{"id":1263,"date":"2018-03-03T22:22:11","date_gmt":"2018-03-03T21:22:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bergs.biz\/blog\/?p=1263"},"modified":"2018-03-03T22:25:12","modified_gmt":"2018-03-03T21:25:12","slug":"lifetime-map-upgrade-kann-ganz-schon-kurz-sein","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bergs.biz\/blog\/2018\/03\/03\/lifetime-map-upgrade-kann-ganz-schon-kurz-sein\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Lifetime&#8221; (Map-Upgrade) kann ganz sch\u00f6n kurz sein&#8230; :-("},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Vor gerade einmal viereinhalb Jahren &#8212; ok, in der heutigen &#8220;Wegwerfgesellschaft&#8221; beinahe eine Ewigkeit &#8212; hatten wir ein <a href=\"https:\/\/bergs.biz\/blog\/2013\/07\/19\/erste-eindrucke-vom-becker-ready-50-lmu\/\" target=\"_blank\">Becker Ready 50<\/a> mit &#8220;Lifetime Map Upgrade (LMU)&#8221; gekauft.<\/p>\n<p>Wir hatten damals gezielt nach Navis mit &#8220;lebenslangen&#8221; kostenlosen Karten-Updates gesucht, weil sich innerhalb eines Jahres erhebliche \u00c4nderungen ergeben wie z. B. neue oder umbenannte Stra\u00dfen, ge\u00e4nderte Stra\u00dfenverl\u00e4ufe, Einf\u00fchrung von Kreisverkehren, u. v. m. Daher wollten wir die Gew\u00e4hr auf regelm\u00e4\u00dfige Kartenupdates erhalten.<\/p>\n<p>Unser voriges Navi\u00a0beinhaltete nur ein kostenloses Update, und ein einzelnes Update sollte knapp 50 EUR kosten, was die H\u00e4lfte des damaligen Kaufpreises war. Daher lieber etwas mehr ausgeben, daf\u00fcr aber &#8220;peace of mind&#8221;&#8230; Denkste! \ud83d\ude41<\/p>\n<p>Vor zwei Wochen nun erhielten wir folgende Mail von becker-falk@notification-naviextras.com:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Dear Becker\/Falk user,<\/p>\n<p>As you may or may not already know, insolvency proceedings were opened in April 2017 regarding the assets of United Navigation GmbH, the manufacturer of your Becker or Falk device. Meanwhile United Navigation has ceased its operations, and the company is currently winding up its affairs.<br \/>\nSince you are our valued customer, we would like to assure you that we at NNG Llc, the developer and provider of Content Manager will continue to support your device with the latest available maps, as per our agreement with United Navigation.<\/p>\n<p>How will the above affect you?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>If you have recently purchased a Becker or Falk device and you are within 30 days of its first use, you are eligible to activate a free map update and download the most recent map available for your device until the 29<sup>th<\/sup> of March 2018.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>If you are an already existing user with an activated free map update, you now have the possibility to download the recently released map until the 29<sup>th<\/sup> of March 2018.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>After this date no further free updates will be available for download in Content Manager.<\/p>\n<p><b>We highly recommend that you update until the 29<sup>th<\/sup> of March 2018 using Content Manager if you are entitled for a free map update.<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>We will continue releasing updates up to four times a year, just as we have done until now, granting you the possibility to download the latest available navigation content. Map updates will be available for purchase in Content Manager at any time, until further notice.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We hope that by continuing to provide you with the opportunity to update and continue using your navigation device, we can help you avoid any inconvenience.<\/p>\n<p>Best regards,<br \/>\nContent Manager\u00ae Support<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Zusammengefasst auf Deutsch:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Der Hersteller des Ger\u00e4ts, &#8220;United Navigation GmbH&#8221;, ist pleite.<\/li>\n<li>NNG Llc, der Hersteller des Karten-Update-Programms (und wahrscheinlich auch der Lieferant der Karten selbst), stellt weiterhin Karten-Updates zur Verf\u00fcgung.<\/li>\n<li>Diese sind allerdings nur bis zum 29. M\u00e4rz weiterhin kostenfrei.<\/li>\n<li>Danach sind sie kostenpflichtig.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Hallo?! Geht&#8217;s noch?! F\u00fcr solche Sperenzchen habe ich wirklich keinerlei Verst\u00e4ndnis.<\/p>\n<p>Wenn ein Hersteller von Ger\u00e4ten mit kostenlosen &#8220;lebenslangen&#8221; Updates wirbt, dann muss er auch durch entsprechende vertragliche Vereinbarungen (unter Leistung von entsprechenen (Vorab-) Zahlungen, mit denen diese Leistungen &#8220;dauerhaft&#8221; abgegolten sind!) mit seinen Zulieferern daf\u00fcr sorgen, dass er dieses Versprechen auch einhalten kann.<\/p>\n<p>Becker hat dies augenscheinlich vers\u00e4umt. Da Becker pleite ist, kann ich die Firma nicht mehr zur Verantwortung ziehen &#8212; das w\u00e4re ohnehin schwierig, weil ich mit denen kein Vertragsverh\u00e4ltnis habe. Ich muss mich also an den Lieferanten (ein Amazon-Marketplace-H\u00e4ndler) halten. Mal sehen, wie die sich zu der Sache stellen&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Ich werde weiter berichten.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Viereinhalb Jahre nach Kauf unseres Navis erhalten wir keine Kartenupdates mehr trotz &#8220;lebenslanger&#8221; Update-Garantie, weil der Hersteller pleite ist.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,67,11],"tags":[274,63,61,62,65,275],"class_list":["post-1263","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-deutsch","category-personal-navigation-devices","category-what-the-f","tag-becker","tag-navi","tag-navigationsgerate","tag-navigationssysteme","tag-strasennavigation","tag-update"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>&quot;Lifetime&quot; (Map-Upgrade) kann ganz sch\u00f6n kurz sein... :-( - Ralf&#039;s Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/bergs.biz\/blog\/2018\/03\/03\/lifetime-map-upgrade-kann-ganz-schon-kurz-sein\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"&quot;Lifetime&quot; 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