Well, there's a new hitch in the GPS saga. It got bad reviews. One of the comments was the tired cliche, "You get what you pay for", and apparently $79 is not nearly enough to pay to get a good system.The thought came to me, "How much weight should one place on 'customer reviews'? I guess it depends on the product and the customer. In this day and age many of us are growing more and more skeptical about any type of information that comes from an unfamiliar source. Take the search for a digital camera for example. The unwary buyer, who knows virtually nothing about cameras, might be dumbfounded by the plethora of information about the myriad makes and models out there. Add to this quagmire of information the "Pro and Con" reviews and the picture (pun intended) takes on an even stronger Gaussian blur.
At times I wonder if the manufacturers simply hire someone to write the anonymous reviews from M.I Lost in Hoboken, NJ and R.U Nuts in Okeechobee, FL. At any rate I like to do some research before I put down money on an item that I plan to use everyday.
Then there are the other times when a purchase just seems to be the right thing to do. For example, just a week ago I bought a Kodak 8 mp Easy-Share camera for a friend in Brazil. I got a fairly good deal on it, had owned a Kodak in the past, so the aforementioned research went to the dogs as I bought the camera, a 2 gig memory card, and a carrying case. My friend was thrilled with my choice and told me that I had impeccable taste!
My GPS research will continue until I find a reasonably priced "good" unit that will help me to keep from getting lost in the deepest jungles of Brazil! Again, if anyone has any suggestions please don't hesitate to add a comment.
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