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gwjonesey Occasional Visitor
Joined: Mar 29, 2008 Posts: 9
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Posted: Sun Sep 11, 2011 10:24 am Post subject: Tomtom 730 - What to do when selling |
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Hello
I'm thinking of selling my Tomtom 730, which is currently linked to my Tomtom account to update speed cameras and for traffic. I'm going to sell it when the subscription ends.
Does anyone know what happens when I sell it - do I have to 'de-register' it from my account somehow, to prevent the new owner using my account - and what happens if they want to subscribe - is the serial number of the unit linked to me and therefore does that prevent them somehow ?
Thanks for any help.
Gareth
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mikealder Pocket GPS Moderator
Joined: Jan 14, 2005 Posts: 19638 Location: Blackpool , Lancs
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Posted: Sun Sep 11, 2011 10:37 am Post subject: |
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To be honest I would leave it working when you sell it as your new unit will need to have its own unique e-mail address and as the system used by TomTom can't handle multiple devices against a single e-mail don't even try to swap a unit on to an e-mail previously used, not worth the trouble it causes - Mike |
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gwjonesey Occasional Visitor
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Posted: Sun Sep 11, 2011 10:41 am Post subject: |
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Hi Mike
Thanks for the advice. The question was more about making sure that any new owner can't use my existing account and is free to link the device to a new account if they want to.
Cheers
Gareth |
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mikealder Pocket GPS Moderator
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Posted: Sun Sep 11, 2011 10:44 am Post subject: |
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I don't see the issue with the new owner carrying on using the original account as you won't be using on the new device - Mike |
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Darren Frequent Visitor
Joined: 11/07/2002 14:36:40 Posts: 23848 Location: Hampshire, UK
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Posted: Sun Sep 11, 2011 11:56 am Post subject: |
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mikealder wrote: | I don't see the issue with the new owner carrying on using the original account as you won't be using on the new device - Mike |
I think he's more concerned about the TomTom Account, which will still be linked to his email address?
gwjonesey, there shouldn't be an issue as the new owner would not have access to log-in to your account. They can simply re-register it/associate it with a new TomTom Account of their own.
As Mike says though, where your replacement device is concerned, much simpler to associate that with a new email address. Attempting to use an existing email address/account combo is a sure fire route to pain! _________________ Darren Griffin
Last edited by Darren on Sun Sep 11, 2011 3:26 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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gwjonesey Occasional Visitor
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Posted: Sun Sep 11, 2011 3:13 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks Guys - as always, help and advice is much appreciated. |
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Andy_P Pocket GPS Moderator
Joined: Jun 04, 2005 Posts: 19991 Location: West and Southwest London
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Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2011 3:22 pm Post subject: |
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Yes, get a free email address from somewhere, and (on the TT website) change the account details to that new address.
Then you can sell the device and give the new owner the new account name and password.
Don't forget to remove all your personal info from the device too (such as Home address, recent destinations, POIs, Favourites etc. A "Return to factory settings" from the Preferences menu will do MOST of them, but if you have more than one map, make sure you switch to each one and THEN do the factory reset again.
Factory Reset - What it does and doesn't do _________________ "Settling in nicely" ;-) |
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