scotty Posted May 13, 2019 Share Hope they've fixed some of the 820 issues such as the touch screen and lock screen. Spoke101 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bateleur1 Posted May 14, 2019 Share Yes, we often get shafted locally, but before you compare the local price to that of the US, remember, their prices DO NOT include sales tax. That gets added at the till (or not at all, depending on the State and the online shopping rules - get's quite complicated) But still, even adding 15% VAT to the US price and the applying a quite liberal exchange rate, we tend to always pay more Bucket loads more. I bought my 820 two years ago for €380 and that included the 19% sales tax here in Germany. Converted to the ZAR it was about R5700. At that time the best price in SA was well north of 8K Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andreas_187 Posted May 14, 2019 Share I bought my Edge520 for £180 from amazon UK when I was there 2 years ago. Local price was double Edited May 14, 2019 by Andreas_187 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daniemare Posted May 14, 2019 Share Bucket loads more. I bought my 820 two years ago for €380 and that included the 19% sales tax here in Germany. Converted to the ZAR it was about R5700. At that time the best price in SA was well north of 8K I bought my Edge520 for £180 from amazon UK when I was there 2 years ago. Local price was double I heard anecdotally that Garmin sells the most high end devices (Fenix/945/820) per capita and the highest ratio of high to lower end devices in SA of any of their markets. Makes me believe that they sell at higher price BECAUSE THEY CAN and we just love bragging about it on our wrists. Running a local "head office" plus shipping should not add so much overhead to be absorbed by the local sales numbers to justify the price points here compared to the US and elsewhere Edited May 14, 2019 by daniemare Bateleur1, nonky and Grubscrew 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Furbz Posted May 14, 2019 Share so a few sites have the EDGE 530 unit only up for USD299.they also handle shipping and imports costs to the tune of USD60. so total of USD 360 x 14.5 = R5520 all the above and delivery time is anywhere between 1-3 months (clearly waiting on stock, and unsure of delivery date) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andreas_187 Posted May 14, 2019 Share I heard anectodaly that Garmin sells the most high end devices (Fenix/945/820) per capita and the highest ratio of high to lower end devices in SA of any of their markets. Makes me believe that they sell at higher price BECAUSE THEY CAN and we just love bragging about it on our wrists. Running a local "head office" plus shipping should not add so much overhead to be absorbed by the local sales numbers to justify the price points here compared to the US and elsewhereThey're not manufactured in the UK so they also have shipping / office staff costs etc. No excuse for charging double Grubscrew 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L.T.G Posted June 4, 2019 Share any idea when the 530 will be available locally? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spinnekop Posted June 4, 2019 Share any idea when the 530 will be available locally?Garmin SA said end May. mmmmmmmmmm. Not L.T.G 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spinnekop Posted June 6, 2019 Share Lot's off issues with the buttons it seems on the 530 model judging from overseas comments. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigDL Posted June 6, 2019 Share Tredz are selling the 530 with immediate delivery. Nobody else seems to have it yet over here. I am waiting for Garmin to start selling it so I can use my vitality discount Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dexter-morgan Posted June 7, 2019 Share Tredz are selling the 530 with immediate delivery. Nobody else seems to have it yet over here. I am waiting for Garmin to start selling it so I can use my vitality discount (CASH BACK- that you have to fight for) Fixed it. Grubscrew, L.T.G and Links MTB 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigDL Posted June 7, 2019 Share Fixed it.As far as I can see, vitality Uk is slightly different. You go to the Garmin website and buy the product. The discount is applied at the checkout. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IceCreamMan Posted June 7, 2019 Share I wait for black Friday. Dexter-morgan and RocknRolla 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dexter-morgan Posted June 10, 2019 Share I wait for black Friday.I think they are gonna try and get rid of old stock on Black friday but lets hope for some decent specials. IceCreamMan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheabb78 Posted June 10, 2019 Share Got my 530 last week (UK), and so far so good. No button issues as mentioned above. Don't have previous experience with any of the Edge models, so have nothing to compare it to, but easy enough to set-up having used various Garmin watches over the past few years. Dexter-morgan, Spinnekop and BigDL 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Furbz Posted June 11, 2019 Share Got my 530 last week (UK), and so far so good. No button issues as mentioned above. Don't have previous experience with any of the Edge models, so have nothing to compare it to, but easy enough to set-up having used various Garmin watches over the past few years.Do we still have to manually setup the screens on the Garmin? Or can the app finally do this now?This is the single most frustrating thing about owning a Garmin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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