(Yet again) think for yourself

The BBC for some reason seems down on satellite navigation systems. I don't know why, but scarcely a week goes by without the channel carrying some story from a hapless drone who cheerfully announces "I used SatNav and ended up in a river"

I always seem to find myself thinking 'too bad you didn't drown' but anyway, there's never any investigation if they actually used it right, or installed it properly, just a general kinda 'mock the technology and those who use it' type approach.

So this Christmas I decided to buy a kit, but the significant other wants to buy me a gift so I say okay, SatNav. Now the system I wanted was basic. It needed two key features, to have a postcode search facility and not to have any installation of software, or consult our website or speak to asshole customer services, just plug-in and go. This is also the cheapest. I don't need speed camera warning, or indicators I'm exceedng the speed limit, or restaurant reviews (!) just the basics. I even told her "TomTom 1 or SatMan 1" the two entry level kits.

What do I get? A viamichelin X-950-T ???

So I say, does this have post code search facility then? "I don't know" she cheerfully announces. So the primary criteria for purchase is in doubt. So I open it and it's all "Install this CD into windows and download this, blah, blah" So the second criteria ~ gone. Oh yes, and she bought it from a fucking website, so there's no-one you can actually talk to face to face.

And all because her asshole workmate, who had obviously been listening to the BBC says "TomTom aren't any good, it says so on the TV"

So we have an argument ~ help me, how much more direct can I be?