guy

OK we will see. $3K for our GX60 I would certainly think about it, $4K I would jump at it. $1K or $2K, not so much.

--Paul

1-2K is better than nothing...

Garage Guy · #6 01-29-2009, 06:26 PM

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Originally Posted by nucleus

1-2K is better than nothing...

True, but probably not better than the current market price for our perfectly good recently overhauled GX60.

--Paul

SteinAir · #7 01-29-2009, 08:42 PM

That's the kicker you see....Part of the announcement was that some of the mfgrs of sub-components (not Garmin) have stopped or will stop making some replacement parts, therefore that unit will not be supportable at some point. So, it becomes a gamble then, hold onto a unit that is working fine now and hope it keeps working, or trade it in on a known current generation unit that is and will be supported.

Not my policy or decision, but I suppose it was bound to happen sooner or later with the old generation products.

Cheers,
Stein

Garage Guy · #8 01-29-2009, 09:12 PM

Yes... I have heard from Garmin AT that they don't have any more replacements for the GX series photoluminescent displays. I had ours replaced back in August and they said it was one of the last they had. They do go bad, but this unit of ours should be good now for a bunch more years.

The real issue IMO is database updates. If Jeppesen or Garmin pull the plug on that, it would be bad. So bad in fact that, being companies that care about their customer support reputation, I doubt they will do that.

On the other had if they want to drain all the GX's from the market so they don't have to support them anymore, they should offer a better deal for them than what this one seems to be.

Just MY two cents,

--Paul

Garage Guy · #9 02-05-2009, 11:35 AM

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Originally Posted by SteinAir

I'm sure it will show up on their site within a day or so.

OK, it's been a week... Any more details on the GX trade-in promotion? There's nothing new under http://www8.garmin.com/whatsNew/currentpromotions/ at this time, that I can see.

Hopefully, the delay is just Garmin management arguing to their accountants that $4K trade-in on a GX-60 is the sweet spot.

--Paul

N661DJ · #10 02-06-2009, 04:49 AM

Garmin could take a lesson from Dynon. I recently upgraded autopilots with Dynon and received "Full Credit" for my old AP trade in for a new ADI II AP.
Don't know of anyone in the Aircraft buisness who will even consider such a deal. GOOD WORK DYNON
Dick