On Jan 17, 10:18 am, "Steve Foley" wrote:
295s are selling for $250 to $500 on Ebay. 296s are $900 to $1100. I can
sneak a $500 purchase by she-who-must-be-obeyed. $1000 would generate
questions.

I have a Garmin 92 from 2000 that's still working fine today, but I
just bought a used 196 for $495 at an avionics vendor who happened to
have taken on trade-in. Several of the online vendors offer them on
their websites for $450-500, but you'll have to call each of them to
see if they have one in stock, because they sell very fast whenever
they get one traded in. The 196 is still a dependable and easy to use
GPS unit, even though it's not color. I actually prefer being able to
use ordinary "AA" penlight batteries in it too.

$695 for a new 196 is just too much money for one, IMHO.