Author: Scott Heffernan

Good question for anyone planning on coming to Myrtle Beach Bike Week.  we have you covered this year with a great deal on Garmin’s Zumo-395LM for $349.95.  Order it today and have time to install and use it before you hit the roads in warm weather next month.   We can ship it today so you have it in plenty of time to show off to your friends and use it in your vehicle towing your motorcycle.

Yes that’s right spring is here and our spring holidays have arrived.  This indicates that spring break is upon us and whey you are in or near Myrtle Beach this is a big deal because we are invaded from the North.  Teachers and their families want some warm weather and they head our way.  I can’t blame them i did the same for years before I moved here.  If you are in our area we do have a store front and we wish you would come in for a visit.  If you are still looking at marine electronics we have a great display and we can show you how to use them.  If you are driving please make sure your GPS is updated and in working order, they do help getting you to your destination.  well welcome to our little piece of heaven if you are coming down.  Travel safely and please check us out on Facebook and Twitter.

That is a true statement here at The GPS Store, we are all back from spring boat show season, and met a lot of new and old friends at the shows.  I hope that anyone who was looking for new marine electronics got an opportunity to attend one of the shows.  Chartplotters and fishfinders are the backbone of freshwater fishermen and women and we can help.  The ocean goers are looking for bigger more powerful systems to add radar, weather and deep water sounders to their systems.  We can help you with whatever your marine needs are.  this all being said now it is the time for the rest of america to start thinking about spring break and where and what you want to do.  We can help with your needs for virtually any activity.  Give us a try and I will be back next week.  Check us out on Facebook and Twitter.

What a true statement we have our guys and girls running hard to go to, return from and process orders from boat show season.  Our latest was the Miami Boat Show that ended on Monday, and we had a great time there meeting people from all over and answering their questions on marine electronics from easy to hard ones.  We did manage to sell a few radars, GPS, Fishfinders, Chartplotters and everything else associated with them, from glass helms to 18′ fishing boats whether inland or offshore fishing.   It was great to have support from our manufacturers near as well.  thanks to the crews from Garmin, Furuno, Raymarine, Si-tex, and Navico, Icom, KVH, Standard Horizon, Viking and any other manufacturer I may have forgotten.  We appreciate their support and have a great deal of confidence in offering their products for sale.  We are off to the Atlantic City Boat Show next week and the show runs Feb 28 through Mar 4 and we are looking forward to it.  I will have more info next week on the show and new products that may be coming your way.

Good Morning and I hope your week has been great.  Really not much to report from the Miami Boat show so far.  Garmin released some new Reactor Auto Pilots that will make finding the correct one easier and operation to be easy as well.  The also released another version of the GPSMAP 12X2 which is now a touch screen.  Raymarine just announced newer versions of their Axiom line with even more Apps running on their new Lighthouse 3 software.  I am sure more will be announced over the weekend and I will share more details on these and whatever else comes from the Miami Boatshow.  Back on Monday.

Yes everyone is back and accounted for from the New York City Boatshow and we had a great show, we met a lot of nice people we can now call friends, and some of them customers.  I have to take a line to thank our manufacturers for their support so here they are: Lowrance, Simrad, Standard Horizon, Sitex, Viking, Shakespeare, Navionics, C-Map, McMurdo, KVH, Icom, ACR and of course Garmin, without these guys and girls there really wouldn’t be a need for us to participate.  Thanks again. Scott and Brian are catching their breath and gearing up to leave for Miami next week so if you are visiting warm weather and want new radars, GPS/Chartplotter, fishfinders, running lights or virtually anything in marine electronics pack your bags and head to the show.  great prices and an opportunity to speak with all the manufactures and advice from professionals.  You just can’t beat it.  Hope to see some of you there and please follow on this blog because i will be bringing information on new releases as fast as they are released.  Until next week stay safe.

Yes indeed we are now in full Boat Show Swing, just catching our breath from NYC and heading to Miami http://www.miamiboatshow.com/ early next week for a long show.  I recommend anyone looking for marine electronics to visit us in our booth # C817, you will receive great and knowledgeable customer service and our best prices of the year.  This is the time of year to think about your Marine Electronics even if you are under snow cover now.  It has been cold here in the south for a week now but I think this is the end of it for us.  Forecast is now for high 50’s and 60’s for the next week and it only gets better from there, I Hope.  i know our Boat Show Team is looking forward to Miami, and warm weather to work in, as well as talking to friends new and old.  Talk soon so I will see you next week.

It is true that we are now entering our Boat Show season for 2018.  Wednesday starts the 2018 New York City Boat Show that we have been part of for around 10 years now.  It is always to kind of shake off the rust from the winter and start talking to boaters whether they are sail boaters, commercial fishermen, recreational boaters and fishermen as well.  anyway you slice it it is great to talk to them about what their needs are, and if we can help them.  It is not always a new system it could be just a new cable or piece to enhance the capability of their system.  The show in New York starts tomorrow and runs through Sunday, I will be trying to keep you updated on any new products that might be announced by any of the manufacturers we represent so stay tuned.  Well the Super Bowl is set for another year and once again the Patriots are in it.   I don’t know whether to go any further with this statement other that to say good luck to the players, fans, and coaches of the Philadelphia Eagles, and New England Patriots.  Let’s have a safe one on all sides.  stay tuned.

I know it is hard to believe for the people in the north that are now below freezing for the next 3 months but it is tough on the people in the south.  Most or the buildings are not designed to handle extended cold.  Pipes are freezing and HVAC units can’t keep up with heating the space they are covering, and so it goes on.  So tomorrow and for maybe the next week we will be in the 50’s and 60’s and our snowbirds will be on the golf courses.  I saw on Yahoo news this weekend that a case of soda in Costco in the state of Washington was going for $10.49 with $7.49 tax on top of it.  Now this seems a bit harsh but if you like living in Washington state I guess you will pay for it.  We are keeping a pretty tight lip on what is going on for our first Boat Show of the season NYC.  I am sure I will have more info for you in the near future so stay tuned.  

Happy New Year to everyone and lets hope it is a great and safe one for all.  Yes we wound up 2017 with a great year and it was because of your our customers, we hope we earned your trust with our service and pricing where we could do anything.  I know, looking at it from the inside, our staff works hard for each and every one of our customers whether it is for $10.00 or $10,000.00 we want to earn your business and trust.  We are now going to enter into our Boat Show season for 2018, so you can look for us at New York City, Miami and Atlantic city so from late January until early March we will be working hard to show you who we are and what we offer.  Marine season starts early here in the south and also so for Boat Show goers in the north.  I will be back with you a little later with more information on what we are doing.