Me thinks CaddyLITE are ripping the pi5h out of us.

madandra

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I have just browsed my account of mapped courses on the site and have noticed that they have upped the annual subscription from £30 to £40 OR each individual course from £7.50 to £10 which is a 33% increase. I am now wondering if they have been luring us in by a reasonable buying price in the hope they can fleece us with the option of adding courses. This has really left a bitter taste in my mouth as I have influenced a lot of guys at my club and others into buying the CL instead of Skycaddy.

Am I being a tight 4rse ????

Come on Golf Plus ............. explain your actions !!!!
 

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I can see this sort of thing as the only down side to GPS based devices. You are at the mercy of the operator and his greed.

I have been thinking about the skycaddie, but this sort of thing has been at the back of my mind. May yet still buy one when I go to the states in April.

I guess you don't get these issues with a lazer range finder.
 

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I use steam driven eyes :D

A mate of mine uses sky caddy & it takes him a lot longer to get the info off that than it takes me to tell him the distance using my eyeballs. Not only that the info on the skycaddy is no-where near as detailed visually as getting a course planner for a couple of quid.

Think I'll stick with buying a course planner at new courses & eyeballing targets.

I might be tempted to get a laser-rangefinder, though I doubt I need even that.

So what If I can't see over blind crests I've got legs & they don't cost anything to use.

It always bugs me that when you pay for expensive equipment it costs you that much extra to update certain things or use certain functions. I'm thinking of the TomTom Sat nav I have in my car.

Really don't see the point of payng out a big wad for golfing satnavs that don't show the lay of the land as well as distances, &/or need expensive updates or downloads to use it... WHY!

Think I'll stick to the steam driven optics
 

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They are usefull to many, but I don't take golf too seriously, its a game at the end of the day, a game which I love, and if I am 5 yards short or long then so be it.

It would seem they are making their cash back from the user one way or another, like most things that seem a good deal and are attached to a contract.
 

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Think I'll stick with buying a course planner at new courses & eyeballing targets.

I'm with you on that

It always bugs me that when you pay for expensive equipment it costs you that much extra to update certain things or use certain functions. I'm thinking of the TomTom Sat nav I have in my car.

At least you can upgrade Tom Tom, I think back to the early versions. With mine, Navman, instead of upgrades they discontinue support and you're left with buying a new one or sticking with out-of-date maps.
 
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