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plastercaster

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« on: March 28, 2007, 06:09:11 PM »
Just to vent some steam
My bloody Ipod has just broken. This is the 3rd time in just over a year. I am 4 weeks out of warranty and this iPod cost me £180. There is no response from it at all, and from the looks of it I'm going to need to spend £70 to repair it, and its barely worth that.
GAAHHH!!!
Anyone here who can recommend an MP3 player that is actually designed to survive the rigours of being put in my pocket and playing music?
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« Reply #1 on: March 28, 2007, 06:17:48 PM »
from what i've heard, almost all i-pods do that
as far as a different mp3 player is concerned, i've got an i-river, it's slightly bulkier that an i-pod, but quite a bit cheaper.
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« Reply #2 on: March 28, 2007, 06:20:25 PM »
Mines broken too! I get a sad face icon with a  :!:  I only got it fixed last summer after dropping it down the bog!  :lol:
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« Reply #3 on: March 28, 2007, 06:27:07 PM »
My daughters ipod died 2 weeks after the warranty ran out

3 other friends also had similar failures between a week & a month after warranty expiration

Am I paranoid ?

Try the mp3 players from Creative, mine has held up for a year so far without any problems at all (including my wife being convinced it's a tennis ball)

Rob...
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« Reply #4 on: March 28, 2007, 07:26:15 PM »
Oh sod it don't say that guys, mine is nearing a year old and I spent weeks copying my cds. I have one of the 60g jobs too. I'm depending on it to get me through my flight to USA in a couple of weeks.
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« Reply #5 on: March 28, 2007, 07:32:02 PM »
i didn't get an iPod because it was too expensive.

CREATIVE RULE! 3 of my close mates have Creatives, i also have an old creative 512 megabyte jobby that i got off one of those 3 before he upgraded to a higher space Creative. it must be 3 or 4 years old now, and still going perfectly strong, no problems at all! best Mp3 players IMO. that same friend is selling his new one AGAIN soon and he is going to sell me his for about 20 quid  :twisted:
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« Reply #6 on: March 28, 2007, 08:26:53 PM »
Iriver4lyf.

Although the Iaudio X5 is very tempting.
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« Reply #7 on: March 28, 2007, 10:42:34 PM »
depending where you bought it, the fact that it broke so often may persuade them to give you a new one free of charge. it mightn't hurt to check teh OFT website, either.

I know if I bought something that broke 3 times within a year, and then just outisde the warranty, I'd be raising hell with the shop and/or apple (best make it the shop first, that's who you have the contract with).

It's worth a shot. it worked with our TV and currys, and ours broke 3 times withing 5 years.
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« Reply #8 on: March 28, 2007, 10:46:07 PM »
Sony!!!

software is a little annoying at first (not as bad as everyone says once you get used to it)...

but they never break.... VERY reliable...

and great sound quality too.
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« Reply #9 on: March 28, 2007, 10:51:07 PM »
Just to add (and this is not a rant at anyone here, don't worry), if every time something broke just outside warranty, more people fought it (i.e. if you fork over £200, which is about an average week's wages, it shouldn't break 2 days outside warranty), companies wouldn't fob us off with such cr@p. they only get away with it because for every one person who fights it, loads don't. (to be fair, i've heard apple have been less than nice to deal with when their stuff kicks the bucket, on programmes like watchdog etc.)

In addition, I'd never buy another of their products again, and let them know that.
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« Reply #10 on: March 28, 2007, 11:33:44 PM »
It's not just home users that get treated like sh1t by apple, corporate users and official apple dealers are regularly screwed by them also.

Sad thing is that if Microsoft behaved as badly the nerds would rise up against them and goverments would decend upon them.

Several friends have been treated very badly by apple while within the warranty period, and worse after it expires. Thankfully there are still some helpful resellers in the world.

Still now that they claim to be a consumer goods company rather than a computer company, things will change (and apple wont like it).

BTW Sony & Creative products seem to sound better (I'm not blind bigotry, I'm a pragmatist in those matters), Battery life is also much better
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« Reply #11 on: March 29, 2007, 12:25:37 AM »
haha your own fault dude for being a sheep and thinking ipods are as great as "people" say they are utter sh*te, i say replace it with a chi-pod  a chinese ipod nano copy which is actually better than the ipod and has way more features <<<<FACT (google chipod)  and costs about £20.... go look on the bay :wink:
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« Reply #12 on: March 29, 2007, 06:31:20 AM »
Quote from: sambo
Sony!!!

software is a little annoying at first (not as bad as everyone says once you get used to it)...

but they never break.... VERY reliable...

and great sound quality too.


Thanks for your reco Sambo, it pays my bills  8)
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« Reply #13 on: March 29, 2007, 09:38:37 AM »
+a billion for Creative. Earphones aren't the greatest but hey, something's gotta give :)
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« Reply #14 on: March 29, 2007, 10:48:37 AM »
Hmmm...
Can I just say that my iPod's been ok. Had it over a year now, and the only problem is that it needs resetting on odd occasions when it won't go to sleep...
Oh, the other problem is that it's nearly full (30Gb) and will probably need replacing in a few months. And yes, it gets used every day.
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