I buy all my Apple stuff refurbished, never had a problem.
Numfar! Do the dance of joy.
Elder ,'Power Play'
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Jessica - Jan 06, 2012 10:27:26 am PST #19100 of 25501
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Jesse - Jan 06, 2012 10:28:07 am PST #19101 of 25501
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Sweet, thanks! Now I can just go ahead and do that, because for whatever reason, $150 is an amount I have to think about, but $130 is totally doable??
le nubian - Jan 06, 2012 10:37:38 am PST #19102 of 25501
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
DO EEET
Jesse - Jan 06, 2012 10:42:46 am PST #19103 of 25501
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Hee. I have decided to put it off some more, because the current one basically works, but I am glad to have the $20-off option!
Sue - Jan 06, 2012 10:47:37 am PST #19104 of 25501
hip deep in pie
Is there any reason not to get a refurbished iPod from the Apple Store?
Of the three iPods I've owned, the refurbished one is going strong almost 4 years later with no problems at all. The two brand new iPods lasted 2 years at most, and that was with constant babying towards the end.
Steph L. - Jan 06, 2012 10:51:24 am PST #19105 of 25501
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
I bought a refurbished iPod Mini (remember those?) in 2005, and it still works. My iPod Touch is also refurbished, though I got that about a year ago, so I can't hold it up as an example of fantastic longevity -- but it is still going strong with no problems.
megan walker - Jan 06, 2012 11:24:30 am PST #19106 of 25501
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
The two brand new iPods lasted 2 years at most, and that was with constant babying towards the end.
Wow! Two years? I would be pissed.
Consuela - Jan 06, 2012 11:32:04 am PST #19107 of 25501
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
I bought my refurbished iPod in January 2007; it's still going strong five years later. Same for my refurbished Macbook, although it's only 3+ years old, I think.
Jesse - Jan 06, 2012 11:33:27 am PST #19108 of 25501
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
My current one basically works, except the right click button just stopped working, and I can't imagine it's going to be worth fixing in any way, since it's probably 4 years old? But everything else about it works fine, so I'm not in that much of a rush, except that now I've started thinking about New! and Shiny!
Maria - Jan 06, 2012 11:49:04 am PST #19109 of 25501
Not so nice is that I'm about to ruin a Friday morning for a bunch of people because of a series of unfortunate events and an upset foreign government. - shrift
New! and Shiny! are worse than the Sirens of Scilla. They lure technogeeks to their financial deaths with their haunting melodies of gigabytes, fast processors, and true HD screens. Instead of being tossed against the rocks to an untimely death, New! and Shiny! hurl dead touchscreen devices at unsuspecting wanderers.