My LG-VX4500 is not a smartphone. I have a pay as you go plan. I don't believe I can do that. And I'm not defrauding Costco. If I return the GPS because it no longer works it's within their policies. Sheesh.
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My LG-VX4500 is not a smartphone. I have a pay as you go plan. I don't believe I can do that. And I'm not defrauding Costco. If I return the GPS because it no longer works it's within their policies. Sheesh.Just use google navigate on your phone. Always up to date and no need to defraud costco.
Oh, OK, so fill me in. I haven't had a GPS except for the golf one I have from Callaway. If it stops getting updates I can still use it? It just won't have recent changes, such as new on/off ramps, new road extensions and such? Yes, I'm a noobie to this.I agree that it would be a shitty move to return it. I wouldn't expect a GPS unit to last forever. I would say 3-4 years tops. Even if you couldn't get map updates in 4 years you would suck to return it if it still works. Roads don't change all that much. Hell before GPS units there were Thomas guides. I know I didn't buy a new one each and every year. Maybe every five years or more.
Real men stop at gas stations for directions.
Ha! I say if you always know where you are you are totally lost!Pfft! Real men know where they are always.
My LG-VX4500 is not a smartphone. I have a pay as you go plan. I don't believe I can do that. And I'm not defauding Costco. If I return the GPS because it no longer works it's within their policies. Sheesh.
Oh, OK, so fill me in. I haven't had a GPS except for the golf one I have from Callaway. If it stops getting updates I can still use it? It just won't have recent changes, such as new on/off ramps, new road extensions and such? Yes, I'm a noobie to this.
My LG-VX4500 is not a smartphone. I have a pay as you go plan. I don't believe I can do that. And I'm not defauding Costco. If I return the GPS because it no longer works it's within their policies. Sheesh.
No, you're returning it because it doesn't get updates, not be a it doesn't work, not Costco's fault and like said before, returns like what you plan on doing are the reason why they changed their return policy already, don't sour it up for us again. And lifetime of any product is lifetime of the device, not your lifetime.
Honestly, I'm not planning on doing anything. I don't know the issues, I just read a review by a person who advocated getting a GPS from Costco because in the event that it was no longer able to be updated you could get a refund. Will I do that? I don't know. I'm not planning on doing anything, I just want a GPS. But the idea that I will need to get another in 2-3 years does not sit right with me, I'll be honest.No, you're returning it because it doesn't get updates, not be a it doesn't work, not Costco's fault and like said before, returns like what you plan on doing are the reason why they changed their return policy already, don't sour it up for us again. And lifetime of any product is lifetime of the device, not your lifetime.
Dude, what are you getting at? And the answer, assuming you want a simple straight faced answer, is "no."One question: have you ever gone to the circus to see animals get slaughtered?
http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2366862Dude, what are you getting at? And the answer, assuming you want a simple straight faced answer, is "no."
No, you're returning it because it doesn't get updates, not be a it doesn't work, not Costco's fault and like said before, returns like what you plan on doing are the reason why they changed their return policy already, don't sour it up for us again. And lifetime of any product is lifetime of the device, not your lifetime.
Yeah, look, guys, I have been a Costco member since the last century and I have NEVER returned one of those types of items they don't allow you to return now. I am not a scammer or hard case. I can count the things I returned (if I could remember them) on 3 fingers, I figure, and they have been new and unused. Give me a break. It's not like I'm working the system here.Fuck that. If they discontinue map updates, it's broken. Return the damned thing. If they get enough of them back, MAYBE Costco will stop carrying their products...
I could sell cars with your warranty idea.
"This car comes with a lifetime warranty!"
(small print)
(once the car leaves the dealership lot, the lifetime of the vehicle is determined to have ended...and the warranty has expired.)
Some people just want to watch the world burn :biggrin:I bought a Garmin GPS last spring at Costco. Perhaps the best $125 I've ever spent. At the time, we didn't have smart phones, but now that we do, I still use the Garmin. the thing just works. Yes, the voice is annoying and can't pronounce many common street names, but they're also printed on the screen, so it's no biggie.
Yes, if a couple of years down the road, your unit will no longer download maps, just return it to Costco and get a refund. By then, there will probably be an implantable chip to replace it.
The one I'm looking at (2595) has been out a couple of years I think and I don't want to have to buy another in 2-3 years.
Our Garmin is 4 years old and still gets updates.
Thank you RossMAN! : I took a beating here last night and your comments are salve on my wounds. Yes, I've done some homework to try to find the GPS for me and I arrived at the 2595. It was on sale at Costco in November, but it was on my back burner and when I went in, the sale was just over. It's not on sale there now but according to the website there's a manufacturer rebate for the same discount ($30) until Feb. 28. I think I'll pick it up, likely today. Rah!The Garmin nuvi 2595 LMT with HD Traffic is awesome especially if you get in on the $130 sale price, pay with your Amex and have a time machine. We've used ours a few times for out of town jaunts and it's all around great. I debated between this "cheaper" 2595 and the more expensive 3590 for about $90 more, I'm glad I went with the more economical choice. I haven't really tried the voice-activated navigation or bluetooth yet.
I won't comment on the rest because you won't like my reply
Our Garmin nuvi 1300 LM is almost 5 years old and I was recently surprised it updated so easily with current maps. All I had to do was download Garmin Express connect with included USB cable, installing a cheap 8GB microSD helped because I'm too lazy to delete unneeded files, wait for updates to install and you're done. Plan on gifting this to a family member (who is cheaper than I am, if that's even humanly possible) for emergency purposes or those times they get lost, I've written down instructions on how to use where am I so I can rely on longitude and latitude instead of an exercise in utter frustration.
They still make cars without GPS?
This is cheaper... and a lot easier. Plus, this has a pedestrian mode. I don't think your new car's GPS will have that.There's the answer OP; you just need to buy a new car.
That I know how to do, probably better than you.No smartphone? How do you shit? Seriously, I'm baffled.
This is cheaper... and a lot easier. Plus, this has a pedestrian mode. I don't think your new car's GPS will have that.
Yeah, look, guys, I have been a Costco member since the last century and I have NEVER returned one of those types of items they don't allow you to return now. I am not a scammer or hard case. I can count the things I returned (if I could remember them) on 3 fingers, I figure, and they have been new and unused. Give me a break. It's not like I'm working the system here.
90 days return for televisions, projectors, computers, cameras, camcorders, touchscreen tablets, MP3 players and cellular phones.
I have a stereo receiver I bought there. They had it on sale for $100. When I decided I wanted it and went back to get it the price had gone up to $150. I bought it anyway. Yes, this was in the 1990's. It died last year. It stopped being able to pick up a good FM signal. It's sitting on my front porch waiting to be recycled. It never occurred to me to return it to Costco. I have a toaster I bought there considerably later that's been toasting unevenly, the button to pop up the toast electronically stopped working. I won't return it. But a GPS advertised as enjoying lifetime free traffic updates and not getting them after 2-3 years seems to me another matter.