means they are starting to choose for you when your units useful life is over?If you purchase a nüMaps Lifetime™ subscription (sold separately or bundled together with certain GPS models), you will receive up to four (4) map data updates per year, when and as such updates are made available on Garmin’s website, for one (1) compatible Garmin product until your product’s useful life expires or Garmin no longer receives map data from its third party supplier, whichever is shorter.
From time to time people feel the urge to post their conflicts about a particular company or service. Generally speaking, such threads are not allowed. However we also understand and respect the desire to 'warn others' and 'help convince (insert company here) that the device has a defect'.
The reason rants are not allowed here is because they do little to actually solve any problems or convince anyone else about the quality of the product. If you have an issue with the company itself you should take it up with them. You won't get any results with another company by posting it here. Likewise, few other people will change their opinion of a product based on your unique situation.
So how do we determine what is a rant and what is a valid 'review' that happens to be highly negative? It isn't black and white, but it comes down to intent. In most cases, multiple moderators will consult with each other before taking any action. Is your intent to speak in factual terms about what the problem is with your device? Is your intent to seek help from people in these forums to solve the problem? Then your post is probably okay. If your intent is to 'warn the world about this corrupt company' or 'let's join together and boycott or file a class action' then you are not seeking assistance from other members to solve your problem and are just looking for a soapbox. Likewise we obviously can't control the individual policy of another company and thus those types of issues don't work well here.
We don't care what you say negative about the quality of any GPS product so long as you are actually asking for help and speaking about the facts. The members of this forum participate primarily to assist other members get the most out of their device. If you are not seeking assistance to fix a problem, trying to learn a new feature, or trying to help another user with their issue then your post might not belong in this forum.
In my case, YES. :xNot really. Just 'no longer supported'. But, I basically beat it out of the guy that it means 'too old', especially since my unit still works..and works very well..
means they are starting to choose for you when your units useful life is over?
Doesn't matter. Compatible means COMPATIBLE.But, just to put things in the proper context, the StreetPilot 2700 series was introduced in July 2005. The first nuvi's (300 and 350) came along a few months later, towards the end of 2005. The Nuvi 600 series came along in September 2006 and the 200 series in April 2007.
Do I sense a Class Action law suit in the wings?But, just to put things in the proper context, the StreetPilot 2700 series was introduced in July 2005. The first nuvi's (300 and 350) came along a few months later, towards the end of 2005. The Nuvi 600 series came along in September 2006 and the 200 series in April 2007.
Doesn't matter. Compatible means COMPATIBLE.
If they're going to start defining a 'time period', such as four or five years, as 'useful life' for a unit, then they'd better have damned well DEFINED that in their fine print. But, no..they left it WIDE open..in their favor..to cut people/units off as they see fit with the vague term of 'useful life' with ZERO amplifying description.. :roll:
Before everyone gets too crazy here, we only have one report of a problem like this so far. Is that enough for a class action suit? The same person has started a similar thread on another site and nobody else has reported a similar problem. In fact, one user stated that he has two StreetPilot 2720's and just installed his 2011.40 lifetime update on both of them.If your intent is to 'warn the world about this corrupt company' or 'let's join together and boycott or file a class action' then you are not seeking assistance from other members to solve your problem and are just looking for a soapbox.
So where Garmin says:Garmin no longer receives map data from its third party supplier, whichever is shorter.
they can't give you something they don't have.
Yeah, updated my unit last weekend with the lifetime subscription.Thanks. Did you purchase the lifetime updates, and are you still receiving them?