Garmin International Garmin GPS Map Update A SCAM!!! Olathe, Kansas

When one purchases a GPS, one doesn't bother to identify the latest version of software that's loaded on the device. One only recognizes version info when one does a map update. Whatever series of numbers that may identify the version for the update in question in no way identifies whether or not it's the latest version. I would suggest you use your head for something else besides a hat rack!!

Respond if you like ... I'm done with reading rebuttals and replying to dimwits who appear to be surrogates of Garmin.

  It's clear that you expect nothing less that perfection for your $50.  Every single city, town, village and burg.    Guess what.   Bubba was correct.   No GPS vendor or independent map source is perfect.  They all have faults similar to the one you describe.    Fortunately, such faults are rare and there are workarounds.    If you think you paid for perfection, I suggest you think again.  Your GPS so far has had an issue with addresses in one town.  Hardly justification for the tantrum you've thrown here.  I suggest that you smash your GPS and vow never to use another one (or an Internet map source) until they meet your standards of perfection.     Have fun with your paper maps.

"  Besides, this doesn't address the main issue. I was charged for a map update. How do I know whether or not I truly got any updates to my device?   "

  Oh come on!   Are you really this dim?   You would know because the map in your GPS would have the latest release number and it would be a later number than the earlier release.     The most obvious way that I know you have the latest map is that you clearly stated that you have downloaded it into your unit 5 times.   What's wrong with you?
 

Bubba Lee's suggestion of using the zip code instead of the city may be doable, but it's both cumbersome and time-consuming, and it's not what I paid for. First of all, you have to plug in the city first in order to find out whether or not you need to use the zip.

As I mentioned in my initial report, one often doesn't know the zip code.  If you're already in your car, you have to gain access to a computer to look up the zip.  Not everyone has access to the net via their cell. Besides, this doesn't address the main issue. I was charged for a map update. How do I know whether or not I truly got any updates to my device?

You sound like an employee of Garmin. Just because other GPS companies have similar problems doesn't mean it's an appropriate way to do business.  Why in the world should I be satisfied after spending $50 for a so-called GPS 'map update' and still have the unit not recognize a city that's been in my home state for years! 

You got it good, where I live I can think of 6 real towns that have had post offices since before 1910 and Garmin, Tom Tom and Google all dont recognize the name, just the ZIP code.

Just use the ZIP code option like they suggested, Its actually easier once your used to it!