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Mollers · 29 March 2008, 12:23

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ZHONG-YU-marin...QQcmdZViewItem

Any good?

jwalker · 29 March 2008, 12:42

You are joking...aren't you?

Mollers · 29 March 2008, 12:45

Kind of. It looks a heck of a lot like a 'ripped off' Garmin 238 to me.

BruceB · 29 March 2008, 17:26

If you look closely you can see it IS a picture of a Garmin. The Garmin logo is still on the card cover on the bottom Right hand side.

codprawn · 29 March 2008, 17:38

Remember most products are made in China now. It USED to be that people like Sony etc would design a product and just get someone in China to build it. These days the Chinese factories actually invent the product - then find someone like sony or Garmin to market it.

HTC are a classic example of this with their phones and palm computers etc.

The main thing I would be wary of is that all the menus etc are prob in Chinese!!!

Mollers · 29 March 2008, 17:54

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Originally Posted by codprawn

Remember most products are made in China now. It USED to be that people like Sony etc would design a product and just get someone in China to build it. These days the Chinese factories actually invent the product - then find someone like sony or Garmin to market it.

HTC are a classic example of this with their phones and palm computers etc.

The main thing I would be wary of is that all the menus etc are prob in Chinese!!!

I don't mind branded gear that's made in China, but i'll draw the line at Chinese 'copy' guff. They can keep the 'Oi Yu' 238.

Andy JC · 29 March 2008, 21:33

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Originally Posted by codprawn

HTC are a classic example of this

umm... HTC is actually based in Taiwan

MikeCC · 29 March 2008, 23:24

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Originally Posted by Andyboy

umm... HTC is actually based in Taiwan

That'll be Tawan, RoC then

Anyway, the unit comes with elaborate charts of the China coast - what more could you want! You can bet it's never been anywhere near Nottingham though.

Andy JC · 29 March 2008, 23:55

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Originally Posted by MikeCC

That'll be Tawan, RoC then

Do you mean Tawan or was that a typo? Their website states Taiwan:HTC

MikeCC · 30 March 2008, 18:38

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Originally Posted by Andyboy

Do you mean Tawan or was that a typo? Their website states Taiwan:HTC

That was a typo - the RoC was the important bit (ie Republic of China so could reasonably be regarded as 'Chinese'.)

No problem per se with Chinese or Taiwanese production - like anywhere it's down to individual factories.