iPod owners actually sue Apple

I got my nano and it was already scratched out of the packaging... even with all that silly clear plastic stuff all over it. I just dealt with it...but now it just plain stopped working...however they are replacing it for me. I was a little miffed when they came out with the NANO and I liked it but then like 2 months later they come out with the video unit and for $50 more I could have had 6500 more songs..and video. But that's again like buying a car then complaining that the newer model is better. I was just miffed because I am usually up on this techy stuff..and that one got by under the radar...

I bought a Nano for my wife and a 30GB Video model for myself, mine is scratched beyond belief. But it's my fault. I bought the iPod because it is prepossessing, appealing, gorgeous, delightful, winsome, and magnificent. Not to mention I have a season and a half of lost and a dozen other shows on it along with 1,500 songs. I can't bring myself to leave it anywhere, this thing goes more places than my Visa card! And I also did not do anything to prevent scratches. I keep it in my pocket, lay it in the floor of my car when I am driving and it sits on my desk. If I has used the little sleave Apple provided or purchased a third party case it would be a lot better that it is. But again, this is my fault. I would never sue Apple for somethis this trivial.

All I have to say is if anyone knows how I can jump on the lawsuit bandwagon, EMAIL ME! I juggled a minimum-wage job with full time studies for months to be able to afford an mp3 player with replacable battery, so I could effectively have it for life. 24 hours after purchasing it I can't stand to look at the thing because - and here's my crime - I put it in the same pocket as my phone and walked down a hill. The phone looks fine (as would any normal piece of equipment) but the *black* video iPod is scratched to hell! To the degree that it not only looks TERRIBLE but under certain lights the scratches on the screen make it illegible. My email address is bulletproof.cupid@gmail.com and if anyone has any advice on getting a replacement cover or ipod or just wants to set up an anti-ipod campaign website please email me because I'm more than up for it. ~ Dan

This goes to show how stupid some people in America are. sadly there are many just like that person trying to sue apple. Stupidity at it's best.

Lawsuit is a bit much but still poor product design by apple. If the plastic on the agent 18 shield doesn't scrath (as easily) then why not use that plastic when making the ipod? Cynical me thinks this is just a play to sell more accessories and we're all falling for it!

If they (Apple) changed the resin that covers the surface to save money, and knew that it was an inferior product compared to other IPODS. Then YES to the lawsuit for replacement or refund only. Also remember that Apple is in business to make money not provide a way for the world to hear music or watch videos. Bottom line!!!

Wow! Was this setup to flame or what? Momentarily, assume that even Apple customers care about product quality, and leave off the Win-dohs people. Secondly, assume the US became so wealthy BECAUSE we care for the quality of a product, and drop the bourgeois bashing. Thirdly, let's compare apples to apples, rather than cars. The brushed aluminum and plastic case of my creative slim has survived two years of mountainbiking with a small dent, and no scratches on the aluminum. The last BIKE is in pieces awaiting the replacement. (Specialized covers lifetime on mountain bikes! Apple can't cover a pod?) Why hasn't my nano managed to from home to work in my pocket without be scratched to hell?

The suit isn't about scratches on the body of the nano, it's about scratches on the screen, scratches which accumulate to make the display illegible. The last time I was in my local Apple store to put my paws on the latest widgets, I picked up a nano. The screen looked horrible. It looked like a cheap toy that some three year old had been chewing on. Yes, I'm sure it had taken a lot of abuse, being a store model, but the regular ipods did not display the same level of rampant scratchiness. I think Apple has released a defective product and I hope the class action case is successful.

I'd like to add to this, for the record (albeit a bit late), as an industrial designer. The aesthetic plastics used in Apple products are high-quality optical-grade polymers. They are the same type used in eyeglass and sunglass manufacture. Those who wear glasses will know just how easy it is to be careless and accidentally scratch a lens, even if it happens to be scratch-resistant. That said, the actual polymer chosen for the nano is softer than previous polymers used by Apple because of the aesthetics and other concerns, such as shock absorbing. The choice to use this particular plastic was a painstaking one, as noted by Jonathan Ive in interviews, but an informed one. Apple put initial aesthetics and technical concerns above scratch resistance, and is justified in doing so. Had they used a harder polymer, such as the one used on the G4 Cube, there would be a greater chance of the case actually shattering under a light impact. I hope that, if this case does actually go to court, Apple notes this. Which would be worse, some scratches on your nano's face, or bits of the face chipping off at the corners? This, to me, is an example of an uninformed (or worse, misinformed) public being led by litigious attorneys with their eyes on the dollars and not sense.

It's the law firms that do class-action suits. They wait and find a "reason," and try to win or settle. They reside in states that are very pro-class-action-suit. Class action suits are money-makers for law firms, nothing more.