MAP UPDATE

david1949 · Posted: Sat Dec 06, 2008 1:42 pm Post subject: MAP UPDATE

I have a Garim Streetpoilet 2720 i am looking to bay a new CITY NAVIGATOR EUROPE NT 2099 CD to up update . GARMIN IS LOOKING £59
+ VAT . ANYONE KNOW WHERE I CAN GET THIS AT A BETTER PRICE .P M me please.

PaulB2005 · Posted: Sat Dec 06, 2008 1:49 pm Post subject:

Moved to the Garmin Nüvi, StreetPilot & Other Garmin PNDs forum from Membership Sign Up Problems.
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That price is pretty much the same price you'll find anywhere else for a legit copy of the maps. Shopping around you might find them a bit cheaper but i'd be wary of any that were significantly cheaper.

bumpkin · Posted: Mon Jan 26, 2009 3:11 pm Post subject: Re: MAP UPDATE

DragonTattooz · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jan 27, 2009 Posts: 11

Personally, I find it offensive that they charge the kind of money that they do for map updates. The final straw for me was my Ford system. The Navteq (owned by Garmin) map software was garbage and they wanted $200 for updated software after charging $1800 to install it in the vehicle. That, my friend's, is a straight ripoff in the style of Micro$haft.

I have no problem supporting programmers who actually benefit society. But, the people who use the Micro$haft business model, i.e., write inferior software, sell it, then charge people to fix it, is a business model that I will not support. So, I don't pay for map updates anymore. When Garmin got my $1800, they got all the money they will ever get from me for software.

Goldmaxx · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jul 19, 2005 Posts: 4

eddieo · Regular Visitor Joined: Oct 29, 2006 Posts: 217

The cost of yearly updates is becoming indefensible....I cannot defend garmin any more, particularly over on a few motorhome forums where TT are the clear leaders based on value for money.....

even the cost of "life" upgrades is expensive when TT offer free upgrades I believe Rolling Eyes

PaulB2005 · Posted: Sat Feb 07, 2009 10:15 am Post subject:

gatorguy6996 · Posted: Sat Feb 07, 2009 4:12 pm Post subject:

Actually Garmins's free update period is twice that of Tomtom's, 60 days from date of purchase.
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BlueCharger · Occasional Visitor Joined: Nov 18, 2005 Posts: 20

gatorguy6996 · Posted: Tue Feb 10, 2009 7:06 pm Post subject:

Quoted from the Garmin website:

"Get the newest maps available and navigate with confidence with our nüMaps Guarantee. Simply register your new Garmin nüvi or zūmo at http://my.garmin.com within 60 days of first using your device and you'll be able to see if a free map update is available.

Anyone who first used their new Garmin nüvi or zūmo on August 17th or later will be eligible for a free map update if one exists within 60 days of the unit's first use. With our nüMaps Guarantee, you'll be up-to-date when you hit the road. "

The only real need for an SD card would be for additional maps or mp3's.
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BlueCharger · Occasional Visitor Joined: Nov 18, 2005 Posts: 20

I was only stating what I knew to be so from the email I got from them..

Sorry if it upset you

eddieo · Regular Visitor Joined: Oct 29, 2006 Posts: 217

Well.....I am reliably informed the maps are 2 years out of date anyway. and my home & European journeys tend to support this opinion.

I have had garmin since 2000 and only update maps occasionally never yearly as its a rip off IMO. I will probably leave it now a few years and buy a new unit as they are getting significantly cheaper.

gatorguy6996 · Posted: Sat Feb 14, 2009 5:55 pm Post subject:

eddieo · Regular Visitor Joined: Oct 29, 2006 Posts: 217

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madmick · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jan 04, 2006 Posts: 4

In my opinin the new maps are nothing more than a money making scam, I went home to Ireland last year after updating my Nuvi with the then new 2008 update. I drove on roads in the Republic just outside Dublin which were completed 2 years prior to this visit, however my unit still thought I was driving through fields, if I heard "recalculating" once on that journey I heard it a hundred times. But what brasses me off more than that Garmin expect you to know the exact longtitude and latitude, road name, area, date and time then expect you to email or fill in a complicated form so Navteq can put the error right.

Why not just ask us to go out and draw the maps ourselves as we drive

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