{"id":6215,"date":"2010-10-26T08:00:50","date_gmt":"2010-10-26T07:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/?p=6215"},"modified":"2010-10-26T08:00:50","modified_gmt":"2010-10-26T07:00:50","slug":"getting-a-bargain-on-a-garmin-forerunner-305","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/2010\/10\/getting-a-bargain-on-a-garmin-forerunner-305\/","title":{"rendered":"Getting a Bargain on a Garmin Forerunner 305"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"amazon_ad_left\"><iframe src=\"http:\/\/rcm-uk.amazon.co.uk\/e\/cm?lt1=_blank&#038;bc1=000000&#038;IS2=1&#038;bg1=FFFFFF&#038;fc1=000000&#038;lc1=0000FF&#038;t=alslikklworls&#038;o=2&#038;p=8&#038;l=as1&#038;m=amazon&#038;f=ifr&#038;md=0M5A6TN3AXP2JHJBWT02&#038;asins=B000FMQ296\" style=\"width:120px;height:240px;\" scrolling=\"no\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<p>My trusty <a title=\"Garmin Forerunner 305\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/gp\/product\/B000FMQ296?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=alslikklworls&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1634&amp;creative=19450&amp;creativeASIN=B000FMQ296\">Garmin Forerunner 305<\/a> decided to give up the ghost last week so I&#8217;ve now ordered a new one &#8211; I couldn&#8217;t quite <a title=\"Which GPS Device?\" href=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/2010\/new-gps-enabled-training-device\/\">decide which model to go for<\/a> but in the end stuck with the Forerunner 305 and managed to get quite a bargain on it.<\/p>\n<p>Recommended retail price is \u00a3199.99, but last week Amazon had it at \u00a3117.98, quite a lot cheaper than the <a title=\"Garmin Forerunner 310XT\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/gp\/product\/B0025VKUPM?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=alslikklworls&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1634&amp;creative=19450&amp;creativeASIN=B0025VKUPM\">310XT<\/a> that I was also looking at which was \u00a3242. We then went to order it this morning and it was only \u00a3107.98 and on top of that Anna managed to get an extra 10% off with a special code so it was actually only \u00a397.18 &#8211; Bargain.<\/p>\n<p>But it doesn&#8217;t stop there. We paid using vouchers that we get through a scheme thanks to using child care vouchers. This allows us to buy \u00a3100 worth of Amazon vouchers for \u00a396 effectively saying us 4% on anything we buy, and Anna buys them on her Credit Card that pays her 1% cashback. Not only that, but I have an Amazon Affiliate account so if we buy it through that I get another 5% Commission, meaning that the actual cost to us was only <strong>\u00a387.46<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Not bad at all!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My trusty Garmin Forerunner 305 decided to give up the ghost last week so I&#8217;ve now ordered a new one &#8211; I couldn&#8217;t quite decide which model to go for but in the end stuck with the Forerunner 305 and managed to get quite a bargain on it. 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