[Az-Geocaching] Re: GPS store

[George Harris]

For those in the military, the clothing sales stores at the PX/BX have GPS units.  I bought my Meridian Platinum at the clothing sales store at Ft. Carson.  BTW, they match anybody's prices, even online.  I got mine for $250, no tax, out the door.

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Steven Stringham 
  To: listserv at azgeocaching.com 
  Sent: Sunday, November 14, 2004 4:52 PM
  Subject: Re: [Az-Geocaching] Re: GPS store


  The places not mentioned: Popular, and REI. Both have a line of etrex units. I can't say much about the price, however.

  Scott Sparks wrote: 
    Thanks to everyone who responded to my query on local GPS stores, although it seems a few of you didn't read the question very closely.  My old GPS died on Friday and I have plans to go caching Monday.  On-line or mail order was not an option in such a short period of time.  I went to many local stores and here is what I found in case anyone needs to know in the future.  Keep in mind that I live in the far east valley and so wasn't able to make it to anyplace like Bronco One (although it appears that they are no longer in business.)

    K-mart  (1 store checked)- No GPS's at all, that I could find, either in Electronics or Sporting goods
    Sports Authority (2 stores checked) - Only a couple bare bones models available, very high priced
    Target (1 store checked) - only a couple of bare bones models, 20-30 dollars higher than Wal-Mart
    Best Buy (2 stores checked) - a small selection of both Garmin and Magellan, but not the best price.
    Wide World of Maps - (1 store checked) complete line of Garmin handhelp GPS's, but prices were high, no Magellan product at all
    Wal-Mart (4 stores checked) - a limited but mixed selection of low, median and high-end models, lowest prices overall

    I was specifically looking for one of the following models: Garmin eTrex Vista, Magellan Meridian Gold, Magellan Meridian Platinum

    The only place that had the Vista was Wide World of Maps.  Nobody had the Meridian Platinum.  I finally settled on the Meridian Gold from Wal-Mart but I had to go to four different stores to find one that wasn't a man-handled display model.  I've only had it a day and already I see some exciting things about it and some other things that are just plain idiotic.  I'll try it for a few weeks and, if I decide I don't like it, Wal-Mart will take it back and I'll try something else.  I'll try to remember to post my final decision. Oh, and BTW, Wal-Mart had a better price than Amazon by a few cents.  I didn't mind paying the sales tax for instant gratification.  ;-) Under other circumstances, I would have ordered something from on-line but, as I mentioned, I needed it right away.

    -- Sprocket


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