Bakks, I agree with you. Unless you are on the road all the time, delivery driver, taxi driver, courier, sales rep, or something, I beleive they are a waste of money. Altho, some people have NO capability when it comes to reading a map (ie: my girlfriend) so she has one for that simple purpose.

Now she has no excuse... I have thort about getting one, but realised, a: i can read a map, and b: i know where im going most of the time, coz i have been there before.

I bought the mrs a Tomtom ONE (not XL) for $350ish. Its a great unit. I've tested it out and its never failed. Altho once it took me the long way from Vic Park to South Perth via Riverside drive.