I am not generally a "gadget-girl" but the wonderful man I am dating is quite techonologically aware. The past week I spent in the Philly area with him and he was kind enough to let me borrow his GPS.
And it was good. Great. Better than I thought it could be. You type in "Trader Joe's" and tada! All the locations pop up and you choose which one you would like to go to. Then it tells you and shows you the directions.
According to my fabu guy and his many fabu gadget friends the *best* GPS is the Garmin. I heard a horror story about a Sony that I wont repeat here, lets just say that I would hate to pay more than $800 and then the GPS did not work- eek!
I did make one tragic mistake though, as a rule I do not shop at Walmart ever. I had not been in one for 6 years, but during the 8 hour trip back to Maine I remembered hearing about a short cut that would take 2 hours off my trip. I was really tired and I looked for a Best Buy but could not find one. I finally broke down and went to Walmart. I was exhausted, what can I say?
Walmart was just as awful as I remembered. The sales person who "helped" me needed a GPS to find the electronics department in her own store. Poor dear, for the sad wage she must make I do not blame her at all. I finally found the correct department, the GPS, a sales associate with a key and purchases the cheapest Garmin GPS in less than an hour. I paid $159.99 before tax and after it came to around $170.
It worked instantly. I set it up, plugged it in and ta da my 8 hours were turned into 6.
Today I had to stop by Best Buy and I wish, wish, wish I had gone there instead of Walmart! Best Buy had a BETTER GPS, still a Garmin and the exact same model number - but was black and had a BIGGER screen! AND you can test it out in the store! And it cost $20 less - $139.99 for the exact same model! The sales people at Best Buy were helpful, informed and freindly - and they knew where everything in the store was located.
I absolutely love my new GPS, but if I had it to do over again I would go to Best Buy first - they really had the best BUY! I could have avoided another horrible Walmart shopping experience and gotten a better GPS for $20 less. I have learned my lesson - next time I'll go to Best Buy first!
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Fabulous post! I too feel very sorry for those Walmart employees! Walmart="too many things" :)
My main concern with Walmart is the discrimination women and minorities suffer at their hands as well and the scandalously low wages they pay their employees.
They have been successfully sued by women more than 25 times for failure to promote women in their company - imagine how many women could not afford to sue then.
What a shameful way to run a business and lets face it, a horrible place to shop.
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