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June 22nd 05, 03:33 PM
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Did Garmin promise an eventual upgrade to WAAS when you bought your 530? Yes 
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June 23rd 05, 04:53 AM
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Was the salesman(person)s mouth moving? Then they were lying.
I too made the mistake of buying a 530 based on weather/traffic, etc. being on the box rather that buying Avidyne. Big mistake. -- Thx, {|;-) Victor J. (Jim) Osborne, Jr. "Richard Kaplan" wrote in message news:1119450723.70c35f39b4665fcfcbb2d6848f911164@t eranews... Did Garmin promise an eventual upgrade to WAAS when you bought your 530? Yes
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June 23rd 05, 05:18 PM
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Did Garmin promise an eventual upgrade to WAAS when you bought your 530?
For the record: YES!!! I spoke with not only the distributor rep, but the Garmin aviation marketing manger, and one of Garmin's engineering reps. They ALL assured me, at the time, a WAAS upgrade was "in the works" and anticipated shortly after the final TSO was released. I didn't take the word of the sales rep. I went straight to Olathe, KS, and the corporate guys were the ones that assured me of upgrades in a "reasonable" amount of time. Of course, that was damn near 3 years ago now... About the BEST piece of advice I got was from a sales rep regarding the ill-fated GDL-49 when it came out, "Don't buy it, Garmin doesn't seem to have a handle on the product yet"...
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June 23rd 05, 05:34 PM
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Since there is only one 146a box on the market now, what do you think is a
reasonable amount of time? Mike MU-2 "PPT33R" wrote in message oups.com... Did Garmin promise an eventual upgrade to WAAS when you bought your 530? For the record: YES!!! I spoke with not only the distributor rep, but the Garmin aviation marketing manger, and one of Garmin's engineering reps. They ALL assured me, at the time, a WAAS upgrade was "in the works" and anticipated shortly after the final TSO was released. I didn't take the word of the sales rep. I went straight to Olathe, KS, and the corporate guys were the ones that assured me of upgrades in a "reasonable" amount of time. Of course, that was damn near 3 years ago now... About the BEST piece of advice I got was from a sales rep regarding the ill-fated GDL-49 when it came out, "Don't buy it, Garmin doesn't seem to have a handle on the product yet"...
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