Re: MapSource unlocks - the final straw...

Seagull wrote:
simon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
Even worse, once you have bought MapSource and registered it to the
first unit, that unit is always the unit for which one unlock is used
every time you upgrade. Even if you don't even own that GPS any more,
it still takes one of your two unlocks each time you pay for an
upgrade, and there is apparently no way around this.

I'm getting all teary-eyed reading this. :P

This is why, when you sell a GPS unit, you sell the maps with it.

Before you get all hot-under-the-collar (or is it too late?) be sure
to check out the liensing policies of equivalent units that license
and use NavTeq maps. You'll find the grass isn't really greener anywhere else.


Cheers,
-+JLS


We have discussed this before but selling the unit with the maps doesn't always work.

I have a GPSMap 176 with Bluechart and Chesapeake Bay unlocked. What do you think my chances are of finding a buyer with this specific need?


--
Bruce E. Stemplewski
GarXface OCX and C++ Class Library for the Garmin GPS
www.stempsoft.com
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