Remanufactured Magellan RoadMate 700 20 GB Vehicle GPS Navigation System with Windshield Mount

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Remanufactured Magellan RoadMate 700 20 GB Vehicle GPS Navigation System with Windshield Mount

Plug-and-play 12-parallel-channel vehicle GPS+WAAS navigator with integrated 20 GB hard drive
Built-in mapping database of U.S. and major Canadian metro areas with 2 million points of interest
High-resolution, full-color, 2.25-by-3-inch TFT LCD touchscreen automatically adjusts to lighting changes
True View 3-D screen with voice prompting turn-by-turn guidance; measures 6.5 x 3.25 x 2 inches (W x H x D)
Remanufactured to like-new condition; 90-day warranty

Magellan Roadmate 700 is the first affordable, easy-setup,easy-to-use vehicle navigation system. It features: touch screen input, turn-by-turn visual and voice guidance with TrueView 3D navigation showing upcoming maneuvers. It will automatically calculate a street route or help find one of 2 millions points of interest, including restaurants, ATM machines, gas stations, parks, etc. The unit comes completely pre-loaded with NAVTECH street and address data for the Continental US and Canada and includes a DC vehicle power adapter, AC power supply, data cable and a user’s manual.The remanufactured Magellan RoadMate 700 GPS navigator just keeps gaining in popularity. Bestowed the honor of being named one of “Oprah’s Favorite Things for Holiday

Rating: (out of 52 reviews)

List Price: $ 999.99

Price: $ 1,569.95

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5 comments

Alvar L. Gonzalez says:

August 31, 2010 at 6:30 pm (UTC -5)

Review by Alvar L. Gonzalez for Remanufactured Magellan RoadMate 700 20 GB Vehicle GPS Navigation System with Windshield Mount
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I received a defective unit. Think this was odd, wrong!

The sound did not work, something that you can tell as soon as you turn it on! The plant who did the refurb would know this if they tested the unit before they put in the box. (There are built in diagnostics, you could just try those before you put it in the box and ship it as “Like New Condition”)

After over 2 hours on hold, Magellan quickly confirmed that the product was indeed defective and that their remanufactured units are often shipped with operational defects. The description “remanufactured to like new condition” is not true for these units. Oddly the support tech confirmed that the over $600 price was reasonable for these remanufactured units.

Also the 90 day warranty period means that you will get only 2 tries to ship the unit back and try to get a working unit. They said that they would take 4-6 weeks for an exchange, and that it would not re-start the 90 day warranty. They offer a 1 year warranty for an additional $ 130, but the new one is only $200 more and has the latest maps and software in it, why would you buy remanufactured?

I do believe the Roadmate is a good product, but remanufactured is not OK., and their support and warranty for Remanufactured are intended to keep you from buying them.

It all seems rather unethical to me.
R. Chlopan says:

August 31, 2010 at 7:13 pm (UTC -5)

Review by R. Chlopan for Remanufactured Magellan RoadMate 700 20 GB Vehicle GPS Navigation System with Windshield Mount
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Ships with version 3.2 software — you face an immediate $99 upgrade charge to get to the current version 4.20.
Mark Hinterlong says:

August 31, 2010 at 7:31 pm (UTC -5)

Review by Mark Hinterlong for Remanufactured Magellan RoadMate 700 20 GB Vehicle GPS Navigation System with Windshield Mount
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I ordered the refurb model to save the $100 from the new…it was not worth it.

The model showed up SHOWING signs of it’s used condition, and of course; the sound didnt work.

I boxed it back up and shipped it back the very same day.

I went to another website and ordered the new one. [...]
David Glick says:

August 31, 2010 at 7:46 pm (UTC -5)

Review by David Glick for Remanufactured Magellan RoadMate 700 20 GB Vehicle GPS Navigation System with Windshield Mount
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Dealing with Magellan customer support was perhaps the worst customer support experience I have ever had. Ever. Not only were they unknowledgeable about their product, but a 3 day old unit with a problem was not covered by warranty. There was a $45 fee just to send it in, and then they would let me know how much the actual repair would be.

I have owned 3 Garmin units and I am about to buy a fourth. Stay away from this lousy company and their messed up products.
H. Silverman says:

August 31, 2010 at 7:53 pm (UTC -5)

Review by H. Silverman for Remanufactured Magellan RoadMate 700 20 GB Vehicle GPS Navigation System with Windshield Mount
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I have an installed GPS product in one car and we purchased this unit for other vehicles we own. I have found the Roadmate 700 to be every bit as accurate as my installed product at roughly 1/3 the price. And it gives verbal directions. I chose this model because of the large internal storage than allows all US maps to be maintained in the unit.

The only possible downside to consider is that it must be suspended from your windshield with a mounting adapter (provided), and plugged into a cigarette lighter outlet for power, which some may consider unsightly.

If you’re looking for a GPS system, I’d highly recommend yuou consider this one.