Garmin 430 Jeppesen Skybound updates

"jmk" wrote in message
oups.com...
Worse, it REALLY is an ANNUAL subscription... You have to use all
thirteen copies in 12 months.

jmk


Wow, what a scam. They charge $105 for just one update and then force you
to pay $315 for an entire year. Must be nice to have a monopoly on the
data.

Wow, what a scam. They charge $105 for just one update and then force you
to pay $315 for an entire year. Must be nice to have a monopoly on the data.

Scam... Yes. Take a look again... They just jacked up their prices by a
whopper. Those greedy b....... Thats what monopoly does. Isn't there
somebody else out there to offer competition?

Quite honestly, I do not understand why the updates are so expensive.
Perhaps my understanding is incorrect, but I thought that all of the
navigation data used
was available for free from the FAA in electronic format ?
And, Jeppesen reformat that data and sell it directly or via Garmin to us
users ?

If I was correct, then the only cost to Jeppesen is the cost of the software
to automatically
reformat the nav data and a run for each new cycle.

How far away am I from the real facts ???

--
Roy
N5804F Piper Archer

"I have had some bad landings but I have never missed the runway"


"abripl" wrote in message
ups.com...
Wow, what a scam. They charge $105 for just one update and then force
you
to pay $315 for an entire year. Must be nice to have a monopoly on the
data.

Scam... Yes. Take a look again... They just jacked up their prices by a
whopper. Those greedy b....... Thats what monopoly does. Isn't there
somebody else out there to offer competition?

"Roy Page" wrote

If I was correct, then the only cost to Jeppesen is the cost of the
software
to automatically
reformat the nav data and a run for each new cycle.

How far away am I from the real facts ???

How far from the facts does not enter in.

How much do you pay for Cadillac parts? Double what they are worth.

How much do you pay for stuff that has boat, or marine on the name? Triple
what they are worth.

How much do you pay for stuff that has airplane or aviation in the name?
Six times what they are worth.

You have to pay that amount, because you have no other choice, and the
market will bear the price. Period.
--
Jim in NC

In rec.aviation.owning Roy Page wrote:
: If I was correct, then the only cost to Jeppesen is the cost of the software
: to automatically
: reformat the nav data and a run for each new cycle.

The FAA cannot be sued for any reason unless they agree to be sued. Jepp
can be sued by anyone at any time for anything.
--
Aaron C.

The FAA cannot be sued for any reason unless they agree to be sued.

True of any governmental agency in the US. I wonder why any
governmental agency would allow itself to be sued.

Jose
--
You can choose whom to befriend, but you cannot choose whom to love.
for Email, make the obvious change in the address.

"abripl" wrote in message
ups.com...
Wow, what a scam. They charge $105 for just one update and then force
you
to pay $315 for an entire year. Must be nice to have a monopoly on the
data.

Scam... Yes. Take a look again... They just jacked up their prices by a
whopper. Those greedy b....... Thats what monopoly does. Isn't there
somebody else out there to offer competition?


Looks like the same prices to me, I just checked again.

Looks like the same prices to me, I just checked again. ....

Hmmm... The skybound Americas is $489 / year now. But about $380 last
year.
I don't see any yearly sevice for $315 now. Can you give a link?

"abripl" wrote in message
ups.com...
Looks like the same prices to me, I just checked again. ....

Hmmm... The skybound Americas is $489 / year now. But about $380 last
year.
I don't see any yearly sevice for $315 now. Can you give a link?


I have their printed catalog in front of me order code DGR300 and if you
call them at 800-621-5366 they will verify this.

Take a look at this link
http://www.jeppesen.com/wlcs/application/commercewf?origin=itemsummary.jsp&event=link(detai ls)&wlcs_catalog_item_sku=DGRM2253&wlcs_catalog_ca tegory_id=CNS4A2A2&wlcs_document_type=details

OR http://tinyurl.com/98wh3

$489.95

Did you call and verify? Is the catalog current?