Recertified GARMIN nüvi 1690 4.3" GPS $119.99 Newegg.ca

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GARMIN nüvi 1690 4.3" GPS Navigation with Garmin 1 year nüLink Service included

Garmin nüLink! Services: (receive accurate real-time travel information): Google local search, traffic, gas prices, Ciao!, weather, movie times, local events, Send to GPS, flight status, converter, White Pages, myGarmin

Where Am I? (find closest hospitals, police & gas stations, nearest address & intersection)

Garmin Locate (marks position when removed from windshield mount)

Qwerty or ABC keyboard (choose keyboard layout)

Garmin Garage vehicles compatible (download car-shaped icons to your device)

Garmin Garage voices compatible (download custom voices to your device)

Photo navigation (navigate to geotagged photos)

World travel clock, currency & unit converter, calculator

Garmin Lock (anti-theft feature)

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[shopdog]

Recertified = CRAP

Anyone who's ever worked as a tech at a warranty/repair centre that checks and repacks returned and/or defective electronics can tell you they're allocated only a few minutes to check and "recertify" each unit. Rarely can any fuctional problems be properly diagnosed and fixed in such a short timeframe. The business of repacking and reselling previously faulty electronics is more a game of statistical odds decided by the bean-counters in accounting than it is about actually selling properly repaired products (eg., if we just stick the garbage units in new boxes and call them "recertified" without actually fixing them, odds are we'll only get 3 units out of every 20 back again as faulty, and we'll refuse to fix 2 of those 3 claiming the failures were cause by factors outside the scope of our virtually worthless "service plan.")

Buy new, or buy nothing!