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I would have thought the Garrett website would be kept up to date, however as I just visited it looking for any new detectors to come out I could not find any info on the 1350. I think Websites are an important link for a company and should be kept up to date. Why would Garrett be so far behind? Now I am not trying to be mean, just thought Garrett was a huge company, are they small??
 
Right on the homepage is a 1350 graphic to click on for info on it. Better check again.
 
Garrett is the largest. You need to go back to the site and click on the correct spot.
Bill
 
They won't put any new products on their website till they are ready to release them, they have more products coming, so I'm sure they won't update the site till then, makes sense you know.
The 1350 is on their site as Bill and John have mentioned.
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My apology, you are correct, I had gone into the products page, the link was indeed right on the front.
thanks
 
Don, as others have pointed out, there is a link to the 1350 on their home page. However, you are correct in that they don't keep their web pages anywhere near current. You would after all expect to see the 1350 listed with their product line of detectors. It is not there, but they still feature the 750 which has been discontinued. Also the last issue of their "Searcher" magazine online is Spring 2003. And their "What's New" link should be called ancient history. I have had several Garrett machines, still have three, and love them all. But I do think Garrett is missing a great opportunity by not assigning someone the task of keeping their website up to date. These days, websites are at least as important as magazine ads. You aren't the first to go the the Garrett site, click on their hobby section, and not find anything about the newest product that's already been out for a while. I'm not saying this to knock Garrett. I'm just hoping someone there will take heed and stay competitive. I'm ready to buy the next great Garrett--after I read about it on their website. HB
 
Updating a website especially along the lines that are being discussed in this thread only takes an hour or two of work.
Garrett doesn't need to do a total site redesign to put the 1350 on their hobby product page. All they need to do is to put a link in the table on the left side of the main product index that links to the 1350 page already on their website.
To do this all they would have to do is to copy the table row and cell entry for the GTI-1500, paste it in below the 1500 and then change the GTI-1500 to GTP-1350 and change the href to the already existing GTP-1350 page. Any html monkey could do that job in less than 5 minutes.
If I had access to their server I could do it in a minute or two as I have already looked at their source code.
I could probably knock out a real GTP-1350 page in a couple of hours instead of just using scans of their magazine ad too. If I had access to their original artwork for the ads I could probably do it less than an hour.
Jeez even if they don't have someone on staff who knows html they could do it in Microsoft Word in a few hours and use the awful html that word spits out.
Whatever software they used to layout the Searcher can spit out a PDF version too or Acrobat can import those files, so all that would take is a few key presses and 5 minutes of html scripting to put the new version of that online too.
There is no excuse for their website being so out of date. All it takes is a $25/hr html monkey on contract for a couple of hours a month.
Jeez, I would do routine maintainance on their site (not a site redesign) for a year if they gave me an infinium or one of the new machines (if one of them is going to better than a 1500) <img src="/metal/html/wink.gif" border=0 width=15 height=15 alt=";)">
 
Steve,
Did not know it was that easy! But I would say that right now they are putting their attention on things to come first, and then I am sure they will update the site. However, maybe you could help them with it and get ya a new machine for your efforts, all they could say if no, Right?
Thanks for the info thro.
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It takes very little effort to make web pages these days, or if you don't want to do it yourself, it no longer costs a fortune to have someone do it for you. My wife runs a very small business and though she is not a techno freak by any stretch of the imagination, she updates her own extensive web site every day. It only takes a few minutes. I could show someone how to create good looking web pages using Microsoft Publisher in about 2 hours (actually the self-contained Wizard leads you through it). For really elaborate pages, it might take about 2 days to learn how to use FrontPage or some of the other sophisticated web producing programs proficiently. Come on Garrett, which websites do you think generate more hits and sales, those that change frequently, or those that at best change a couple of times a year? For a business, there are few things more important than promoting your products and culture, and the Internet is where that is done today. So much more could be done with the Garrett site like adding tips, stories, testimonials, pictures of finds, tales of Charles Garrett's adventures, etc. A lot of other detector manufacturers are sure doing it. HB
 
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