Garmin GPS - Cost of Unlocking Additional Device: $9999.99?

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Cost of Unlocking Additional Device: $9999.99?

panabiker

2007-12-28, 3:33 pm

I bought a Nuvi650 and got a City Nav DVD from calling the customer
services. Since I heard in the past that Garmin allows you to unlock
up to two devices, I tried to unlock the maps for my Vista Cx. The
Garmin website says I can't unlock but I can purchase for additional
devices online with credit card. I went ahead fowllowing the
instruction by entering the Vista serial number and select the region
(All regions of City Navigator North America NT 2008). I was expecting
a price somewhat lower than the retail of $140. To my surprise, it
came back with a price of $9999.99. I almost give it my credit card
number just to see how far it would go but I chickened out. Is Garmin
trying to send a message that they don't like you to have two devices
using the same map?
What if I buy a new DVD? I would still have to request a unlock code
from Garmin, and will they again ask for $9999.99 minus the retail?

Tom H.

2007-12-29, 10:33 am

Try giving Garmin a call. It sounds like there is a problem on the website.
A couple months ago I got a new 60Csx and called about unlocking my City
Select and that was $75 as best I can remember. At that price I wound up
buying City Navigator instead as it had newer data and is more suited to the
60series units.

Tom
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>I bought a Nuvi650 and got a City Nav DVD from calling the customer
> services. Since I heard in the past that Garmin allows you to unlock
> up to two devices, I tried to unlock the maps for my Vista Cx. The
> Garmin website says I can't unlock but I can purchase for additional
> devices online with credit card. I went ahead fowllowing the
> instruction by entering the Vista serial number and select the region
> (All regions of City Navigator North America NT 2008). I was expecting
> a price somewhat lower than the retail of $140. To my surprise, it
> came back with a price of $9999.99. I almost give it my credit card
> number just to see how far it would go but I chickened out. Is Garmin
> trying to send a message that they don't like you to have two devices
> using the same map?
> What if I buy a new DVD? I would still have to request a unlock code
> from Garmin, and will they again ask for $9999.99 minus the retail?

Duracell Bunny

2007-12-29, 10:33 pm

Tom H. wrote:
> Try giving Garmin a call. It sounds like there is a problem on the website.
> A couple months ago I got a new 60Csx and called about unlocking my City
> Select and that was $75 as best I can remember. At that price I wound up
> buying City Navigator instead as it had newer data and is more suited to the
> 60series units.
>
> Tom
> "panabiker" <ghuang@comcast.net> wrote in message
> news:aa30b1c0-5f6a-411b-a14f- d80a1a3902d1@e25g200
0prg.googlegroups.com...
>
>

I've just received my 2008 update - ran fine with usual US$125 fee on my first
unit, second upgrade (free in the past) it tried to charge me around US$500.
Local Garmin supplier sells new copies for around half that.

Yep, there's either a bug on the Garmin site still, else they really want us to
go away. Not sure which!

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