Actually through the rain I guess. So with Ashleigh driving more and more on her own, we thought it would be a good idea to get her her own GPS for her birthday. I knew the one I wanted to get so we waited till it went on sale. We found a super TomTom GPS on super sale at BJs on Black Friday. Went in to get it and they had sold 35 of them that morning and were out of stock. So we went home and ordered it online from BJs (afraid the deal would be gone and we wouldn't get one). Cost an additional $7 but it was still a great deal. Meanwhile, we went over to Staples to see if they had any in stock so Ashleigh could have her present in hand. They did so we bought it and went home to cancel the BJs order. Nope - in the couple of hours since we had ordered it online, they said we couldn't cancel the order as it was already being shipped. We figured we would just mail it back when it came. The next day I took the one we got from Staples outside to see how it would work on a drive with me. Stepped in the driveway, opened the back suction cup thingy, and dropped it right in the driveway! DOH! Scratched the corner. I felt SO bad. Well Ashleigh was talking with her boyfriend's grandfather about her goofy father and the grandfather said he would buy the scratched one and we could keep the one coming in the mail! He said he could use it for his drivers around the shop (and I am sure he was trying to be nice and help us out). So we did that and all was good.
Until yesterday. Ashleigh's wouldn't power on past the start up screen. Dang! So we took it to BJs and they said they cannot accept returns on items bought from BJs.com. How dumb is that? Lo and behold, Staples had it on sale for two days only. First Staples was out of stock, but the second one had 7. So we went over there. Not only was it on sale, but there was an additional 15% off today! Woo-hoo! And with the money we saved on that, we bought the 2 year extended warranty for half off. At the rate this story is going, we will need it!
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I just bought a Garmin after my last trip where I was driving over a winding mountain road with Mapquest paper directions in hand, in the dark no less. I figured it was time for a GPS. How do you like the one you bought Ashleigh?
The jury's still out. She hasn't used this second one much but she said the other day it was black and white for a few minutes before switching to color. If it fails again, we will go with a Garmin. I have a nice Sony - Sony discontinued all of their GPS units 2 hours after I bought mine. No joke!
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