Today I got an ad in the mail for a GPS update for my Lexus. The GPS update is $265. Sure the Lexus is a luxury car and you should expect to pay more when its involved. But $265 for a $0.50 DVD that they're mass producing? And one thats out of date the day its produced? Thats getting a bit crazy. You can't even plug in addresses while you're moving, it has no traffic updates etc.
Lets see for $247, I can buy a high end Garmin Nuvi 760 or dozens of other types for that or much less and most include more advanced features than the Lexus GPS. You can get a decent portable GPS for $129 these days.
So I could have a GPS that moves with me from car to car and I could buy the latest version every year or I can pay for a DVD from Lexus.
What are they thinking?
Along the same lines, those portable GPS's sell updates for $80. So you buy a GPS for $129 and the software update is $80.
Folks its time to figure out the model and drop the price and get more people to do the upgrade.
I, for one, am not paying for GPS updates when they don't make sense.
(p.s. its my wife's car anyway!)
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