No big deal. Garmin stops new sales of upgrades to the current map version every fall. Typically soemetime in September-November. For upgrades you must wait for the next version - City Navigator Europe 2008.
If you buy a map on DVD today (V9) you will get an Unlock Code with the DVD so nothing stops you from using it. But you will not be able to upgrade it before version 2008 becomes available in January.
Edit: Hmmm - I realize now that you plan to buy a separate map on DVD. Then the Unlock Code must be retrieved from
www.garmin.com. And that's not possible at the moment. Since there are a lot of shops out there selling maps I assume Garmin have a solution somwhere. Sending Unit Id + Cupon Code by e-mail to
support@garmin.com may do the trick.