i love warranty!

zimu

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so i don't know why, but all of a sudden my electronics have gone bezerk:

1) laptop hard drive started coughing, and was just about to die. dell replaced my 30 GB for a 40GB one, free.
2) my palm zire 71's button had gotten stuck. pretty scratched up; they sent me a brand new unit, free.
3) my ipod (totally beat up, scratched up etc) drive started clicking and misbehaving. they gave me a brand new replacement.

i've basically gotten all my favorite electronics brand new in the past week!
 

zimu

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Originally posted by: kermalou
HOW DID YOU DO THAT WITH THE IPOD?

what- how did i get a brand new replacement or how did i manage to somehow break it?!
 

zimu

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Originally posted by: Cuda1447
Originally posted by: zimu
Originally posted by: kermalou
HOW DID YOU DO THAT WITH THE IPOD?

what- how did i get a brand new replacement or how did i manage to somehow break it?!




Was it a manufacture warranty?

ipods come with 1 year limited warranty; 9 months free warranty (the remaining 3 months there's a $30 fee).
i ran the HDD test on my ipod, it had a read error 20 mins in. i took it into an apple store and the battery was dead, and they diddn't have the charger. she said i'll just replace it, and handed me a brand new ipod. my jaw dropped.
 

Quixfire

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My wireless router w/printer server failed, sorry out of warranty. Had to buy a new one.
Cable modem has a load handling issue, sorry we can only replace with same unit recommend buying your own modem.
Laptop monitor started flickering, sorry that model has been discontiuned and we don't support it anymore. Looking to buy a new one.

I guess my stuff just lasts too long. :D
 

jagr10

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And ipod is so damn expensive that fullfilling the warranty is nothing to the company.
 

zimu

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Originally posted by: jagr10
And ipod is so damn expensive that fullfilling the warranty is nothing to the company.

hehehehe, i'm assuming you don't have an ipod!!

actually i bought my 15 gig ipod second hand off of craigslist for $200 last november. i think thats a freakin' smoking deal, especially considering i know have a brand new ipod. $200!!
 

toant103

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Originally posted by: zimu
so i don't know why, but all of a sudden my electronics have gone bezerk:

1) laptop hard drive started coughing, and was just about to die. dell replaced my 30 GB for a 40GB one, free.
2) my palm zire 71's button had gotten stuck. pretty scratched up; they sent me a brand new unit, free.
3) my ipod (totally beat up, scratched up etc) drive started clicking and misbehaving. they gave me a brand new replacement.

i've basically gotten all my favorite electronics brand new in the past week!

new or refurbished?
 

zimu

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Originally posted by: toant103
Originally posted by: zimu
so i don't know why, but all of a sudden my electronics have gone bezerk:

1) laptop hard drive started coughing, and was just about to die. dell replaced my 30 GB for a 40GB one, free.
2) my palm zire 71's button had gotten stuck. pretty scratched up; they sent me a brand new unit, free.
3) my ipod (totally beat up, scratched up etc) drive started clicking and misbehaving. they gave me a brand new replacement.

i've basically gotten all my favorite electronics brand new in the past week!

new or refurbished?

the laptop HDD was refurb, the zire was new as well as the ipod.
 

zimu

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Originally posted by: caitlion
well... i got a slighty used 5gb ipod for $25 so :p

thats cool! :)

although i couldn't fit 1/2 my music on that... but its still cool!
 

Viper GTS

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Originally posted by: zimu
Originally posted by: caitlion
well... i got a slighty used 5gb ipod for $25 so :p

thats cool! :)

although i couldn't fit 1/2 my music on that... but its still cool!

I couldn't fit half my music on the 40 gig model.

:p

Viper GTS
 

zimu

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Originally posted by: Viper GTS
Originally posted by: zimu
Originally posted by: caitlion
well... i got a slighty used 5gb ipod for $25 so :p

thats cool! :)

although i couldn't fit 1/2 my music on that... but its still cool!

I couldn't fit half my music on the 40 gig model.

:p

Viper GTS

lol, all legal music of course, right?
 

caitlion

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Originally posted by: zimu
Originally posted by: caitlion
well... i got a slighty used 5gb ipod for $25 so :p

thats cool! :)

although i couldn't fit 1/2 my music on that... but its still cool!

i know :( i might sell it and get a bigger one.. make a little profit though :p
 

Bootprint

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Originally posted by: Viper GTS
Originally posted by: zimu
Originally posted by: caitlion
well... i got a slighty used 5gb ipod for $25 so :p

thats cool! :)

although i couldn't fit 1/2 my music on that... but its still cool!

I couldn't fit half my music on the 40 gig model.

:p

Viper GTS

Wait, I though you lost all that music on the HD crash of 04? ;)