GO Exclusive versus Superior Premium

[siftasam]

I have received an email regarding replacing my GO 600 with either a GO Exclusive at £252:88 or.....

a GO Superior Premium Pack at £301:42.

Only thing I don't understand, the Superior is £50 more for less facilities and shorter trial periods. I know I'm getting on in life but can someone tell me what I am missing?

I am an ordinary car driver, no trailers, motorhomes or 16 axle behemoths.

siftasam

 

[Willy875]

GO Exclusive at 252.88 wouldn't it be rather the opposite 252.88 for the GO Superior 6 is GO Exclusive at 301?

 

[siftasam]

That's why I am confused. Hopefully you can see the attached. The trial periods for the Exclusive are 1.5 years and the Superior are 1 year.

Confused.

 

[Willy875]

I would like to point out that on GO Exclusive Tomtom gives you a 35% discount while on GO Superior Tomtom only gives you 10%.
If I had to choose between the 2, I would choose the GO Exclusive.

 

[Arno]

Seems to be a matter of marketing only. They may have gotten stuck with too many at the higher list price

 

[siftasam]

Thanks. That's the conclusion I was arriving at but their marketing could do with improving. To put it simply, if I was advertising the Exclusive at the given price, I wouldn't have mentioned the Superior at all which stands out as an inferior product at a greater price.

 

[RazorBack]

Hi, yes I thought it was strange more money for less features - BUT I think if you scroll down that page it shows, under Go Smarter, 7 Premium Live extra data services, so maybe if Go Superior Premium Pack includes those 7, it may explain why they try to charge £50 extra.

 

[Gremlings]

Has anyone tried purchasing one of these special offers? I tried to purchase the Go Exclusive, but it takes me to a page that says my basket is empty and then the Go Exclusive does not exist on their website as an option to purchase.

 

[Willy875]

Has anyone tried purchasing one of these special offers? I tried to purchase the Go Exclusive, but it takes me to a page that says my basket is empty and then the Go Exclusive does not exist on their website as an option to purchase.

In France the GO Exclusive is out of stock I think this also applies to the United Kingdom.

 

[TROG1974]

Enter HBDAY22 in the voucher code to get a 20% discount on the TomTom website.

 

[Capvo]

Be advised.. i too stood for the same questions.. As far as i can find the correct info.. the exclusive is early 2022, the superior is mid 2023.

Unfortunately nowadays It is a logical step for suppliers to limit free / upgrades / etc..

Also, since they made Camper models right now, they limit functionality on Superior that were there on Exclusive model.. That too is purely a commercial limitation so they have a reason to market their camper models i think.

 

[gadger]

Enter HBDAY22 in the voucher code to get a 20% discount on the TomTom website.

This still works as just used it today, 9th June, thankyou. Took £52 off my purchase

 

[TommyCooper]

So I bought the GO Exclusive thinking it would be an upgrade to my GO 5200. Unfortunately it doesn't feel like an upgrade. The GO 5200 simply works. Yes, the GO Exclusive has some new features but .... and this is a big thing to me... it depends on my phone for traffic information, unlike the GO 5200. While on the road I suddenly get a message that the connection with my phone is lost. Bye bye traffic information. So I have to stop and fix the connection or live with the traffic jam ahead.

Could this dependency be the reason for the discount price? Does the GO Superior Premium Pack also depend on a phone or does it simply work like the GO 5200.

 

[Willy875]

So I bought the GO Exclusive thinking it would be an upgrade to my GO 5200. Unfortunately it doesn't feel like an upgrade. The GO 5200 simply works. Yes, the GO Exclusive has some new features but .... and this is a big thing to me... it depends on my phone for traffic information, unlike the GO 5200. While on the road I suddenly get a message that the connection with my phone is lost. Bye bye traffic information. So I have to stop and fix the connection or live with the traffic jam ahead.

Could this dependency be the reason for the discount price? Does the GO Superior Premium Pack also depend on a phone or does it simply work like the GO 5200.

GO Superior Premium must also be connected to your phone to receive traffic information.

On your GO 5200 you may also have a loss of connection with servers that you do not see.

 

[Mac1061]

I have received an email regarding replacing my GO 600 with either a GO Exclusive at £252:88 or.....

a GO Superior Premium Pack at £301:42.

Only thing I don't understand, the Superior is £50 more for less facilities and shorter trial periods. I know I'm getting on in life but can someone tell me what I am missing?

I am an ordinary car driver, no trailers, motorhomes or 16 axle behemoths.

siftasam

Keep away,the government exclusive needs to use your phone bluetooth to keep up with the traffic. My old 500 is better as you only have to put in your destination and it automatically tells you the traffic problems ahead of you. So stick with what you know,if needed delete some maps for more memory,if especially like me not up with phone's

 

[canderson]

Keep away,the government exclusive needs to use your phone bluetooth to keep up with the traffic. My old 500 is better as you only have to put in your destination and it automatically tells you the traffic problems ahead of you. So stick with what you know,if needed delete some maps for more memory,if especially like me not up with phone's

Your 500 is using Bluetooth to get traffic, too, though it may be doing it though the MyDrive app on your phone. That's the only connectivity your GO 500 does have - unless your 500 is one of the older ones from back about 2007 that used RDS to get traffic!