What to do with a broken iPod?

[yesthattom]

Ok, I've done a month of testing and my original-style 10GB iPod has a bad hard drive. It's the $255.95 kind of repair, not the $99 battery type.

So the question is: Do I spend $255.95 on the repair, or do I spend $299 plus sales tax ($316.94)? If I buy a new one, do I sell it broken on eBay, or to I pay to have it repaired and sell it as "like new" on eBay?

Comments

[ex-mommabear187.livejournal.com]

I say:

write it off as an end of lifer, and buy a new one.

spending money and seeling it won;t get you anywhere but the same point it would have been if you wrote it off.

[xeger.livejournal.com]

Good question. I've got the same problem with mine. I suspect that I'll end up paying to have mine fixed, because I like the older setup better. I don't have to worry about carrying around a dock to charge it, and it runs happily off of a standard and easily available firewire drive.

FWIW, I've got instructions on how to open her up and what sort of drive to swap in, if that has any bearing on your decision.

buy a new iPod by mail order ...

[sierra-nevada.livejournal.com]

... and save the sales taxes by buying from an out-of-state company. Since it's a small item, I bet the shipping cost won't eat even 50% of the savings.

-Erik