+BCNorwich Posted October 3, 2010 Share Posted October 3, 2010 (edited) Hello All, I saw the quote below on EAGeoMobbers, I hadn't seen it on this forum so . . . "nzcoozer Geocaching.com are giving 30 days free premium membership to garmin owners. http://www.geocaching.com/garmin/freetrial.aspx]Free Premium Membership[/url] If you already have a premium membership you'll get your renewal date pushed out another 30 days. It's cumulative too, as long as they are registered at garmin and physically connected to your computer when you visit the free trial page you can get 30 days for each of your garmins." Thanks Garmin and GC.com Edited October 3, 2010 by BCNorwich Quote Link to comment
+S&G.Davison Posted October 3, 2010 Share Posted October 3, 2010 We have 4 garmin devices al registered So followed the instructions on the page posted by BCnorwich.. all works and get "Congratulations! - Your Groundspeak Premium Membership is now active until 01/01/0001." When I look at out account page .. the displayed renewal date does not change ??? So wondering what happens on out renewal date ? does it "automatically" move 30 days for first device and then again for the next etc ? Quote Link to comment
+grand-moff Posted October 3, 2010 Share Posted October 3, 2010 We have 4 garmin devices al registered So followed the instructions on the page posted by BCnorwich.. all works and get "Congratulations! - Your Groundspeak Premium Membership is now active until 01/01/0001." When I look at out account page .. the displayed renewal date does not change ??? So wondering what happens on out renewal date ? does it "automatically" move 30 days for first device and then again for the next etc ? This was the same for me ???? Quote Link to comment
+MBFace Posted October 3, 2010 Share Posted October 3, 2010 We have 4 garmin devices al registered So followed the instructions on the page posted by BCnorwich.. all works and get "Congratulations! - Your Groundspeak Premium Membership is now active until 01/01/0001." When I look at out account page .. the displayed renewal date does not change ??? So wondering what happens on out renewal date ? does it "automatically" move 30 days for first device and then again for the next etc ? This was the same for me ???? I've recently treated myself to a new Garmin and registered it today. I got a confirmatory email within about 5 minutes and the renewal date on my profile moved back 30 days at the same time. Were your devices already registered??? Quote Link to comment
+shantz_uk_&_cleverclogs Posted October 3, 2010 Share Posted October 3, 2010 We have 4 garmin devices al registered So followed the instructions on the page posted by BCnorwich.. all works and get "Congratulations! - Your Groundspeak Premium Membership is now active until 01/01/0001." When I look at out account page .. the displayed renewal date does not change ??? So wondering what happens on out renewal date ? does it "automatically" move 30 days for first device and then again for the next etc ? This was the same for me ???? The same has happened to me and the expiry date has remained the same as before, will send Groundspeak an email and see what they say. Quote Link to comment
+shantz_uk_&_cleverclogs Posted October 3, 2010 Share Posted October 3, 2010 We have 4 garmin devices al registered So followed the instructions on the page posted by BCnorwich.. all works and get "Congratulations! - Your Groundspeak Premium Membership is now active until 01/01/0001." When I look at out account page .. the displayed renewal date does not change ??? So wondering what happens on out renewal date ? does it "automatically" move 30 days for first device and then again for the next etc ? This was the same for me ???? The same has happened to me and the expiry date has remained the same as before, will send Groundspeak an email and see what they say. My expiry date has now been extended by 30 days so all seems to be ok Quote Link to comment
+smstext Posted October 3, 2010 Share Posted October 3, 2010 not been extended here either. Quote Link to comment
+smstext Posted October 4, 2010 Share Posted October 4, 2010 update log out of gc.com and back in and like magic it changes by 30 days Quote Link to comment
+FollowMeChaps Posted October 4, 2010 Share Posted October 4, 2010 I registered 3. I've logged out several times yet still my membership date hasn't changed, I didn't even receive the "Congratulations! - Your Groundspeak Premium Membership is now active until ??/??/????" email. Anyone got an email address for Garmin? Quote Link to comment
+smstext Posted October 4, 2010 Share Posted October 4, 2010 try again and look carefully above the activation button for any coloured text this will tell you of any problems. Quote Link to comment
+burtsbodgers Posted October 4, 2010 Share Posted October 4, 2010 From memory i think you have to do them one at a time, so register the first one then 30 days later register the second and so on. Quote Link to comment
+S&G.Davison Posted October 4, 2010 Share Posted October 4, 2010 Hmmm I am confused When I look at my member stats it says "Member since: 11/16/2003" and also "Your Membership will renew on 12/19/2010" So has one unit "extended" me .. I cant remember what my renewal date was I "used" two units via the webpage . might have "lost one " Confused of wokingham Quote Link to comment
+Lime Candy Posted October 6, 2010 Share Posted October 6, 2010 It worked for me, I registered my Etrex, got an immediate email saying membership had been extended by 1 month, and my Groundspeak profile got updated to the new date a while later. Quote Link to comment
+Geocass&Andy750x Posted October 6, 2010 Share Posted October 6, 2010 Awesome! I have a Forerunner, Streetpilot and Dakota. Will have a play and see what happens. Thanks for sharing!!! Quote Link to comment
+S&G.Davison Posted October 6, 2010 Share Posted October 6, 2010 sent an email to Groundspeak re how to do multiple devices ... no response Any one registered multiple Garmins and got multiple months ?? Quote Link to comment
+Croesgadwr Posted October 6, 2010 Share Posted October 6, 2010 What d'ya know... something for nothing & it works!! Quote Link to comment
+MBFace Posted October 6, 2010 Share Posted October 6, 2010 Any one registered multiple Garmins and got multiple months ?? Yes, just followed the instructions. Quote Link to comment
+smstext Posted October 7, 2010 Share Posted October 7, 2010 yes registered my old etrek h and daughters etrex too, thats three months free for me. Quote Link to comment
+shantz_uk_&_cleverclogs Posted October 7, 2010 Share Posted October 7, 2010 sent an email to Groundspeak re how to do multiple devices ... no response Any one registered multiple Garmins and got multiple months ?? I logged two garmin units and got two seperate months added to my account. I did send an email to Groundspaeak as it didnt look like my account had been extended and before i got a reply my account was all sorted. I did get a response from Groundspeak it just took about two days. Quote Link to comment
+currykev Posted October 7, 2010 Share Posted October 7, 2010 (edited) I haven't seen this offer advertised on GC.com But that doesn't surprise me. On the plus side, I will see if I can get a friend the 30 day trial. She can then log all those Premium caches found but unable to log. Edited October 7, 2010 by currykev Quote Link to comment
+Grizzly Pair Posted October 7, 2010 Share Posted October 7, 2010 Successfully extended by 30 days. Now hunting around the house for any other old garmins - a real treasure hunt. Quote Link to comment
+T.R.a.M.P. Posted October 8, 2010 Share Posted October 8, 2010 Another ancient Etrex adds 30 days to premium membership Quote Link to comment
+FollowMeChaps Posted October 8, 2010 Share Posted October 8, 2010 I registered 3. I've logged out several times yet still my membership date hasn't changed, I didn't even receive the "Congratulations! - Your Groundspeak Premium Membership is now active until ??/??/????" email. Anyone got an email address for Garmin? I normally use Google Chrome as my browser and I have just discovered that this was why it was not working for me. I just tried it using the dreaded IE and it worked, I now have 3 months premium membership added - thanks Garmin. I suppose I should have sussed this earlier as I can't do my internet banking with Chrome either. Methinks I'll now download Firefox. As an aside I had emailed both Groundspeak and Garmin about the problem. Groundspeak did reply offering help but I've not heard a squeek yet from Garmin. Quote Link to comment
roger-rabbit Posted October 9, 2010 Share Posted October 9, 2010 When I tried it, it said my membership had been extended until 01.01.0001. I quickly checked, and luckily it was still the same as before. Quote Link to comment
roger-rabbit Posted October 9, 2010 Share Posted October 9, 2010 I’ve just had an email to say that my membership HAS been extended, but the date on my account is still the same!!! I will wait to see if this is changed. Quote Link to comment
+colin Posted October 11, 2010 Share Posted October 11, 2010 Howdy all - we have been having some problems with the confirmation screen that says 01/01/0001 but we are seeing that the account is upgraded correctly. Please make sure you are logging out and logging back in to make sure the change takes place. If you are still unable to upgrade let us know here. We have people looking into this issue, and we really appreciate your patience! Colin Groundspeak Lackey Quote Link to comment
+Mad H@ter Posted December 10, 2010 Share Posted December 10, 2010 I'm struggling to get this to work. I go to the GC freetrial page and follow the instructions but the activate button remains greyed out with "Detecting plugin..." above it. The Garmin Communicator Plugin Test Page confirms that the plugin is installed and up to date, I'm using IE8 and a restart doesn't help. I've also tried it on Sue's laptop and got the same result! Anybody got any ideas? Quote Link to comment
+Molinnis Posted December 10, 2010 Share Posted December 10, 2010 I'm struggling to get this to work. I go to the GC freetrial page and follow the instructions but the activate button remains greyed out with "Detecting plugin..." above it. The Garmin Communicator Plugin Test Page confirms that the plugin is installed and up to date, I'm using IE8 and a restart doesn't help. I've also tried it on Sue's laptop and got the same result! Anybody got any ideas? Just come across this and I cannot get it to work either Quote Link to comment
+Gushoneybun Posted December 10, 2010 Share Posted December 10, 2010 I wonder if its due to a breakdown in contact between Garmin and Groundspeak? Quote Link to comment
+MBFace Posted December 10, 2010 Share Posted December 10, 2010 I wonder if its due to a breakdown in contact between Garmin and Groundspeak? I tend to agree. Having been successful with two devices a while back I decided to try tonight with the other one I had been meaning to register for ages but hadn't got round to it. I didn't get past the greyed out bit either. Not a big loss, just annoyed with myself for waiting until it is apparently too late . Quote Link to comment
+mpilchfamily Posted December 10, 2010 Share Posted December 10, 2010 I wonder if its due to a breakdown in contact between Garmin and Groundspeak? I tend to agree. Having been successful with two devices a while back I decided to try tonight with the other one I had been meaning to register for ages but hadn't got round to it. I didn't get past the greyed out bit either. Not a big loss, just annoyed with myself for waiting until it is apparently too late . Considering the promotion is about 2 months old i'm sure its over. Quote Link to comment
+MBFace Posted December 10, 2010 Share Posted December 10, 2010 Considering the promotion is about 2 months old i'm sure its over. I don't think it's anything to do with the timescale. gushoneybun seems to have hit the nail on the head now that the two parties look to have fallen out big style. Quote Link to comment
+Thefosters40 Posted December 11, 2010 Share Posted December 11, 2010 (edited) worked straight away for me. 12.15 am 12.11.10 brilliant brilliant BRILLIANT!!! My GPS 60 arrived last week! I was given a Pocket PC 2 days ago and i just Lurve GPX files. Edited December 11, 2010 by Thefosters40 Quote Link to comment
+FollowMeChaps Posted December 11, 2010 Share Posted December 11, 2010 I wonder if its due to a breakdown in contact between Garmin and Groundspeak? Is this 'breakdown in contact' of which you speak a known fact or assumption? Just because Garmin have now gone into competition in the listing game it does not necessarily follow. Most private sector companies recognise that competition is generally good all round. I suspect that Groundspeak is big enough to weather the storm and grow, they certainly have a base of fiercely loyal customers who aren't likely to jump ship overnight; I for one am happy to support both. I've no doubt that there is room in the market for them both to grow. Hopefully this new kid on the block will result in us all winning out some way; Groundspeak, Garmin and most importantly us, the geocachers. Quote Link to comment
+Gushoneybun Posted December 11, 2010 Share Posted December 11, 2010 I wonder if its due to a breakdown in contact between Garmin and Groundspeak? Is this 'breakdown in contact' of which you speak a known fact or assumption? Just speculation, hence the word 'wonder' Quote Link to comment
Raver Dave Posted December 11, 2010 Share Posted December 11, 2010 (edited) Promo isn't over, I've just completed the process with my Venture HC and extended my membership by a month Edited December 11, 2010 by raverdave Quote Link to comment
+MBFace Posted December 11, 2010 Share Posted December 11, 2010 If at first you don't succeed ..... I read through the thread again and remembered that I'd had trouble last time round with IE. Tried Firefox and it worked a treat. Quote Link to comment
+Mad H@ter Posted December 11, 2010 Share Posted December 11, 2010 If at first you don't succeed ..... I read through the thread again and remembered that I'd had trouble last time round with IE. Tried Firefox and it worked a treat. That worked, thanks. Quote Link to comment
+Molinnis Posted December 12, 2010 Share Posted December 12, 2010 If at first you don't succeed ..... I read through the thread again and remembered that I'd had trouble last time round with IE. Tried Firefox and it worked a treat. Brilliant, worked here too. Many thanks Quote Link to comment
+explorer_olway Posted December 12, 2010 Share Posted December 12, 2010 Brilliant news - many thanks. Couldn't access it via IE but it worked via Firefox. Another 30 days Premium Membership Quote Link to comment
+thekennelat79 Posted December 12, 2010 Share Posted December 12, 2010 So I registered the GPS with Garmin - All OK I installed the Garmin Communicator plugin - All OK Now GC.com is asking me to connect the GPS to my PC before it will validate/activate the 30 day extension. But I don't have a PC cable for the Etrex! Has anybody else come across this? Is there a work-around? Quote Link to comment
+simplysup Posted December 13, 2010 Share Posted December 13, 2010 Whilst I can't help thekennelat79 with their issue (sorry), I am glad I found this thread. Three Garmins, three extra months - thanks! Quote Link to comment
+NickandAliandEliza Posted December 13, 2010 Share Posted December 13, 2010 So I registered the GPS with Garmin - All OK I installed the Garmin Communicator plugin - All OK Now GC.com is asking me to connect the GPS to my PC before it will validate/activate the 30 day extension. But I don't have a PC cable for the Etrex! Has anybody else come across this? Is there a work-around? I thought I had come up with the perfect plan. A friend has one that you could have borrowed but realistically the postage is probably going to add up to more than the months extra subscription. Quote Link to comment
+t.a.folk Posted December 13, 2010 Share Posted December 13, 2010 Whilst I can't help thekennelat79 with their issue (sorry), I am glad I found this thread. Three Garmins, three extra months - thanks! We had 6months . Wonder what the most is ? Quote Link to comment
+FunLovingGeocacher Posted December 16, 2010 Share Posted December 16, 2010 I was already registered with Garmin, so I just hooked up the Nuvi, pressed the on screen button and fannys's your aunt - job done. Quote Link to comment
+Dorsetgal & GeoDog Posted December 28, 2010 Share Posted December 28, 2010 Just tried to do this with my Colorado - didn;t work with Google Chrome or AOL browsers, so downloaded Firefox and it worked right away. Logged out, then in and there was my extra month. What a palaver! Quote Link to comment
+mpilchfamily Posted December 29, 2010 Share Posted December 29, 2010 Just got it working for me. Looks like i'll be getting 60 days when my new Legend H comes in today. Quote Link to comment
+PSHAX Posted December 29, 2010 Share Posted December 29, 2010 I tried to get a free 30 days with my shiny new 62ST, but nowt, zilch, nada, fek all! Paul. Quote Link to comment
+MBFace Posted December 31, 2010 Share Posted December 31, 2010 I tried to get a free 30 days with my shiny new 62ST, but nowt, zilch, nada, fek all! Paul. Presumably this isn't due to the browser problem already highlighted. Quote Link to comment
+Fuchsiamagic Posted December 31, 2010 Share Posted December 31, 2010 Can somebody please tell me where I need to go to do this. This link at the top justs returns "404 - File or directory not found." Quote Link to comment
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