Apple reduces pricing on iPod battery replacement
updated 03:45 pm EDT, Fri July 8, 2005
iPod battery replacement
Apple has reduced pricing on its .
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07/08, 04:50pm |
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Re: Still twice as much
They are a for-profit company. If you can get it cheaper, g'head.
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07/08, 05:46pm |
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Re: Still twice as much
Yep.
Just like every single other battery from the manufacturer for things like cell phones, PDAs, laptops, and everything else under the sun.
You're more than welcome to get the battery yourself and replace it for under $30, just as you are on any other device.
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07/08, 06:43pm |
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Re: Still twice as much
What you seem to be completely missing here is that if you send in your iPod under the battery replacement program, you receive a NEW iPod for only $59 in return. So if you think you can get a better deal than that from anywhere else, then go for it because you won't find one...
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07/08, 07:21pm |
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Re: still
What you seem to be completely missing here is that if you send in your iPod under the battery replacement program, you receive a NEW iPod for only $59 in return.
No, you get a REFURBISHED iPod for $59, which may be even more beat up then your current one.
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07/08, 08:36pm |
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Yes, indeed.
I have installed dozens of iPod batteries. Apple has stacks of refurbished units. New ones? forget about it. Those may be reserved for people who have paid pretty pennies for AppleCare and for those who still have warranty.
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07/08, 11:57pm |
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Re: still
Actually, you get either a refurbished OR new unit.
And the "refurbished" units will most definitely NOT be more "beat up" than your current one, because:
- all internal components are extensively tested and verified as working - the unit is given a completely new enclosure, meaning, externally, it appears brand new
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07/09, 02:55am |
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Not True
If you sent in your iPod for replacement, you do not get a new iPod. Apple doesn't say you will get the exactly same iPod you sent in for a battery replacement. Let say you recently bought a brand new iPod 20GB, if you send this iPod 20GB in for a replacement, maybe you won't get your new iPod 20GB back. Instead Apple maybe send you an older version of the iPod 20GB which could be a 2nd otr 3rd Generation refurb. Apple will only send you a similiar iPod back which you send it and does not promise you the original ipod back.
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07/09, 06:00am |
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no
it may not be the same ipod, but it will be the same model
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07/09, 09:03am |
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Re: Not True
No, sorry, you're wrong.
You will get the SAME or NEWER model, NEVER an older model.
Most of the time it is refurbished (but it has a NEW enclosure/case, so it looks like a brand new iPod), and the internal component parts have all gone through appropriate testing.
Also, yes, sometimes the replacements are new, not refurbished iPods. But you'll never get an older iPod. It will always be the same (or newer equivalent) model. Stop spreading misinformation.
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Still twice as much
The battery costs just less than $20 and they are marking it up 200%. Ridiculous.