warning!!!! counterfit Garmin 2009 Europe maps for sale on Ebay!

 

This listing is on Ebay Canada and has been also discussed and warned about on other GPS forums. It is offering "THIS GENTLY USED GENERIC SD" of the not yet released version of the European 2009 maps.

Someone that bought one found it was a counterfit 2008 map that was renamed. Seller has sold multiple copies of this and makes the buyers private so no one can warn them. I turned him in to Ebay this weekend and they removed that auction but he was back today with another one. Near the bottom of the page is a link to report this and we need more reports filed on this guy.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=280272461...

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Garmin Drive Smart 55 - Samsung Note 10 Smartphone with Google Maps & HERE Apps

Thanks

The warning is much appriciated, though any time you buy something like this on eBay it is at your own risk. Always best to get your updates from Amazon or your favorite GPS distributor. There have been many stories of pirate software/ bad codes etc. Best to just pay the price and do it right. laugh out loud

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I just emailed the link to Garmin also so they may be able to do something about it to stop this guy.

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Garmin Drive Smart 55 - Samsung Note 10 Smartphone with Google Maps & HERE Apps

Ouch..

It sucks that ebay has attracted all those slimebags. I dont use ebay that often, but I know tons of folks that live and die buy getting a deal from there. In this day and age "ideally" this would be the place where you can have your virtual garage sale. I guess that just not the case anymore.

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artk7263 wrote:

It sucks that ebay has attracted all those slimebags. I dont use ebay that often, but I know tons of folks that live and die buy getting a deal from there. In this day and age "ideally" this would be the place where you can have your virtual garage sale. I guess that just not the case anymore.

Those folk were around before eBay and will continue afterward as well. I've been an eBay user for more than ten years (99.9% as a buyer) and the major change has been the influx of commercial sellers at fixed prices (which eBay has actively encouraged -- eBay wants to grow up to be Amazon). I had just received a partially defective used GPS related item that was supposed to have been "new" -- but when I asked for a refund or replacement, I was given an instant refund (Paypal) and was told to keep the item. So perhaps technically a slimebag, but a pleasant honest one that I'd likely buy from again, if that makes any sense (buy it now price was way below new, so I expected a used but like-new item).