rudmeister Posted October 7, 2009 Report Share Posted October 7, 2009 I just want to echo what everyone else has said. Garret is a pleasure to deal with, has extremely fast service, and contacts you every step of the way. Getting a drive from him is a no-brainer. I just want to add if you try and power-up the unit without replacing the black plastic drive cover it will not power-up. There must be a connection needed from the metal plate on the plastic cover. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Pardesi Posted October 8, 2009 Report Share Posted October 8, 2009 Once again, very Impressive service! This is the 2nd upgrade I got from Garret. Good communication (both phone/email), faster shipping and the drive works like a champ! I would highly recommend Garret! Thanks again Garret! Dave Quote Link to post Share on other sites
interweb Posted October 9, 2009 Report Share Posted October 9, 2009 I am a serial Garret customer. He upgraded my Z1 originally and I just got it back for the second upgrade to 2009 maps. Fast and inexpensive. Hard to find now'days. Three thumbs up! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
interweb Posted October 9, 2009 Report Share Posted October 9, 2009 My second as well. He literally turned it around in a couple hours. Got notification it was delivered to him and an hour later I get a ship notice that it had started on its way home. All my customizations, data and settings were retained. Three thumbs up! Scott in WA. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hrngffcr Posted October 10, 2009 Report Share Posted October 10, 2009 There is absolutely no reason not to get your updates from Garret. Great communication and great service (he obviously doesn't work for Pioneer), an excellent product, at a much lower price than updating with the Pioneer DVD. This is the second year I have gone through Garret to do my update, so he has earned my repeat business. The cost to do a basic upgrade (since I got my 60g unlocked hard drive last year from him when I upgraded from Z1 maps and software to Z3) is way less than from Pioneer. That reduced cost makes it economically reasonable to update every year. And he will do the update and save all of your songs and personal information that you have loaded on the hard drive. The turn around time is phenomenal. If you're like me, you don't like to be without a fully functioning unit for more than a few days. Garret got my hard drive on a Tuesday and, literally, within a couple of hours had it back in the mail. That meant from taking it out of the car on Monday to reinstalling it on Thursday took a total of four days (I, like Garret, live in Texas--your times may vary, but probably not by much depending on how you mail the hard drive to him). If he's still providing this great service for the Z community next year I fully intend to update through him again. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nomi3000 Posted October 13, 2009 Report Share Posted October 13, 2009 I just got my new drive from Garret. The service was better than i have ever had over the internet. I paid around 2:00 and by 4:00 i had the tracking number. 2 days later i had the drive. Have not had a chance to put it in the Z1 yet but every thing looks good on the computer when i hooked it up to look at the files on the drive. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
08LaRam Posted October 13, 2009 Report Share Posted October 13, 2009 I just received my 60g hdd from Mr. Toomy and it took me all of about 5 minutes to install it without any problems. I have not used the GPS yet but from the looks of all the other applications of the program I do not forsee any problems as everything else is working perfectly. I ordered it Sat. AM and received it Tuesday afternoon. Great service. The entire transaction: ordering, shipping and installation was very smooth. Anyone that reads this may feel free to contact me for a recomendation regarding this transaction and the quality of the equipment. Allen Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BlaqueAzz Posted October 15, 2009 Report Share Posted October 15, 2009 OGM, very Impressive service! This is the 2nd upgrade I got from Garret. Excellent communication (both phone/email),extremely faster shipping I would highly recommend Garret! thanks again Quote Link to post Share on other sites
november84 Posted October 15, 2009 Report Share Posted October 15, 2009 I got an expanded drive a while back w/ a Z3 upgrade and just recently had my maps updated. Very quick turn time on Garret's part for both (same day in my case). Just a little on my background; it's IT related and I've worked with a variety of file systems over the years (including TiVo and some other consumer units). I could do this myself, but Garret has done this many times before and it's always done right. That's just my take. Thanks Garret! Frank Quote Link to post Share on other sites
cbyte Posted October 17, 2009 Report Share Posted October 17, 2009 Thanks Garret. What a great buy. Just to download the new maps is $120.00 from Pioneer and you still have a Z2, not the Z3. Fast sservice and very trusworthy person to do business with. Had the drive in two days, changed it out in 20 min. a new Z3. Looking forward to doing it again next year. Thanks again Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jhaffey Posted October 18, 2009 Report Share Posted October 18, 2009 I just installed my new 60gig drive and it works great Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Chipper Posted October 21, 2009 Report Share Posted October 21, 2009 Excellent! Ordered Tuesday morning, Received Wednesday (In Connecticut), installed and operational! Fast! Reliable! Thank you Garret! I appreciate your responsiveness and you are thorough too! Chip Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Pattygator06 Posted October 22, 2009 Report Share Posted October 22, 2009 I gotta say.........Garret is the man! I got mine in 3 days for the wife's Z1 upgrade. She is absolutely pumped!! Highly recommended!! HIGH 5!!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
keggman12 Posted October 23, 2009 Report Share Posted October 23, 2009 First post. I installed a 60gb drive from Garret yesterday and it works great. Communication was excellent; drive came the next day as promised. Much better than using an update DVD or trying to figure this out myself. Thanks Garret!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hamilfour Posted October 27, 2009 Report Share Posted October 27, 2009 I too am a believer of the Z3 drive from Garret, was concerned that stripping the screws would be a issue for me. I took the advice from a few other posters and invested a few extra dollars and purchased a good screw driver. I had no issues removing the screws at all. The service provided by Garret is very dependable, this is rare in a world of today when so many don’t really care. PS might have solved another problem in the mean time too. I went with the big drive. Cheers Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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