Carrefour Sat Nav - Useless or what?
I went to Carrefour at Villagio earlier today to buy a Sat Nav GPS kit.
Now, I know Doha is small and I will learn the streets within a month or two, but as time is precious, I thought it was cost effective to shell out 1800 QR on a new Garmin system to help me around.
As I was ready to pay, I was only told I couldn't use the system because it didn't come with the CD map!
I mean WTF??? The sales rep said I would have to go to another place on the other side of Doha to buy a CD map. Again, WTF??? Didn't he think that if I knew my way around Doha, I wouldn't need a Sat Nav kit. Is it Carefour's policy to be completely useless???
Does anyone know where can I get a good kit that works straight from the box?
QT, I would suggest you buy a nokia navigator. If you buy it from Nokia stores it'll come loaded with the Doha maps. And, unlike the Nokia n series, you don't have to pay to navigate. I had a garmin before and the Nokia navigator is very similar to it. It costs QR1450 at the Nokia shops.
the map and the garmin are both sold together at the agent called "al Lengawi" on salwa road.. the exact position of the place i'm not so sure of... i'll check and get back to u...
I'd been relying on Google Earth, and found this kind soul's .kmz file, in which he/she included all the major roads, shops, restaurants, etc.
PM me your email if you want me to send the file to you... =)
just trying to "pass the good deed on"... =)
(for those unfamiliar with google earth, u must first d/l google earth to open the file, and then you can customize your views, 3D, plan view, side view, etc.)
I swore for years I would not have a sat nav, then one xmas I got one and .........................I love it. Not only does it give you the route, I like having the time to destination function showing...Iknow its a gadget and I'm a man nuff said!!!!!
I bought mine also from carr4 and i got a cd to load on the PC but was also brought somewhere else works nice even in Afrikaans if you want it to be but .a bit slow at the roundabouts 4 u2 chance lane s and with the landcrusers right on your heels it a bit scary Thats a goodnight from me
I may know Doha within a week, but time is money.
I would lose more considerably more money within a week if I got lost a few times that the price of the Sat Nav Kit!
Novi, good Idea. I'll get a map soon. Just haven't had time to stop yet!
PM, Yep, we'll go togther!
And while u trying to get the GPS going to where you want to it will only tell u " recalculating" with all the the detours and rebuilding of the roads cause one day there s a landmark next day its gone!!
shame I'm not there to meet you when you meet all the other QLers in time..
Hope you have a successful 'visit' :D
Oh and I know nothing about sat nav!
hey, i can say that driving in Qatar is an experience to all of us, but as a girl even i hav managed to drive around Doha without any help but myself, yes i have got lost a few times but is the quickest way to learn,, don't u think..men!!!
I only been here 4 the last 3 months....n getting confident but never to loose track of the others mad people on the roads, i have learn to hav eyes in the back of my head....
I have already a TomTom that I brought with me from Europe, I havent found a map of Qatar or any other ME country. Does anyone know where to get that for the Tomtom? It would work better than laying around in the drawer at home..
Yeah but first he got to get to a shop to buy a phone
QT ... coming from Dubai i am sure Doha is a piece of cake for you !
thanks PM that what i really need it today someone to argue with
to be alone it is because i am new in Qatar not because i am not nice with other
at all i try to help him by advicing him to save his money beacause after one week he will be familiar with doha it is so easy village
If u come from a one horse town Doha is a Mad house with even more mad traffic!!
hey i got a better idea
get yourself a nokia n95
it comes with gps & qatar map
plus u get a great cell phone & its cheaper than a sat nav
Even we felt the same way when we went to the virgin store in villagio and the jarir book store.
First was when we wanted to buy the timemachine tv from samsung priced at 12 thousand riyals
And the other time when we wanted to buy the latest mobile priced around 2 thousand odd from LG called viewty.
On both occasions the salesmen were absolutely daft, product knowledge was zilch and we felt we were doing them a favour by shopping there.
Customer service and aftersales service / customer satisfaction doesnt exist in this part of the world. Most shopping malls have poorly paid staff who have forgotten how to smile and who have zero knowledge about what they are selling and what the customer wants.
As long as its a consumer driver society and these malls make money they wudnt care. Only when recession hits and no one goes there will any sense dawn on these nitwits.
visit
www.google.com/mars
With money we build HOUSE, With love we build HOME
PM sure sure
why I came to mars
Withmoney we build HOUSE, With love we build HOME
GPS & Cd Map for what ? for Doha
come on man are you serious
Sure you are joking
Gps for Doha, Doha Doha
it is village no more
With money we build HOUSE, With love we build HOME
QT in the meantime until you got your sat nav sorted, head down to the book shop and get Doha Map. That would works better for emergency