BenHenny Posted November 3, 2004 Share Posted November 3, 2004 I just received my new Garmin Legend from Officemax last night and noticed that the odometer had 60 miles on it. And the max speed was 68.4mph. Seems like it's been somewhere already - or is that normal? I don't much like being sold a "new" unit that isn't. KBH Quote Link to comment
Neo_Geo Posted November 3, 2004 Share Posted November 3, 2004 Sounds like it's been around the block a few times! Somebody probably owned it and returned it (for whatever reason). Quote Link to comment
+GOT GPS? Posted November 3, 2004 Share Posted November 3, 2004 Is there any tracklog or waypoints in it? Quote Link to comment
BenHenny Posted November 3, 2004 Author Share Posted November 3, 2004 No tracking or waypoints that I could see. I did notice, though, that the PC cord wasn't neatly folded up or tied, as you might expect it would be in new packaging. I suspect it is a returned unit. Quote Link to comment
+Kitch Posted November 3, 2004 Share Posted November 3, 2004 would be easy to delete the waypoints, track, etc... but i'm sure they forgot to reset the odometer etc... sounds used to me. Quote Link to comment
+haggaeus Posted November 3, 2004 Share Posted November 3, 2004 I had a similar experience when I bought an eTrex Legend at Circuit City: walked to the parking lot, put in the batteries and noticed there is a track log, something under 100 miles on the odometer, some maximum speed like from a car and a few waypoints in the local area. I was quite surprised and took it back to the store, asking if it was a used unit. The guy assured me that they don't sell used stuff and gave me another Legend - when I switched that one on in the store, it showed Taiwan as the current location, so I believed him it's a new one from the factory and took it. The first one was probably a returned unit - it was in the original packaging, even with the slide over the display - as I didn't know what was the reason of the original owner to returned it, I was happier with the real new one ... well, meanwhile I got a replacement for my broken Geko and gave the Legend to my sister, but that's another story :-) Quote Link to comment
+Rubberhead Posted November 4, 2004 Share Posted November 4, 2004 What does it matter? Did it go through a long initial satellite lock starting with Satellite #1 through #12 initially displayed? If so, I'd say it was brand new and the odometer reading is just from the initial lock. Quote Link to comment
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