Filed under: iPod Family, Odds and ends
BrokenPod.com Will Buy Your Broken iPod
Got a broken iPod and don't know what to do with it? You could sell it on eBay and hope for the best, or pay to have it repaired. Or you could sell it to Brokenpod.com, a clearinghouse that'll buy your broken iPod in almost any condition. Dead HD? Smashed screen? Click wheel that won't turn? No problem. Did your iPod attempt suicide by jumping into your toilet? No problem.
I imagine what Brokenpod.com does is strip the broken iPods for parts and then reassembles broken iPods into working iPods. Even if you get only a little bit of money for your broken iPod, it's better than filling the landfill.
We've not tried Brokenpod.com as a service and would be interested in any feedback from readers. I believe this is a new company/service and a quick search turns up very little about the company. As always, caveat emptor.
Update: Their website seems to have gone dark. No idea why. Perhaps they also receieved a letter from Apple Legal about the use of "Pod" in their name.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
tom said 6:20PM on 2-21-2006
I think you mean caveat venditor.
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Eric Jeffers said 6:21PM on 2-21-2006
Or you could take the Hard drive out of it and have a very small Portable USB 2.0 Hard Drive. Search ebay for "1.8 Toshiba Enclosure"
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Rob Roark said 6:47PM on 2-21-2006
Just enquired about my 20 gig 4G which randomly got all sad on me one day; we'll see where things go from there.
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Mac Diva said 6:48PM on 2-21-2006
A drop in the loo should be not fatal. Just let the iPod dry out for a couple days. (I'm assuming the loo was flushed. Otherwise, I wouldn't want that iPod anymore.)
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James Ackley said 8:58PM on 2-21-2006
" Just enquired about my 20 gig 4G which randomly got all sad on me one day; we'll see where things go from there."
Mine did too! It keeps happening. I just tape the back of the iPod a few times while restarting it, which gets the disk moving again.
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James Ackley said 8:59PM on 2-21-2006
I'll get a new one soon.
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Kurt said 1:19AM on 2-22-2006
Not to pick nits, but shouldn't that be "caveat vendor"?
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latin said 2:37AM on 2-22-2006
caveat emptor
"Let the buyer beware" The buyer must examine the goods or property and buy at his own risk.
www.all-foreclosure.com/define/define1.htm
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Sylvia said 9:07AM on 2-22-2006
Make sure you try plugging it in before sending it to these people. I had an iPod that I dropped like a year and a half ago and it stopped responding so I bought a new one and I just plugged my old one in and it's working. I have no idea how or why, it's just been sitting in a drawer. I didn't put any music on it yet so I haven't been able to see if I can hear it, but damn. Now I have 3 iPods.
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andy said 12:39PM on 2-22-2006
the link doesn't appear to be working
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g0rdo said 5:38PM on 3-13-2006
brokenpod.com sucks... I emailed them about a month ago and they havent emailed me back
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