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Please choose the appropriate forum for this topic. Thank you. Please choose the appropriate forum for this topic. Thank you. A year ago to this exact day, I purchased a 3G 40gb ipod. I felt great, and was the first out of my group of friends to buy one, so I enjoyed showing it off.
About 5 months after having it, the side split, and the metal had come away from the white plastic. I was pretty annoyed, but being naturally lazy I didn't do anything about it. For months and months, I kept meaning to take it back to the shop I had bought it from and try and get it fixed, but I never did. During these months of course, Apple had been very busy creating the ipod mini, and the new 4G ipods. Then along came the ipod photo, which a friend of mine bought in America. When he came back and showed it to me I felt cheated. He had a brand new ipod with a colour screen, and I had a 11 month old ipod with a split case. My warranty was getting dagerously close to ending, so I decided I had to take mine in and try and get it fixed. Of course I didn't do anything about it. Until yesterday, 1 day before my warranty ran out!!
So I went into the shop I had bought my ipod from and explained what was wrong with it. I'm not really sure what I expected them to do. To be honest I expected the staff in the shop to tell me to go away. But they didn't, they said that in this situation they just give you a replacement. Unfortunately they no longer stocked the 3G ipod. After some detective work on the store's behalf, they decided that they could give me the 4G ipod as a replacement.
Of course, there are now ipods with colour screens! I didn't want a normal 4G ipod, so I asked them if I paid the difference of what I originally paid and the ipod photo, could I get an ipod photo as a replacement. The member of staff went of to ask the manager, and then came back and said that was fine.
So for ??20 I was able to take my old 3G model back after having it for a year, and get a brand new ipod photo. I wonder what I'll get next year!!!
I still think that the 3G design is the best Apple have come up with, and I will miss my old ipod, but now I'm going into a new era (with colour and longer battery life!!).
About 5 months after having it, the side split, and the metal had come away from the white plastic. I was pretty annoyed, but being naturally lazy I didn't do anything about it. For months and months, I kept meaning to take it back to the shop I had bought it from and try and get it fixed, but I never did. During these months of course, Apple had been very busy creating the ipod mini, and the new 4G ipods. Then along came the ipod photo, which a friend of mine bought in America. When he came back and showed it to me I felt cheated. He had a brand new ipod with a colour screen, and I had a 11 month old ipod with a split case. My warranty was getting dagerously close to ending, so I decided I had to take mine in and try and get it fixed. Of course I didn't do anything about it. Until yesterday, 1 day before my warranty ran out!!
So I went into the shop I had bought my ipod from and explained what was wrong with it. I'm not really sure what I expected them to do. To be honest I expected the staff in the shop to tell me to go away. But they didn't, they said that in this situation they just give you a replacement. Unfortunately they no longer stocked the 3G ipod. After some detective work on the store's behalf, they decided that they could give me the 4G ipod as a replacement.
Of course, there are now ipods with colour screens! I didn't want a normal 4G ipod, so I asked them if I paid the difference of what I originally paid and the ipod photo, could I get an ipod photo as a replacement. The member of staff went of to ask the manager, and then came back and said that was fine.
So for ??20 I was able to take my old 3G model back after having it for a year, and get a brand new ipod photo. I wonder what I'll get next year!!!
I still think that the 3G design is the best Apple have come up with, and I will miss my old ipod, but now I'm going into a new era (with colour and longer battery life!!).