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BrokenPod.com Will Buy Your Broken iPod

by Damien Barrett Feb 21st 2006 at 6:00PM


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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g0rdo

brokenpod.com sucks... I emailed them about a month ago and they havent emailed me back

March 13 2006 at 5:38 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
andy

the link doesn't appear to be working

February 22 2006 at 12:39 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Sylvia

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.

February 22 2006 at 9:07 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
the_guy

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

February 22 2006 at 2:37 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Kurt

Not to pick nits, but shouldn't that be "caveat vendor"?

February 22 2006 at 1:19 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Jim

I'll get a new one soon.

February 21 2006 at 8:59 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Jim

" 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.

February 21 2006 at 8:58 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Mac Diva

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.)

February 21 2006 at 6:48 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Rob Roark

Just enquired about my 20 gig 4G which randomly got all sad on me one day; we'll see where things go from there.

February 21 2006 at 6:47 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Ej

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"

February 21 2006 at 6:21 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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