May 02, 2008

Garmin Forerunner 405 deal - In stock

GPS Now, one of our favorite vendors, has just received a shipment of the long-awaited Garmin Forerunner 405. They are actually $20 cheaper than Amazon for the model with a heart rate monitor (HRM), and Amazon has yet to receive them.

Unfortunately, they came in late in the day, so they won't ship till Monday. You might want to move fast if you want one, because their email notification on these is going out to more people than they have units for. They received only sage green models (both with and without HRM) today, but they hope to get the black ones in next week.

UPDATE: They now have the black models in as well.

Get the Forerunner 405 at GPSNow.com.

May 2, 2008 6:29:57 PM | GPS rebates and deals

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