Re: REQUEST: Garmin Mapsource: City Navigator North America v8 keygen

On Thu, 16 Nov 2006 20:08:00 -0500, Steve Calvin wrote:


Is it safe to believe that buying this s/w from eBay will result in codes
that work? Anyone with positive experience buying software on eBay?

I purchased a 5 use version of QuickBooks Pro a few years back and it
came up okay. Look for a vendor with LOTS of feedback (2000 or so)
and above 99.5% positive with few recent negatives. Check out the
negatives and make sure they're not for illegal software.

On Fri, 17 Nov 2006 01:45:47 GMT, "Baggins, Frodo"

Steve Scott wrote:


Apples and oranges. I would never buy any Garmin
product from someone who was not an authorized
Garmin dealer.

Phil

I would just not ever purchase software from eBay. It's too easily a
bootleggable item with a very high potential for the purchaser being
screwed.

Baggins, Frodo wrote:


I have bought all or most of the GPS software I buy on eBay. Look at
the seller's feedback profile and make a decision as to whether or not
it appears to be worth taking a chance. Also, look at the description
and ask questions if all is not clear. Things like:

1 - Is it in a sealed package?

2 - Does it have piece of paper with a unlock code or a unlock coupon
with it (if that is needed)?

3 - If an open package or "used" has it been previously unlocked?

When you find a seller with hundreds to thousands of sales and feedback
in the very high 90 percentile, you are at little risk. Always look at
the total cost with goods in hand, shipping charges can vary widely. I
bought City Navigator North America 8 from Amazon because their price
and free shipping worked out the best ($102).

I also have about six or seven older Garmin software packages and all of
them can be installed and looked at under MapSource. The details will
vary from version to version and some of the older version will have
trails and railroad tracks (or old abandoned railroad right of ways)
that are not on the newer versions.

Maps can be made from the older software and uploaded to a GPS of
waypoints can be placed and uploaded to place or locate features missing
from your newer software.

For street level details and for looking in POI for specific current
retailers or services, the more recent version of street and highway
mapping will almost always be best. But you can also use the older
versions to find the locations of POI that are no longer in the database.

Some people treat the older versions of Garmin's mapping data as if the
copyrights had expired or as if it were almost in the public domain.
The CD's are not copy protected, don't require unlocks, are not being
made any longer, not available for sale anywhere, etc., etc. So if
they give a copy to a friend or acquaintance they are, other than to the
letter of the law, not really committing much of a crime.

If I were Garmin I'd look the other way on it because I think that
almost anyone that gets an free copy for their older mapping will buy
the newer mapping eventually. Some of the older mapping will not
autoroute on the newer handhelds, some of it will. Mapping is mildly
addictive to that who get mildly addicted to GPS.

Jack

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