Re: Unexpected iPod Death in All things Macintosh http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r14388329 en Thu, 08 Jan 2009 20:03:15 EDT Thu, 08 Jan 2009 20:03:15 EDT Re: Unexpected iPod Death http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14390839 MarkyD : Awesome Andy! $150 for a busted iPod...you're halfway to a Nano! :)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14390839 Sun, 18 Sep 2005 14:20:06 EDT Re: Unexpected iPod Death http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14389497 SK : If anyone wants to fund me, I can do all sorts of testing at school (hardness, flexure, tensile etc.)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14389497 Sun, 18 Sep 2005 10:16:13 EDT Re: Unexpected iPod Death http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14388683 realism : I have had one iPod....an original 5gig that I pre-ordered before they were released. It's worked flawlessly for me for 3 or 4 years.....but mine got dropped in a bucket of mop water and sat there for a couple minutes. Maybe that's the key to making your iPod last forever. Just soak it in some dirty mop water for about 2 minutes or so.;) My wife bought a shuffle recently, and it's doing fine too.....though I expect it to die any minute as she didn't purchase the extended AppleCare Mopwater Plan....from me.....for $79. She better not say I didn't warn her.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14388683 Sun, 18 Sep 2005 02:56:07 EDT Re: Unexpected iPod Death http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14388381 rjackson :
said by crashovrride See Profile :

I was thinking of getting a Nano, but after seeing them in person I decided against it. It's to small and light, i'd break it within the first week of having it.
I dunno...seems like you'd really have to try to break one of these things.
»arstechnica.com/reviews/hardware/nano.ars/3]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14388381 Sun, 18 Sep 2005 01:14:32 EDT Re: Unexpected iPod Death http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14388329 crashovrride : I was thinking of getting a Nano, but after seeing them in person I decided against it. It's to small and light, i'd break it within the first week of having it. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14388329 Sun, 18 Sep 2005 01:03:02 EDT Re: Unexpected iPod Death http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14388292 AHENDY : Well, I put it on eBay and within 20 minutes, it was sold for $150.

I'm satisfied.

Now to order an iPod Nano.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14388292 Sun, 18 Sep 2005 00:55:32 EDT Re: Unexpected iPod Death http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14382405 Dragasoni : I'm concerned, I keep hearing bad things about these iPod's involving sudden death :uhh:

I just bought one, and I love it! If it dies on me, I think I might cry.

-Dragasoni-
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»www.dragasoni.com]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14382405 Sat, 17 Sep 2005 01:06:17 EDT Re: Unexpected iPod Death http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14381568 SK : Hmmm, this makes me want to get AppleCare.
My original warranty expires in December. I've alredy had it serviced/replaced once. At C$71 for 2 years protection, it's a great deal.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14381568 Fri, 16 Sep 2005 22:29:13 EDT Re: Unexpected iPod Death http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14381135 F walker : With iPods, I have come to expect the unexpected... I have have had every iPod I have ever had die on me (all but one was hard drive failure). My newest one is now begining to freeze up for 30-60 seconds regularly, which will mean back to the genius bar for free iPod #5....:uhh:
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said by TigerNutz See Profile :

Sell it on Ebay.
Check it out:

»cgi.ebay.com/IPOD-40GB-Apple-MP3···ViewItem
Wow! If I could get 100+ bucks for this thing, i'd be one happy camper!

I also submitted it to iPodResQ.. we'll see how they quote me.

Thanks
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Check it out:

»cgi.ebay.com/IPOD-40GB-Apple-MP3···ViewItem]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14379882 Fri, 16 Sep 2005 18:21:28 EDT Re: Unexpected iPod Death http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14379828 rjackson : You mean opposed to an expected iPod death?

Sell it to iPodResQ.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14379828 Fri, 16 Sep 2005 18:11:49 EDT Unexpected iPod Death http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14379708 AHENDY : This morning I attempted to turn on my 40 GB 4G iPod, to soothe my ears with the usual mix. For over a year, this phenomenon has gone flawlessly everyday. Today was different.

I noticed the hard drive was making more noise than usual, and a lower pitched noise at that. I attempted to play a song, and to my surprise it played the first 30 seconds.. then it locked up.

I attempted to reset it, but was greeted with the dreaded folder with the ! mark.. with a link to Apple's support page.

This iPod is out of warranty, and was begging to be replaced with a new black 4 GB nano. Having said that, I am curious if it's worth anything. Might this be worth putting up on eBay and selling as non-working?

Everything else on the iPod is flawless. It has it's usual scratch here and there, but aside from that it's in good condition.

So I guess my question is... should I put it up on eBay? If so, how much do you think I could get from it? Or is it just not worth it?

Thank you

Andy
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