Good move Garmin. Screw the 2nd hand market and the pirate map sellers on ebay at the same time. Gotta admire that .......
I've always felt that corporate greed would backfire in the case of the cost of maps. I think that most people would prefer having a legit version, and had they priced to a level most people thought was fair, then sales would increase and the piracy market to some extent be quashed. $30 in addition to the cost of the device is absolutely a fair price IMHO.