Mike, that was me who posted about TOPO! Wildflower and the great deal on newer software. As I posted on the original thread, the deal was as I noted... If you were a former TOPO! Wildflower customer who'd picked up the Regional Series CD's (there were several, each for a different area of, in my case, California), then I was told, over the phone, by the NatGeo rep who'd responded to my initial inquiry and told me to call him, that there was a standing offer, still on the books, as it were, that you were eligible to purchase the newer version, one State Series TOPO! package, for $19.95 + S&H.Mike M. wrote:By the way, there was a post here (it was moved to the gear board) that talked about a great deal for TOPO! customers to upgrade to new state maps. The idea was that owners of Wildflower Productions TOPO! regional series maps could upgrade to a National Geographic TOPO state series map for only $19.95, plus shipping. When I called, National Geographic told me it wasn't true, the offer did not exist. I wonder if the original poster can shed some light on this. (I posted this on the gear board too but it is not as active as this board.)
Mike
Kevin Lance was the guy's name, and he was a department supervisor who'd informed me this was the deal offered several years back when they stopped offering the Wildflower version, and began offering the newer version. He also informed me the offer was still valid, as the "upgrade" offer was never rescinded. I use quote marks because he was insistent that the new TOPO! 4 version was NOT an upgrade, that it was an entirely new version of TOPO! (accounting for why you could not simply go to the NatGeo site and download - free - the new improved version), but that it was a simple matter.
Check out that prior thread, as I noted his contact info. there.