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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