Just picked up a black friday Garmin from Best Buy, the lifetime update was being sold for $120. I am going to look for a better price online. David Stocker, RPT Fir Tree Piano Tumwater, WA -------------------------------------------------- From: "Gerald Groot" <tunerboy3 at comcast.net> Sent: Friday, November 27, 2009 07:03 To: <pianotech at ptg.org> Subject: Re: [pianotech] maps or GPS > Interesting! Thanks Rob. I did not know this. I am considering > purchasing > a new upgraded model in the next year or so, this one still works good yet > but it is going on 3.5 years old now. I will look into that option when I > make my next purchase for sure! One nice thing is that they have come > down > considerably in price since I made my purchase. > > Jer > > -----Original Message----- > From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On > Behalf > Of Rob McCall > Sent: Friday, November 27, 2009 2:11 AM > To: pianotech at ptg.org > Subject: Re: [pianotech] maps or GPS > > Jer, > > I use a Garmin Nuvi GPS, and I recently opted to have a lifetime update > for > the maps. The cost was about the same, in fact I think it was about $99 > but > now I update the maps every couple of months as updates come out and > they're > all free after the first fee. You might check for that option. I, too, > did > not want to pay for an annual update, and I imagine a whole host of others > felt the same way. I believe that is probably the reason they went to the > lifetime updates. The only limit is that if you sell your unit to someone > else, they would have to buy a new update. > > Regards, > > Rob McCall > McCall Piano Service, LLC > Murrieta, CA > > rob at mccallpiano.com > www.mccallpiano.com > 951-698-1875 > > > > On Nov 26, 2009, at 11:10 , Gerald Groot wrote: > >> I did 3 years ago. The only disadvantage I can think of is the new > streets >> and sub divisions that are built afterward. They don't show up on the >> GPS > >> unless you update it yearly which I do not do. I did for the first year >> because it was included in the cost however, even then it did not update > all >> of the latest sub developments where I live. Plus, it costs $139 for > Garmin >> last time I looked to update. 97% accurate although, I hear some people >> drive into rivers and lakes because it says "turn here." >> >> Jer > > > > _____ > > avast! Antivirus <http://www.avast.com> : Outbound message clean. > > > Virus Database (VPS): 091127-1, 11/27/2009 > Tested on: 11/27/2009 10:03:40 AM > avast! - copyright (c) 1988-2009 ALWIL Software. > > > >
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