
Originally Posted by
NavalAviator
I strongly recommend staying away from this site: gps-data-team.com or .info (same thing). When I signed up and paid the US$ 7.00, I then tried to download the large file that contained all the info for the USA. When you download, you have to click on "Add to Cart" even if it's free, although the large, all-in-one files cost another US$ 1.00 each time you want to update them (even though your membership is supposed to give you free downloads, it's just SOME downloads are free). When you are ready to download, a PayPal login box pops up to collect your payment. For me, that box would not allow me to log into PayPal. Now, I checked credentials multiple times, went to another tab and another browser and logged into PayPal with those same credentials, dumped browser cache, and tried again for a couple of days. No help. I contacted gps-data-team's "tech support", and their answer was everything was working OK. Later, they said they would look into it. After about ten days with no answer, I tried to download again, with no change, so I asked them to cancel my account and refund my payment. They won't. They said I have to initiate that from my end. That's not correct, of course. Once a payment has been made, you can't cancel it. You can only lodge a complaint with PayPal. Before doing that, I went back to their "tech support" and told them that, and suggested taking that route might affect their reputation. They said they don't mind. So, I've initiated a complaint to try to get a refund because the site is worthless to me. So, I strongly recommend against using this site for POI files. Imagine what kind of customer support they have should you need any help down the road. Since I was not able to download anything, I have no idea if their files are real or it's all just a scam. There are too many other sites around the net to take a chance with this one, given my experience. Hope I've saved someone some trouble. I sure wish someone had written a review to warn me away. It's a small amount of money, but, of course, if they do this to a few thousand people, they've had a good day's pay. A shame, really, that there are people like this out there screwing it up for the rest of us.
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