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NEW IPODS- Warranty

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Jake...
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i think its finally time to fall  for the whole ipod thing, as i just put my 4th mp3 player through the wash. Considering the whole new ipods came out yesterday ( IPODS ) im thinking about picking up the 4g nano in green, so my question is this: Is it worth it to purchase the extended 75$ year warranty (3 years) ?
Sep 13 2006 3:03PM
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swTroyanchick
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goood question boy... I need to know that too ..and i need to know it now because i m about to order my third ipod..erh
Sep 13 2006 3:05PM
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LAMSTEEZE
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seeing as you put your mp3's in the wash, maybe a 3 year warranty would be worth dropping 75 bucks.
Sep 13 2006 3:13PM
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Ryno
Posts: 31125 - Karma: 336
Find out if washing your mp3 player is covered in the warrenty
Sep 13 2006 3:20PM
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Jake...
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1-fell in a canoe in a lake
2.-fell in my pool
3.fell onto sidewalk (5 ft)
4. through the wash
Sep 13 2006 4:07PM
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Ryno
Posts: 31125 - Karma: 336
Find out if busting it is covered...otherwise there is no point.
Sep 13 2006 4:08PM
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ashlynparish
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With iPods, they usually don't break from a 5-ft. drop (luckily for you). The other 3, well... unless you H2O-proof your iPod, you're out of luck.

I'd say you should definitely buy the warranty since your electronics seem "accident-prone".
Sep 13 2006 4:10PM
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traer
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My experience is that if your going to buy an Ipod the extra $75 for the extended warranty is worth it. Even though they have been absolutely horrible at replacing mine in the past I wouldn't have got anywhere without it.

My Ipod stopped working the last day of my extended warranty (it wasn't three years) and it took A LOT of effort to get a new one out of them. They tryed every excuse in the book to try not to replace it including "not visible dents to the metal casing"-they road that forever. It was in fantastic condition, and was alway kept in a case. With enough calls and pleading I finally got a new one thanks to the extended warranty!
Sep 13 2006 4:43PM
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skiatgore69
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fuck no.
either get a case or,
check your pockets before u put ur pod through the wash!
Sep 13 2006 4:46PM
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Kevo
Posts: 2374 - Karma: 136
Buy it at a place like Best Buy with the extended warranty. If it breaks for any reason, they just give you a new one off the shelf. No shipping it in or any bullshit like that. My roommate has the Best Buy 3 year replacement warranty, so he gets a new iPod everytime they come out with a new generation by just throwing his iPod at the wall and cracking the screen. Best Buy will replace it no questions asked, even if it is your fault.

My experience with iPods has been really negative. I've had 2 iPods who had harddrive malfuctions in 2 years, only one of which was successfully warrantied through apple. I can't afford to replace it now, so I'm stuck without one. Although the user interface is pretty nice/fun to use, iPods a generally pieces of shit. So many of my friends have had the same harddrive issues I have, and apple doesn't really give a shit. They know you'll keep comming back for more, so why make it better quality?
Sep 13 2006 4:50PM
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soulskier
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i dont know whos sells it, but they make a case called the otter box, thats water proof and still lets you use your ipod through it
Sep 13 2006 7:03PM
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D_Mezz
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yes it is very worth it! i bought one...a longgg time ago..with the 4 buttons and the click wheel...forget what generation but yeah anyway i got that wen i was in 8th grade and last year i wanted a new one..(10th grade) and i sent it in with my warrenty and got $300 check in the mail...so i went to best buy and got a brand new video..VERY WORTH IT!!!!
Sep 13 2006 7:16PM
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Tze.C
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def worth it, i didn't buy one and got fucked over cause the hard drive failed and it need replacing and i was out of warranty but 3 months, and replacing it costs more than than buying the extended warranty
Sep 13 2006 9:37PM
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hartig
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my screen went permanently blank and apple replaced it on the spot, no questions asked
Sep 13 2006 9:42PM
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sowstochd
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my nano got ran over by a car, and it was still in its one year warranty can i replace it?
Sep 13 2006 9:56PM
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hollygrove
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Ran over by a car? that would be tough without planning it out. My iPod went flying off about a 20 foot drop, bounced off some rocks, and it was perfectly fine.
Sep 13 2006 11:15PM
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andres3000
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get the best buy warrenty cus they cover soo much shit and its not expensive. its worth it 100%
Sep 13 2006 11:29PM
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DDrem.
Posts: 3552 - Karma: 24
^^ yeah get one from best buy. they give you sick warrenties for cheap and they cover all incidents and fix it for you when its broken
Sep 13 2006 11:48PM
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danedegruyter
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they put a little peice of paper in the ipod that changes colours if it gets wet.. thats how they know if its drowned.. if you know what your doing you can change the tiny peice of paper and say it just stopped working.  but youl have to know how to take it apart to do that he he he
Sep 14 2006 12:17AM
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Ryno
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iPods are easy as hell to open up.

There are movie guilds on the internet that show you how. I bought a 5 dollar replacement battery and did it myself in 5 minutes. Way cheaper then sending it away to apple.

You can also get bigger harddrives fo certian models...I have a 3G 10gb and i could have bought a 60gb HD for it a few years back and replaced it. Its easy peezy
Sep 14 2006 12:14PM
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