General Urko Posted February 27, 2006 Share Posted February 27, 2006 I hope I am posting this in the appropriate forum... I could use some information on which website is the best for purchasing my first GPS unit. I have visited sites like "GPS Now" and "Mega GPS" etc. Are there others that are better ? -Does anyone have any recommendations on a specific site ? -I am trying to buy a GPS unit "bundled" with some accessories for a low price {of course} -I am thinking of buying the Garmin Etrex Legend C or Legend CX. -The primary uses for my GPS unit will be Geo-caching / fishing / traveling etc. Thank You In Advance GU Quote Link to comment
+StarBrand Posted February 27, 2006 Share Posted February 27, 2006 The one with the best price on the unit you want???? I often use amazon but have purchased GPS stuff from numerous sites. Each have there own merits. I usually shop price. Quote Link to comment
BRTango Posted February 27, 2006 Share Posted February 27, 2006 I've had a lot of luck with Amazon. Quote Link to comment
+beeflog Posted February 27, 2006 Share Posted February 27, 2006 EBAY find the model you want and do a search, it never hurts to check Quote Link to comment
+BlueDeuce Posted February 28, 2006 Share Posted February 28, 2006 Amazon, GPS City and one other (that I can't think of at the moment) are the three main biggies. Be careful about spending bucks on a new gps listed on Ebay. Yes, I know that there are honest dealers but make sure you are buying from one. Quote Link to comment
+Segerguy Posted February 28, 2006 Share Posted February 28, 2006 If you buy a Garmin, make sure you buy it from a Garmin authorized dealer. If you don't, they likely will not honor your guarentee. Garmin doesn't have authorized dealers on Ebay. Shop wisely. Quote Link to comment
+JDandDD Posted February 28, 2006 Share Posted February 28, 2006 (edited) If you buy a Garmin, make sure you buy it from a Garmin authorized dealer. If you don't, they likely will not honor your guarentee. Garmin doesn't have authorized dealers on Ebay. Shop wisely. Excellent point! That goes for a lot of other electronics as well. Most companies will not support anything that's not from an authorized dealer. Try to get HP to look at anything that's not that way. To the OP, I have had lots of success with GPSCity both US and Canada. In Canada, there is also GPSCentral which has been even better (though both have been great) and they do ship to the US. JDandDD Edited February 28, 2006 by JDandDD Quote Link to comment
+Isonzo Karst Posted February 28, 2006 Share Posted February 28, 2006 I'd use Froogle (like google but strictly oriented to shopping) and price shop the unit. I've had good results with www.compuplus.com. I got a heck of buy on the mapping and a card for my MeriGold from them. Quote Link to comment
+briansnat Posted February 28, 2006 Share Posted February 28, 2006 I've usually found the best prices on Amazon.com. Offroute.com can have some good sales at times. Moving this to the appropriate forum Quote Link to comment
+Silny Jako Bek Posted February 28, 2006 Share Posted February 28, 2006 I like gpsnow.com They have great prices, fast shipping. There are lower prices on Amazon, but they are always from people who are offering the stuff independent of Amazon (just using their site to advertise and sell) so its kind of like buying on Ebay. Quote Link to comment
+NWMOhunter Posted February 28, 2006 Share Posted February 28, 2006 I like using Froogle as well. You can search and scan LOTS of different sites at once and you don't have to check each individual site. Also, if you find a site like tigergps.com they will beat anyone elses price. Do some foot work and you can find some awesome deals! Quote Link to comment
lamarieves Posted February 28, 2006 Share Posted February 28, 2006 Lake Powell Marine--Phil is the guy--great service and quick shipping-- Quote Link to comment
Dumpie Posted February 28, 2006 Share Posted February 28, 2006 GPSNOW.COM I've purchased several units from them and their customer service is excellent. Quote Link to comment
curman & neogirl Posted February 28, 2006 Share Posted February 28, 2006 I bought a gpsmap 76cs at gpsonsale.com for $380 just before the new year.I searched alot of websites and they were the cheapest I found. Quote Link to comment
+DangerJudy Posted February 28, 2006 Share Posted February 28, 2006 GPSNOW had the lowest price I could find for the legend CX, with 2 day shipping. And GPSDiscount has nice bundles on some models. Quote Link to comment
+drbugs Posted February 28, 2006 Share Posted February 28, 2006 I ordered a 60cx sunday night from gpsdiscount.com, and had the shipping number (free fedex saver) by around noon monday. The price for a 60cx is the same as anyone else (ie about $449), but if you buy a package deal it is a really good deal. I got the autonav kit for $488. The Auto Kit, contains the following: Bean bag mount, dash mount, cigarette adapter, North America City Select DVD v 7.0 w/full unlock code. 60cx Deals on GPSDiscount.com I figure for 39 bucks over the list of the gpsunit, I got the maps and mount. not bad. It's on it's way, so I'm hoping tomorrow. Quote Link to comment
General Urko Posted February 28, 2006 Author Share Posted February 28, 2006 Thanks for the responses folks. You've pointed me in the right direction. I think Geo-caching will be a hobby myself and my two young Sons will enjoy. GU Quote Link to comment
+drbugs Posted February 28, 2006 Share Posted February 28, 2006 Thanks for the responses folks. You've pointed me in the right direction. I think Geo-caching will be a hobby myself and my two young Sons will enjoy. GU This forum has been an awesome help for myself. My two kids (5 and 3.5) are very excited about doing a treasure hunt. Good family outing type of stuff. Quote Link to comment
+brazilindy Posted February 28, 2006 Share Posted February 28, 2006 I've had good results with www.compuplus.com. I've now bought three GPS units. By far, the best deal i got was from www.compuplus.com. I got a Magellan eXplorist 400 for $160.00 after a $50 rebate. The same unit sells for more than $300 on the Magellan website. brazilindy Quote Link to comment
+webscouter. Posted March 1, 2006 Share Posted March 1, 2006 I like to use TVNav.com as the owner is a geocacher. He also has really good service and is an authorized Garmin dealer. Quote Link to comment
+Guitar4Him Posted March 1, 2006 Share Posted March 1, 2006 I've purchased several GPS's from: GetFeetWet Their prices are excellent and their customer service is absolutely the best I've ever seen in an online vendor. Quote Link to comment
HokieBird Posted March 1, 2006 Share Posted March 1, 2006 DrBugs - Did you get your unit yet?? Quote Link to comment
+drbugs Posted March 1, 2006 Share Posted March 1, 2006 DrBugs - Did you get your unit yet?? Nope. I'm bumming. It's in a fedex building that is on my drive, but they don't allow pickups until first attempted delivary. I have to wait until tomorrow. Major buzzwrecker! I figure that today I'll be productive to make up for my sudden dip in productivity tomorrow. Fortunatly I sit next to a window, so I'm hoping that is adequite for the unit to find itself. Quote Link to comment
+brownie2 Posted March 1, 2006 Share Posted March 1, 2006 Walmart.com every thing you need and much cheeper than others! Quote Link to comment
+drbugs Posted March 1, 2006 Share Posted March 1, 2006 DrBugs - Did you get your unit yet?? Nope. I'm bumming. It's in a fedex building that is on my drive, but they don't allow pickups until first attempted delivary. I have to wait until tomorrow. Major buzzwrecker! I figure that today I'll be productive to make up for my sudden dip in productivity tomorrow. Fortunatly I sit next to a window, so I'm hoping that is adequite for the unit to find itself. Man, it went bad to worse. Apparently it got routed to the south metro distribution center, and I'm in the north metro. It just arrived in the north metro distribution center, about 3 miles from where I am now. I'm gonna stop by, see if I can convince them to let me pick it up. IOW, I'll probably have to wait till tomorrow morning. I hate waiting.... Quote Link to comment
moonpup Posted March 1, 2006 Share Posted March 1, 2006 my vote goes to gpsnow.com. i have bought all my units there and always will... for as long as they stay in business Quote Link to comment
+GCNJ Posted March 1, 2006 Share Posted March 1, 2006 I hope I am posting this in the appropriate forum... I could use some information on which website is the best for purchasing my first GPS unit. I have visited sites like "GPS Now" and "Mega GPS" etc. Are there others that are better ? -Does anyone have any recommendations on a specific site ? -I am trying to buy a GPS unit "bundled" with some accessories for a low price {of course} -I am thinking of buying the Garmin Etrex Legend C or Legend CX. -The primary uses for my GPS unit will be Geo-caching / fishing / traveling etc. Thank You In Advance GU Quote Link to comment
+BlueDeuce Posted March 1, 2006 Share Posted March 1, 2006 Walmart.com every thing you need and much cheeper than others! hmmmm, compared to GPScity and Amazon they are the same price. GPScity however is offering next day delivery. (But I am surprised Walmart was close in price, I wonder if they are outsourcing to another retailer) Quote Link to comment
+GCNJ Posted March 1, 2006 Share Posted March 1, 2006 I just bought my first gps, from CHUMBO. Ordered it on Monday and recieved on Tuesday 427.99 and free overnight shipping for a 60csx. Quote Link to comment
HokieBird Posted March 1, 2006 Share Posted March 1, 2006 DrBugs - Please be sure to post when you receive your unit. I'm thinking of purchasing some items from them. Quote Link to comment
Budding_Buddha Posted March 2, 2006 Share Posted March 2, 2006 My wife just picked me up a 60cs from amazon. Best price she could find. This included her searches on ebay. Buddha Quote Link to comment
+drbugs Posted March 2, 2006 Share Posted March 2, 2006 DrBugs - Please be sure to post when you receive your unit. I'm thinking of purchasing some items from them. Got it! I stopped by the fedex facility on my way home, and the allowed me to get it. They had pity on a poor geek! I have nothing but good things to say about gpsdiscount.com. Great price on the package (I got the autonav kit), and they tossed in a nice t-shirt too. Free 2-3 day shipping is nice too. My total cost was about 490. So far I'm very hooked on this unit. Autorouting is turning into an addiction! Let me know if you buy through these guys. Good luck! Randy Quote Link to comment
+Guitar4Him Posted March 2, 2006 Share Posted March 2, 2006 (edited) It pays to shop around. The deal you got on the 60CX from gpsdiscount.com is smoking. They beat getfeetwet.com on that deal. However, on a Garmin 2610 refurbished...... getfeetwet.com - $449.99 plus shipping (2-year warranty) gpsdiscount.com - $492.45 (includes ground shipping....1 year warranty) Bottom line....shop around..... Edited March 2, 2006 by Guitar4Him Quote Link to comment
+drbugs Posted March 2, 2006 Share Posted March 2, 2006 It pays to shop around. The deal you got on the 60CX from gpsdiscount.com is smoking. They beat getfeetwet.com on that deal. However, on a Garmin 2610 refurbished...... getfeetwet.com - $449.99 plus shipping (2-year warranty) gpsdiscount.com - $492.45 (includes ground shipping....1 year warranty) Bottom line....shop around..... Excellant point. It all depends on what you are looking for. Nice deal on the 2610, and nice gpsr Quote Link to comment
+mike91911 Posted March 2, 2006 Share Posted March 2, 2006 Just bought my first from GPSNOW.COM because of what people have said here and the price. Can't comment on service but unit is expected to arrive tomorrow. Mike Quote Link to comment
+GerIRL Posted March 3, 2006 Share Posted March 3, 2006 I bought my map60cs from http://www.caplinktech.com/ . They seemed to be consistently lower in price than any one else and shipped for free the same day. A friend of minee bought the same unit for $345 two months ago and was happy. Quote Link to comment
Suscrofa Posted March 3, 2006 Share Posted March 3, 2006 I bought my map60cs from http://www.caplinktech.com/ . They seemed to be consistently lower in price than any one else and shipped for free the same day. A friend of minee bought the same unit for $345 two months ago and was happy. I am looking to buy the Garmin 60CX but I am living in Europe. The prices here is simply horrendous, twice the cost in the US ! I would accept to pay a bit more say 1 Euro for 1 Buck as for other stuff like digital camera and the like but for this GPS its twice the US cost. I know the basemap are different but I don't care as anyway the level of details requires you to get Ciy Navigator or at least MetroGuide. My concern is about warranty and future service, does Garmin offers an international warranty and service. Also, some vendors sell on Ebay at competitive price but where do they get these GPS and how can they offer them at such a price ? Grey market some say, yes but how ? Stolen goods, goods "lost" at the factory ? How do we recognize a "grey" market product if they claim it is in factory sealed box ? Are the serial numbers logged at Garmin so they know the product is "grey" one ? On the 60CX is there a special tag bearing the serial number and where is it located ? (I know all these have the SN burned in the harware too) Thanks Quote Link to comment
HokieBird Posted March 3, 2006 Share Posted March 3, 2006 DrBugs - I went with the 60CSx deal from GPSDiscount. Should arrive early next week. How is the learning curve thus far? Any out-of-the-box advice? Quote Link to comment
+drbugs Posted March 3, 2006 Share Posted March 3, 2006 DrBugs - I went with the 60CSx deal from GPSDiscount. Should arrive early next week. How is the learning curve thus far? Any out-of-the-box advice? Awesome! Post when you get it. I think you'll be happy with it. I REALLY like the cx. Very easy to use too. I've loaded 30 map segments (CS7) of Minneapolis, duluth, northeast wisconsin, south western Il, and quite a bit of San Francisco (I'm going to a conference in may) and it takes 45mb. Mapsource is easy to use. One hint is to update mapsource, since the one on CD doens't recognize .loc/.gpx files. 6.9 does. Update by selecting help->update. This device is really amazing. The autorouting is surprisingly (to me at least) good. I've tweeked it to Best quality for route generation, and it is still fast. I've only used it on routes that I use (work), and it's been good. A bit different since it doesn't know about traffic, but good. I ignore the turns and it recalcs without me doing anything. One thing I wish it did would be explorist style folders/files for grouping waypoints. I'm gonna look into the POILoader util to maybe manage this. I'll post more after I've had time to use it a bit more. Nice unit. Quote Link to comment
+BlueDeuce Posted March 3, 2006 Share Posted March 3, 2006 I am looking to buy the Garmin 60CX but I am living in Europe. Not sure which country you are in but you might want to pose this question in one of the European forums, like the UK. They are going to be more people there who have had to deal with the same issue. Good Luck! Quote Link to comment
k1w1t1m Posted March 3, 2006 Share Posted March 3, 2006 I went with GPSNow. Great customer service and a good price for the GPSr that I bought. They even called me to verify against fraud as I have an out of state phone number Quote Link to comment
+Lightning Jeff Posted March 3, 2006 Share Posted March 3, 2006 Lake Powell Marine--Phil is the guy--great service and quick shipping-- I just bought my 60CSx from these guys, and I have to agree - super fast shipping and good service. I've used gpsnow.com in the past and also had zero complaints with them, but Lake Powell Marine had the best deal I could find on the 60CSx ($499, free overnight shipping, shipped same day, and a $60 gift certificate to a number of stores; better yet, Phil substituted a credit card refund for the gift certificate). Quote Link to comment
+bbkennedy Posted March 3, 2006 Share Posted March 3, 2006 I picked up my 60CSx from www.Chumbo.com. The price was $427 instead of the $499 everybody else wants. I ordered it on Monday and had it on Tuesday for ~$6 extra. bbkennedy Quote Link to comment
Suscrofa Posted March 3, 2006 Share Posted March 3, 2006 I am looking to buy the Garmin 60CX but I am living in Europe. Not sure which country you are in but you might want to pose this question in one of the European forums, like the UK. They are going to be more people there who have had to deal with the same issue. Good Luck! I am living in the North Korea of Europe, that is France ! I have seen US cutomer, in fact the majority, buying these GPS from eBay vendors, so I was hoping to get some feedback about the warranty they were getting. Quote Link to comment
+Brawny Bear Posted March 4, 2006 Share Posted March 4, 2006 I like to use TVNav.com as the owner is a geocacher. He also has really good service and is an authorized Garmin dealer. I too have bought 3 Units from here and never have been dissappointed. Quote Link to comment
+otterbob Posted March 4, 2006 Share Posted March 4, 2006 (edited) www.chumbo.com. $427 for a 60csx with free overnight shipping. Edited March 5, 2006 by otterbob Quote Link to comment
sunpazed Posted March 5, 2006 Share Posted March 5, 2006 Recently purchased a Garmin Legend Cx. I purchased the unit from Provantage (provantage.com) in the US, who have DHL shipping options Internationally. The level of customer service was great, much better than with any Aussie online retailer I've delt with. The unit was $240 + $38 US for shipping, which is a great price! Significantly cheaper than buying an Australian unit. Infact you can't get a Cx here yet - an Australian Legend C unit (not an 'x' model) retails for $320 US locally! The unit arrived in only 3 days, and I was surprised not to be pinged local tax and import duty. Very Happy with the purchase! I also picked up a version of Mapsource WorldMap from eBay (boxed original but used) for hardly anything, as the basemap was the US version. I was surprised that the default US basemap also includes a low-res map of the whole world - without roads of course. I then fired up MapSource and uploaded Australasia to the unit. Unfortunately, the WorldMap detail is next to useless. I wasn't too upset, after all I had only purchased an old cheap version of WorldMap. The routing capability on the basemap is hopeless aswell, why bother? If I'm travelling 800km, I'm well aware of what direction and freeway to take. In a nutshell, WorldMap is useless and Garmin should give this away for free. Anyway - this little experiment has proved (to me atleast) that buying a unit locally just for the basemap is of little use, apart of course from supporting your local GPS store. But I've been doing that for awhile now Quote Link to comment
vfrpilot Posted March 5, 2006 Share Posted March 5, 2006 I hope I am posting this in the appropriate forum... I could use some information on which website is the best for purchasing my first GPS unit. I have visited sites like "GPS Now" and "Mega GPS" etc. Are there others that are better ? -Does anyone have any recommendations on a specific site ? -I am trying to buy a GPS unit "bundled" with some accessories for a low price {of course} -I am thinking of buying the Garmin Etrex Legend C or Legend CX. -The primary uses for my GPS unit will be Geo-caching / fishing / traveling etc. Thank You In Advance GU I have found the best prices on ShipDog.com - But a fellow member pointed me to a shop in Ill. (I think that;ll match or beat a web price. No Tax, No Shipping - got my 60c for 309.00!!!! Quote Link to comment
+comphelp Posted March 5, 2006 Share Posted March 5, 2006 The unit arrived in only 3 days, and I was surprised not to be pinged local tax and import duty. Very Happy with the purchase! Australia's import policy changed late last year so that you can now import $A1000 without paying taxes or duty Best thing they ever did. Quote Link to comment
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