iPod NOT

[leelastarsky]

My SECOND iPod just died. This was a replacement for my first iPod, which also died. Seems these delightful devices have a lifespan of SIX MONTHS almost to the day. My first iPod was a xmas present from hubby last yr and had to be replaced in June. To say I am LIVID would be the understatement of the century.
I have no doubt I will get a replacement for it - it's still under it's original warrantee and hubby had the good sense to buy extra on top of that - BUT I was (I don't think unreasonably) expecting to use it on the 2.5hour drive I'll be doing 3 days from now! In fact I was planning to buy a car attachment for it tomorrow...
Even if I got a replacement iPod tomorrow (which I know I won't because they'll have to send it back to the factory to prove that it can't be revived before they'll give me a new one, and that will take at least 2 weeks) I wouldn't have time to reload everything I had on it.

I had sincerely hoped that the problems I had with my first iPod were just bad luck - that I was one of the small percentage of folks who were unlucky enough to get a dud. I even gave both hubby and my 14yo son iPods for xmas - both the 20g photo versions. Son was beyond delighted and has barely been seperated from it since xmas morning. Hubby now wants to return his (which is still in it's box) and get our money back.

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[madam-minnie.livejournal.com]

I thought you got a Shuffle! Anyway, my friend Fred has a Dell DJ too that he uses pretty much everywhere and at first he was happy with it because it was sturdy and he liked how it cost less and still gave him the tunes he wanted... until he dropped it getting out of the car and it's had issues ever since. Now, mind you, he's a PC IT guy and he can pretty much fix anything. He sent it back to Dell for them to take a look at it and they wouldn't do anything with it because they saw he dropped it and said it's not covered under their warranty. He had to pay $30 for shipping and $100 consultation fee because it a non-warranty issue and all in all has paid more for his 20gb player than I've paid for my Mini which is still working well, thank God. *knocks on wood for good measure* Hee!