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Old 05-09-2012, 06:48 AM
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For your GPS, it is a good idea to program your "home" address to be the nearest rec center or to a landmark or intersection a block or two from your home.

My current Tom Tom GPS has a password that has to be entered before it will actually operate. How easy is it to bypass the password -- don't know I've never tried to bypass it. I'm getting a new Tom Tom GPS this week; hopefully it has the same password feature, or I will have to program "home" to be the intersection one block from my house.

Home Shopping Network called me last week to verify that I wanted to have the GPS shipped to my office instead of to my home billing address because of credit card fraud. I had to answer all kinds of strange questions to verify that I was indeed the person who ordered the GPS. Since it has been a long time since I have ordered from HSN, they told me it is routine on electronics purchases for HSN to verify shipping address with customers when the shipping address is different from the billing address.