Garmin 800 perf & nav - where to buy?

mroli

Wiggle were selling it for £450, with platinum discount I could get it under £400 - but I have just had the following response from Wiggle:

"The Garmin Edge 800 is the most eagerly anticipated and must-have cycle product this Christmas and demand is significantly out-stripping supply. Every delivery of stock that we have received of the Edge 800 so far has sold out within days of arriving. We currently have no stock available to sell and fear that if we put the Edge 800 on site, we are likely to take more pre-orders than we are able deliver before Christmas. In order to manage your expectation, and ensure that all customers receive the extremely high level of service that Wiggle have become known for, we are not taking orders on the Edge 800 at present."

I have spoken to Handtec who are selling it for £393 and they said:

"We have been told by Garmin that it is not out until next year and all they have sent are a few trade models to shops"

When I explained that other shops had been selling them, they were very surprised!

Probikekit, Chainreaction and Amazon have it all in for about £450 - does anyone have it for closer to £400 that people know about?

Cheers

M

redvision

i know all about the wiggle story - see thread on road beginners.

probikekit have a 10% off deal at the mo. yourl get it for £404 there!
(be quick, offer expires tonight)

Pokerface

I suspect that any shop "selling" the Garmin 800 at the present time - doesn't actually have them in stock. Even Garmin's own webshop isn't selling them!

If you can get one from the US - that may be your only option until stocks reach suppliers.

mroli

Some of these shops actually say that they have them "in stock"....

PBK doesn't seem to apply a 10% discount to the Garmin 800 - unless you have a code?

spasypaddy

i know for a fact evans have them in stock in the warehouse.

mroli

extra10uk is the code for PBK - runs out at midnight tonight... Have told the wife - let's see if we get action!

Ands

Probably a bit late for you MRoli but if you use Quidco you get 5% cashback on PBK purchases too, which would have been a nice £20 back on top of your 10% discount code.

ashleymp777

I got mine 2 weeks ago from Bronley Bikes.

mroli

Ands wrote:

Probably a bit late for you MRoli but if you use Quidco you get 5% cashback on PBK purchases too, which would have been a nice £20 back on top of your 10% discount code.

D'oh! Ah well, missus got in just before midnight so fingers crossed. They said they had 8 in stock too....

Fingers crossed....

1_reaper

Last i heard was that a batch was due on the 1st of December but had already been allocated and sold. Mine being one of them hopefully but now with all this white stuff causing chaos who can tell when i'll get it

mroli

message from PBK is that it has been dispatched...

howiish

Mine arrived from PBK yesterday - they've had them in for a couple of weeks now. There are a few other places with them in at a similar discount if you google.

mroli

And Wiggle have them in - so their statement appears to have been bollox

chill123

i got mine from wiggle. delivered the next day!

here's my review of the 800 if interested...

http://www.bicyclecenturytraining.com/b ... 00-review/

moonshine

Wiggle are doing a 20% discount using code XMAS-20
which means the 800 perf & Nav come in at £360

mroli

Nope - Garmin 800 is excluded from all promotional offers afaik

Monkeypump

Quite a few people seem to have them, judging by other threads.

I also spoke to Handtec, who have been promising stock for quite a while. They told me that Garmin are favouring the specialist bike shops/websites over the general retailers, so they're struggling to secure stock. I was told it would be well into the New Year before they have any 800s, and had no info on which bundles would be available first.

I'm holding out for the New Year and Handtec's cheaper prices, although I'm still tempted by an even-cheaper 705. So indecisive, but the delay gives me time to make up my mind!

moonshine

mroli wrote:

Nope - Garmin 800 is excluded from all promotional offers afaik

The promo code deducted 20% off the cart price when I tried it. I didn't go onto the checkout page and buy it cause I can't afford it at the moment, but it looked as if it would have done so.

ben16v

if you were buying one with the maps mainly being used for road use in the uk, why would you choose the city navigator over the OS maps? surely OS would be better than street maps??

Down the Road

Was in this store today and heard they were due back in next week.

Get this and download the map for less

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