[tkwalker]

Well, it seems here we go again ... Ford or Chevrolet ... I received my HB 998 yesterday and was very impressed ...

I am opening the packaging and going through all of the peripherals of the unit, ...Example Transducer and mount, External GPS antennae .. etc ...

Reading the installation instructions ... Looking at the two How to and Unit user manual DVD's they came with it ... A surprise Do to the Fact that it is a HB Top end unit ... I was enrolled in a HB Select .. Membership ... A custom 1-800 to customer service number which is channeled directly to the HB Select group ... Plus an extra 1 year free warranty (two years total) ..

Now ... The good part is this is a $2000 unit ... Cabela's has it on sale for $1500 ... I had $138 in Cabela's reward points .(I use a Cabela's card quite frequently because of these points ... Total cost ... $1362 ... Free shipping ...

Now here is the kicker ... This sale if you are a Cabela Rewards card holders get an extra 20% in rewards points for their next purchase ... So now I have $272 $worth of rewards points ... Which will purchase my Navionics card and a Ram mount with $$ left over ...

Now, I would like to say life is good .. except ... I will still need some tutoring from aglesssone on how to use all of this ... But what the heck ... I am getting on up there in age and why not go for the gusto in piscatorial paraphernalia ..

Also I fell today bringing in stove wood in to my shop ... Reinjured my hamstring and Right rotary cuff .. ( it took me 20 min's to fall and 40 min's to get back up ) So I am a little stove up so this may impede my installation ... But life is good ... and looking forward to another day ... !! ... <'TK><