Was The GPX 5000 Ever Discontinued?

[phrunt]

With Australia and NZ never having experienced a GPX 5000 stock issue and the US dealers saying it was discontinued there was some confusion going on, I asked here and was told it's not discontinued.    Now it appears it's back at the US dealers, so was this a false alarm? Did the US dealers think it was discontinued for some reason without being told it was? Maybe due to a stock shortage or low demand in the US so stock being allocated to other countries with better sales.

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The GPX 5000 sounds like it is still a popular choice for Africa, good value and just works, built tough for tough conditions and they're just used to using it and know it gets results.  That doesn't sound like a detector you would discontinue unless you had a genuine replacement, which the GPX 6000 is not, very different detector.

[Tony]

Just more Minelab marketing spin to get people to reach for their wallets.....like the big price rises for the start of the year. Most of us called that as BS straight away and sure enough it is.

My favourite from local dealers.....price "reduced" (from $2249) to $2449 and the best for last is "value" of $3098 😆

The audacity is staggering but some may see the Profind 35 worth $800 which then makes the $3098 most reasonable plus a photo copy cheat sheet is worth $150 🤣

[RONS DETECTORS MINELAB]

On 4/25/2024 at 11:56 PM, phrunt said:

Maybe due to a stock shortage or low demand in the US so stock being allocated to other countries with better sales.

The GPX-5000 has not been on our price list since last year and all stock was depleted about that time frame also. This new shipment came in from who knows where, but no word on if it’s a one time offering or if they have more coming. 
 

I would take a wild guess and say they are trying to move 5000’s wherever they can to deplete inventories to be able to put out a new release at some point in time.

[dig4gold]

Don't Minelab "talk" to you dealers?

D4G