Why so many so called refurbished GPS nowaday ? And, according to radioshack site, only one review left there = this must be his/her bought and return ka .

Because we have become a society of thumbplum who buy crap, tear open the box and return it.

I bought this same refurbished one from buy.com for $100 a couple of weeks ago. We've only used it locally so far but are very happy with it. (Hubby's got big hands and he accidently hit "Guam" by mistake during the initial home address set-up but customer service was super nice and talked us through correcting it w/no hassle.) I think it's a great deal on a bare-bones GPS.

#1, The returns from the holiday shopping season have been repackaged and are now making their way back to retailers as refurbs 5 months later.

I just got a new boat, is there a way to load maps of the California Delta on this and use it in the boat? Thanks for any help you can lend.

#3, Does it have car charger? What the USB cable for?

#5 most marine GPS units are specialized enough that it would be easier to buy one designed for boats. Most update maps are pricy at $50 +. You might try a ? on the GPS forums for more model specific help. I boated as a child and would have loved a GPS to find our dock in the dark.

#5 I was asking myself why a boat owner would bother to post a serious question here, and lo and behold, #7 came through with a (sort of) answer. Then I found myself wondering why #7 was piloting a watercraft in the dark as a child.

#8, back in the '60s growing up on the lakes of Minnesota this was not unusual. I only got to take out a small row boat with a very small trolling motor, not my grandpa's 40 footer. The lake was 60 miles across and it does get hard to find the right dock in the dark. Guess what? We did not wear vests either!

When I fist bought my first new boat, it was 16 years ago, it goe's 70mph. GPS was very pricy, it was something like $2500.00 to 3000.00 for lakes and open waters. I lean how to use a compass fast.. Never have any problem in the dark. The hardest times and dangerous times, it's the fog. I learn quick how to use the horn and compass to get back to the docks, GPS is nice, but you need a radar for serious water craft given any suituation #5 I fish alot under and out of the Golden Gate Bridge famous for Fog. About this TomTom GPS, I would get the Garmin C330 for the same price, better mapping, at Radio Shack also..

#8, back in the '60s growing up on the lakes of Minnesota this was not unusual. I only got to take out a small row boat with a very small trolling motor, not my grandpa's 40 footer. The lake was 60 miles across and it does get hard to find the right dock in the dark. Guess what? We did not wear vests either!

#6 It did come with a car charger (lighter-style plug). The USB cable is so you can go to the tomtom website and download POI (points of interest) and update the maps when needed. The manual also says that if you login to the site, it'll download the latest satellite positions saving you the time of having the device "find" the satellite(s). We haven't logged onto the site yet and it did take a couple of minutes to calculate our position the first time we used it. (I get the impression from the manual that it'll need to relocate the satellites about once a week.)

It also came with a dashboard mount, but we haven't installed that yet.

It was very user friendly. Except for the "Guam incident" the initial set-up went smoothly.

I'd buy it again in a heartbeat, even at the $99 price. I think it would make a nice gift for a new grad (too bad the ones in our family don't have their own cars

cool #5, love the delta. If marine GPS's are too pricey you might try a hiking GPS like the etrex venture/vista. They should have maps enough for the outlines of the waterways.
Car GPS' main features are roads and directions. Not suited well for boat use.

I have a tomtom one 3rd edition and prefer the screen of the garmin nuvi or mio c310x

#2, become? Back in the old days people used to buy a VCR on friday and return it on monday (using it for the weekend).
They also returned vacuums once they were full of dirt.

There are people who bought them from Costco, used them for a few month, and returned for a full refund. So you may be buying one of those used items.

I worked at Home Depot through college, and we had people try to return real Christmas trees AFTER CHRISTMAS... with tinsel and ornament hooks still on em.

"Your order does not meet the requirements for this promotion," says the site upon trying to use that 10% code. Am I being a baconeer or did they kill that?