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Old 03 May 2012, 13:09   #1
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Thank you Garmin.

Phoned Garmin today to enquire about repairing my damaged connector which I knocked into on the Anglesey cruise and I was told that on this occasion they will repair it under warranty free of charge. Now that's what I call bloody good customer service

Thank you Garmin.
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Good news Kerns! I've had fairly good experience with them too to be fair.
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No s on the end mate. Back to Garmin, with good customer service like that, I will always recommend and stick with Garmin from now on.
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Phoned Garmin today to enquire about repairing my damaged connector which I knocked into on the Anglesey cruise and I was told that on this occasion they will repair it under warranty free of charge. Now that's what I call bloody good customer service

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Phoned Garmin today to enquire about repairing my damaged connector which I knocked into on the Anglesey cruise and I was told that on this occasion they will repair it under warranty free of charge. Now that's what I call bloody good customer service

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Nice one. I know you were a bit mad about it on Saturday.Mine all fixed too. Same unit but all that was wrong was a connection worked loose inside console.
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Nice one. I know you were a bit mad about it on Saturday.Mine all fixed too. Same unit but all that was wrong was a connection worked loose inside console.
Thanks. Glad you managed to resolve the problem as well.
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Phoned Garmin today to enquire about repairing my damaged connector which I knocked into on the Anglesey cruise and I was told that on this occasion they will repair it under warranty free of charge. Now that's what I call bloody good customer service

Thank you Garmin.
Just a quick update!! my 551s arrived this morning fixed and all nice and shiny. Thanks again to Garmin for a superb after sales service.
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Just a quick update!! my 551s arrived this morning fixed and all nice and shiny. Thanks again to Garmin for a superb after sales service.
Good result mate Better service that I got 3 years back from Lowrance they just would not take it back for a 'look see' but wanted to sell me a refurb job
So took it local guy had it back in days OK
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