Can you rent a GPS?

[murphy55d]

Does anyone rent GPS systems? I know rental car places offer them with the rental, but does anyone rent JUST the gps device?

I see a lot of websites like rentgps.com, but they look like they were put together by an 11 year old. Seems shady.

?

 

[Tim]

lulz

 

[murphy55d]

It's a serious question. We're going on a trip and rather than spending money on buying one, I'd just like one for the weekend.

 

[IronWing]

For survey grade units certainly. I haven't heard of any place that rents consumer grade units. Maybe call one of those tool rental places or one of those shady furniture/stereo rental places and ask.

 

[sdifox]

don't know anyone who has one? I am not sure about availability of rental. If you are not quite morally upright, you can always pick one up from BB and then return it

 

[joutlaw]

I picked up a Garmin Nuvi 200W for less than $150 from Best Buy 2-3 months ago. It's well worth the money.

Otherwise... I'd just see if a family member, friend, or co-worker has one you can borrow.

 

[Tim]

Originally posted by: murphy55d
It's a serious question. We're going on a trip and rather than spending money on buying one, I'd just like one for the weekend.

Fine...

Short of a friend loaning you one, or buying one from a place like best-buy, and then returning it a couple of days later, you're probably SOL.

 

[D1gger]

If you could find your way to where I live, you can borrow mine.

 

[LuckyTaxi]

Originally posted by: D1gger
If you could find your way to where I live, you can borrow mine.

hahahahahaha

 

[murphy55d]

I actually thought about doing that w/ Best buy. I didn't think it was such a silly question, seeing as you can rent practically anything anymore.

 

[LuckyTaxi]

i would buy it and return it. just make sure to keep the packaging

 

[tasmanian]

Originally posted by: sdifox
don't know anyone who has one? I am not sure about availability of rental. If you are not quite morally upright, you can always pick one up from BB and then return it

Another vote for buying and returning it. But i would do it at walmart since they are less likely to ask questions.

 

[Baked]

People who rely on GPS for direction will just end up like Michael. I use google maps, 'cause I'm just that damn good.

 

[SoulAssassin]

How long till you leave? mygpsoffer.com...usually from application to purchase to gps arrival is about 6 weeks.

 

[imported_apocalypse]

If you can afford a trip, you can afford a GPS. So many deals on them these days..

 

[ed21x]

you can get a GPS with txt to speach for less than $100, so it wouldn't really be worth renting imho.

 

[HardcoreRobot]

i think i saw some @ ~75 bucks
its well worth it (maybe not that particular model, but just a GPS unit at their current price points)

 

[Chryso]

Amazon has one on sale in their lightning deals right now.

 

[swbsam]

i got one for $79 off of buy.com . I'm too lazy to link, but refurbs can be had for cheepy.

Also, you cellphone might have a gps already, i think my old vz. cell phone had it on their e-store, cost 9 bucks

 

[sdifox]

Originally posted by: tasmanian

Originally posted by: sdifox
don't know anyone who has one? I am not sure about availability of rental. If you are not quite morally upright, you can always pick one up from BB and then return it

Another vote for buying and returning it. But i would do it at walmart since they are less likely to ask questions.

wallymart employee:"why are you returning it?"

customer:"Because it kept trying to be a backseat driver. I hate people telling me turn left here, turn right there."

wallymart employee:"..."

 

[Black88GTA]

Find someone with a Samsung Instinct (phone). The built in navigation is surprisingly good.

 

[OUCaptain]

Try a map. If you can't get to any location on the globe with a map, you don't need to be leaving your house.

 

[Throwmeabone]

Just buy a cheap one like a TomTom One 130 or Garmin Nuvi 200. They're well worth it.

 

[Matilda]

Yeah - A second vote for the TomTom ONE 130/130S (which has text-to-speech, if you want the unit to speak street names). It's been offered at really solid, affordable prices over the last few weeks, and it's extremely easy to use and figure out. You can also get the newest maps with the TomTom 30-Day Map Guarantee. It's probably not worth your time to rent.

 

[dabuddha]

Have you tried asking one of the car rental places if they'll rent a unit to you? They might with a deposit.