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Steve Calvin

07-22-2008

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Posted by TVNAV.com on July 22, 2008, 1:50 am

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Here is a reply I got from GARMIN when I forwarded this thread to =
them. Please reply to this post to techsupp@garmin.com with the serial =
number. Thanks.
--=20

Darrel Goheen
GPS@tvnav.com
http://www.tvnav.com

----- Original Message -----=20
From: techsupp@garmin.com=20
To: TVNAV.com=20
Sent: Monday, July 21, 2008 5:47 PM
Subject: Re: Fw: Stolen GPS Units - CBS News (KMM3993614I15977L0KM)

Dear TVNAV.com,

Thank you for contacting Garmin International.
I will be happy to help you with this. What is the serial number and I=20
will contact the owner.=20
With Best Regards,

Amy L
Product Support Specialist
2nd Shift Automotive Team
Garmin International
913-397-8200
800-800-1020
913-397-8282 (fax) Att: Amy L
www.garmin.com

Original Message Follows:
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----- Original Message -----=20
From: Nunya Bidness
Newsgroups: alt.satellite.gps.garmin
Sent: Monday, July 21, 2008 11:22 AM
Subject: Re: Stolen GPS Units - CBS News

Oh, so you think I knew it was stolen when I bought it?
Like Bugs Bunny used to say- what a maroon! I only found
out it was stolen after I listed it on eBay, sold it, and
the buyer couldn't register it. Naturally I refunded his
money and he shipped it back to me. Then I contacted the
police, who refused to get involved in returning it to
it's owner. So- like I said, if anyone here is missing an
iQue, post your serial number, and if it matches the one
I've got, I'll send it back to you n/c. -Nunya

> By purchasing a stolen iQue you have just made the problem of stolen
> property worse. Don't encourage these thieves.
> HA! I've got posession of a stolen iQue and Garmin
> won't tell me who it belongs to so I can send it back
> to them! I bought it at a flea market for $100.00.
> You'd think they would want the owner to have it back,
> but no... I think they'd rather him buy a new one!
> And the police don't really care about getting it back
> to him either- they refused to work with me on it!
> If anyone on the list is missing an iQue, post the
> serial number here, and if it matches the one I
> have, I'll get in contact with you and send it back
> to you no charge. I purchased it at the Fort Mill, SC
> flea market from an Indian (India Indian, not American
> Indian) about a year ago.

Joel@NoSpam.plz

> says...

> > > Stolen GPS Units
> > > http://www.juststolen.net
> > > CBS Evening News =E2=3D3F=3D3F Stolen GPS Units
> > > =

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/04/06/eveningnews/main3996714.shtml?s=
ource=3Dsearch_story

> > > This situation is more prevalent than you may think. We estimate=20

that

> > > 2,604,900 GPS units will be stolen over the next 24 months in the=20

US.

> > > To compound the problem, even if the police were to find the thief

and

> > > recover your GPS unit, they have almost no idea who owns it or how

> > > get it back to you! Why? Because you never wrote down the serial
> > > numbers and the paperwork accompanying it is long gone. You filed=20

> > > police report, but with no serial number to report, your GPS could

> > > stored away in some police evidence room with thousands of others=20

just

> > > like it across the state or across the country, never to be=20

returned

> > > to you again.

> > You mean we have been paying hundred(s) of millions of dollars=20

yearly=20

> > for
> > the stupid cops they are only good of beating up and killing the US
> > citizents?
> > Or they would ask Garmin or Garmin owner how Garmin protect the=20
> > software.
> > Not all users register, but if the cop want to find out then it's=20

one of

> > the
> > ways. But I don't think they care to return it in the first place.

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number and I <BR>will contact the owner. <BR>With Best =
Regards,<BR><BR>Amy=20
L<BR>Product Support Specialist<BR>2nd Shift Automotive Team<BR>Garmin=20
International<BR>913-397-8200<BR>800-800-1020<BR>913-397-8282 (fax) Att: =

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<BR>From: Nunya Bidness<BR>Newsgroups: alt.satellite.gps.garmin<BR>Sent: =

Monday,=20

July 21, 2008 11:22 AM<BR>Subject: Re: Stolen GPS Units - CBS=20
News<BR><BR><BR>Oh, so you think I knew it was stolen when I bought =
it?<BR>Like=20
Bugs Bunny used to say- what a maroon! I only found<BR>out it was stolen =

after I=20

listed it on eBay, sold it, and<BR>the buyer couldn't register it. =

Naturally I=20

refunded his<BR>money and he shipped it back to me. Then I contacted=20
the<BR>police, who refused to get involved in returning it to<BR>it's =

owner. So-=20

like I said, if anyone here is missing an<BR>iQue, post your serial =

number, and=20

if it matches the one<BR>I've got, I'll send it back to you n/c.=20
-Nunya<BR><BR>In article <<A=20

;, <A=20

says...<BR>> By=20

purchasing a stolen iQue you have just made the problem of =

stolen<BR>>=20
property worse.  Don't encourage these thieves.<BR>><BR>> =

"Nunya=20
Bidness" <<A =

wrote in message<BR>> <A=20
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HA! I've got posession of a stolen iQue and Garmin<BR>> won't tell me =

who it=20

belongs to so I can send it back<BR>> to them! I bought it at a flea =

market=20

for $100.00.<BR>> You'd think they would want the owner to have it=20
back,<BR>> but no... I think they'd rather him buy a new one!<BR>> =

And the=20

police don't really care about getting it back<BR>> to him either- =

they=20

refused to work with me on it!<BR>> If anyone on the list is missing =

an iQue,=20

post the<BR>> serial number here, and if it matches the one I<BR>> =

have,=20

I'll get in contact with you and send it back<BR>> to you no charge. =

I=20

purchased it at the Fort Mill, SC<BR>> flea market from an Indian =

(India=20

Indian, not American<BR>> Indian) about a year ago.<BR>><BR>> =

In=20
article <<A=20

21qm6i5nn7ug1873io65@4ax.com</A>>,=20
says...<BR>>=20

> Crime reporting group <<A=20

wrote:<BR>> ><BR>> > > Stolen GPS Units<BR>> > > =

<A=20

href=3D"http://www.juststolen.net/">http://www.juststolen.net</A><BR>>=

>=20

> CBS Evening News =E2=3D3F=3D3F Stolen GPS Units<BR>> > > =

<A=20
href=3D"http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/04/06/eveningnews/main3996714=

.shtml?source=3Dsearch_story">http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/04/06/e=
veningnews/main3996714.shtml?source=3Dsearch_story</A><BR>>=20

> > This situation is more prevalent than you may think. We =
estimate=20

<BR>that<BR>> > > 2,604,900 GPS units will be stolen over the =

next 24=20

months in the <BR>US.<BR>> > > To compound the problem, even if =

the=20

police were to find the thief<BR>and<BR>> > > recover your GPS =

unit,=20

they have almost no idea who owns it or how<BR>to<BR>> > > get =

it back=20

to you! Why? Because you never wrote down the serial<BR>> > > =

numbers=20

and the paperwork accompanying it is long gone. You filed <BR>a<BR>> =

>=20
> police report, but with no serial number to report, your GPS=20

could<BR>be<BR>> > > stored away in some police evidence room =

with=20

thousands of others <BR>just<BR>> > > like it across the state =

or=20

across the country, never to be <BR>returned<BR>> > > to you=20
again.<BR>> ><BR>> > You mean we have been paying hundred(s) =

of=20

millions of dollars <BR>yearly <BR>> > for<BR>> > the stupid =

cops=20

they are only good of beating up and killing the US<BR>> >=20
citizents?<BR>> ><BR>> > Or they would ask Garmin or Garmin =

owner=20

how Garmin protect the <BR>> > software.<BR>> > Not all =

users=20

>=20

the<BR>> > ways.  But I don't think they care to return it in =

the=20

first place.<BR>>=20
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Posted by Steve Calvin on July 22, 2008, 3:38 pm

TVNAV.com wrote:

> Here is a reply I got from GARMIN when I forwarded this thread to
> them. Please reply to this post to techsupp@garmin.com
> Dear TVNAV.com,
>
> Thank you for contacting Garmin International.
> I will be happy to help you with this. What is the serial number and I
> will contact the owner.
> With Best Regards,
>
> Amy L
> Product Support Specialist
> 2nd Shift Automotive Team
> Garmin International
> 913-397-8200
> 800-800-1020
> 913-397-8282 (fax) Att: Amy L
>

Thanks, I was in process of doing the exact same thing upon seeing
Edwins reply when I noticed this thread. Given the dealings that I have
had with Garmin through the years, I could not believe that they were
being that unreasonable either. It's not like they are releasing the
owners name to anyone w/o permission.

Heck, my guess is after contacting the owner, they'll act as a middle
man in returning it should that be necessary.

--
Steve

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