Any Nuvi 500 Users?

Pineedles · 02-01-2009, 12:25 PM

Please be advised that the initial cost of any Garmin product, and I would imagine the TomTom is the same is only the beginning. You get one free update within about 6 months of purchase, then after a couple of years you'll start getting anoying messages saying the maps are out of date and to go to their website. The cost of the update is $100.00! That is something I didn't anticipate. I like the product, but I think Garmin is a bit greedy here.

I haven't done the Bizer upload but that's only because I know the lake pretty well and I operate during daylight hours only.

02-01-2009, 12:25 PM	#1
Pineedles Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Moultonborough & CT Posts: 2,545 Thanks: 1,072 Thanked 668 Times in 367 Posts	Pulling the trigger Please be advised that the initial cost of any Garmin product, and I would imagine the TomTom is the same is only the beginning. You get one free update within about 6 months of purchase, then after a couple of years you'll start getting anoying messages saying the maps are out of date and to go to their website. The cost of the update is $100.00! That is something I didn't anticipate. I like the product, but I think Garmin is a bit greedy here. I haven't done the Bizer upload but that's only because I know the lake pretty well and I operate during daylight hours only.