"Keith Sheppard" <keith.sheppard@tesco.net> wrote:

>>>Why not simply buy the automobile mount designed for the Legend in the
>>>first place?
>
>Didn't realise there was such an animal. Mind you, on investigation, I can
>see one very good reason. Price.
>
>Here in "rip-off" Britain I found the following prices:
>Garmin brand car mount for eTrex: 24 UK pounds
>Unbranded car mount for Garmin/Magellan etc: US import about 11 US dollars
>including delivery (that's about 6 UK pounds).
>
>Generic mobile phone holder, about 2.50 in any UK high street.
>
>Just who are these GPS manufacturers trying to kid? Ten times the price for
>a simple car mount - what's it made of? Solid gold?

The automobile mount I purchased is far more articulated than the
generic cell phone mounts I've seen.

D.
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