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- Aug 3, 2018
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- GO 730
Hi everyone. I hope you are well. This is my first post. I have been a user of Tom Tom in UK and then Chile for some years.
I am going to the USA next month and I tried to buy a map for the USA today but it says the new map is no longer compatible with my device which is a GO 730 which is around 10 years old.
I called them up and said I am quite happy to have a 1 - 2 year old map but they refused to sell it me and tried to sell me a new device.
Is there anywhere I can buy an old map? Does anyone here have an old map of the USA that they can share to me digitally somehow?
If someone else here sent me the digital files, would that work, or would copyright stop it being used twice? I don't care about breaking Tom Tom's rules, or even breaking the law, because I think Tom Tom's actions are unfair.
I am not buying a new Tom Tom device.
I did book the car rental for my trip to the US a few days and I selected without GPS because it was more expensive than buying a new map. Perhaps they can let me add that option on when I turn up although I seem to recall it was around a hundred dollars so not ideal.
Other than that maybe some kind of cell phone option which is not ideal in other ways.
THe main issue is going to be greater Los Angeles the other part of driving to Yosemite is feasible without GPS maybe once I get the right highway/freeway out of LA..
Let me know if you have any thoughts especially on the part of this article I've bolded, which is the main point of the question.
I am going to the USA next month and I tried to buy a map for the USA today but it says the new map is no longer compatible with my device which is a GO 730 which is around 10 years old.
I called them up and said I am quite happy to have a 1 - 2 year old map but they refused to sell it me and tried to sell me a new device.
Is there anywhere I can buy an old map? Does anyone here have an old map of the USA that they can share to me digitally somehow?
If someone else here sent me the digital files, would that work, or would copyright stop it being used twice? I don't care about breaking Tom Tom's rules, or even breaking the law, because I think Tom Tom's actions are unfair.
I am not buying a new Tom Tom device.
I did book the car rental for my trip to the US a few days and I selected without GPS because it was more expensive than buying a new map. Perhaps they can let me add that option on when I turn up although I seem to recall it was around a hundred dollars so not ideal.
Other than that maybe some kind of cell phone option which is not ideal in other ways.
THe main issue is going to be greater Los Angeles the other part of driving to Yosemite is feasible without GPS maybe once I get the right highway/freeway out of LA..
Let me know if you have any thoughts especially on the part of this article I've bolded, which is the main point of the question.