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Posted at 1:02 PM on Tuesday 10/13/09 by
Ben
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Buy.com has the refurbished Garmin Nuvi 255W GPS System for $116 shipped. [Compare]

  • WQVGA TFT (480x272), 4 hours battery, 5.2 oz, auto re-route
  • Text-To-Speech capability, FM Traffic compatible, Mac and PC Compatible
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      nix - Posted 2:43 pm PDT 10/13/09 (534 Posts)  Report Spam

      Good unit at a great price. I've been using a reconditioned Garmin unit for over 3 years now with only one freeze up ever. I've updated maps and added Europe maps flawlessly.

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      devnull4321 - Posted 4:46 pm PDT 10/13/09 (474 Posts)  Report Spam

      wait til BF (6 more weeks) and u can get a brand spanking new garmin for the same price.

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      ironbadge - Posted 8:09 pm PDT 10/13/09 (2555 Posts)  Report Spam

      Great price great product. I got it $130 refurb. from amazon.

      I could never make it on Black Friday. Always hung over from the night before.

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      gassyjoe - Posted 6:40 am PDT 10/14/09 (2518 Posts)  Report Spam

      I got my in-laws the 265WT recently and they love it. Big difference between the 2 models seems to be the 265 comes with the FM receiver for traffic updates where as the 255 is just capable of accepting that information but doesn't come with receiver.

      I paid $200 for the 265WT so this is a really good deal if you don't need the traffic updates and if the refurb lasts.

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      junk510 - Posted 9:01 am PDT 10/14/09 (39 Posts)  Report Spam

      Have other people had good luck buying refurb GPS units? I know there's a bit of risk, but this price is almost 20% cheaper than the best deal I've seen out there for a new 255W, which is Dell's $143 special that comes around every month or so.

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      gmacie - Posted 6:46 am PDT 10/21/09 (45 Posts)  Report Spam

      It's 169 now

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      junk510 - Posted 8:49 am PDT 10/21/09 (39 Posts)  Report Spam

      Since no one has responded to my question about the quality of refurb units, I thought I'd post my own update. I went for this deal and the GPS worked fine...for just under 24 hours. I used it 4 or 5 times, then tried to use it again and it wouldn't turn on...not with the power button or when I plugged it into USB. Now I have to deal with the hassle of returning it.

      The only other refub unit I've purchased is a Dell monitor. Same thing: it worked fine for about a day and then the on/off and menu buttons stopped working. Had to send it back.

      Does anyone test this stuff?!!?

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      junk510 - Posted 10:33 am PDT 10/28/09 (39 Posts)  Report Spam

      To Buy.com's credit, they paid for the return shipping and refunded my money for the defective unit above. I just got an email confirming the credit today.

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