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Originally Posted by Ken in Regina
I'm probably going to get tomatoes or bricks thrown at me but I can't get terribly sympathetic about a business that can write off the expense having to cough up the grand sum of around 30 bucks for an extra copy for convenience. I realize that there are small businesses that don't have lots of coin to throw around, but come on, it's cheap like dirt and it's a legitimate business expense. Can't hardly get an oil change for that price.
If you need four or six tires on the truck you don't complain because the tire manufacturer makes you buy one for each wheel. And they're a heckuva lot more expensive than a copy of Streets.
...ken...
Newb here but I just can't leave this alone.
You're more than welcome to throw bricks Ken.
I've been using S&T for a few years now. The 2 installation limit has always rubbed me the wrong way.
Bit of history first.
Purchase 1; (not sure what version. 06 I think)
When I first got S&T I installed it on out PC and my laptop. I work on the road so it worked out good.
Then my wife got a laptop and when I tried to install it is when I got introduced to the 2 installion limit.
Purchase 2; (version 08)
Bought another copy so my wife could have it on her laptop, and of course I wanted the later version also so I installed it on my laptop also. (2nd purchase used up)
Purchase 3; (version 08)
Not long after purchase 2 my laptop'd hard drive had to be wiped because of a virus or something. New hard drive installed but lost S&T in the process. I even called customer service and explained the situation, (a couple times). They gave me 2 different activation numbers. Both had a trial time limit on them. Finally broke down and purchased another copy...
Gettin wiser though, I only installed it once...LOL
Another year or so, (+or- not sure), goes buy and my laptop is slowly dieing. Bought a new laptop, and thankfully I have one installation left on purchase 3 S&T.
Been using this one for a few months on the new laptop but lately the map screen flashes on and off whenever I start the GPS tracking feature.
So I'm investigating whether to buy yet another copy and I see they have the 2010 trail downloadable vesion on MS website. I just downloaded it a couple days ago. No more flashing screen, but of course now I need to purchase the new version before my 60 days run out...
Here's the way I look at it.
Say bikerjoe has 3 towtrucks. He buys those 6 new tires for it and 2 weeks later the transmission goes out. Now he has 6 new tires on a truck that won't move.
He's not complaining about buying one tire for each wheel, but Goodyear sure doesn't say he can't take those new tires off the broken down truck and put 'em on one of the other trucks,
He could put 'em on 200 different trucks and Goodyear has no say in the matter. He could give 'em to you to put on your truck, no big deal to Goodyear.
All I'm saying is when a body buys something it should be theirs to do with as they see fit.
I don't make money with S&T. It's just a navigational tool and/or toy to me. The first one I bought wasn't 40 bucks either. It was 100+ bucks. It's getting a little expensive...
Let the brick throwing commence...LOL