Original iPod nano owners benefit from scratch settlement

A big fraction of what we spend of every product we buy in the US is due to ridiculous lawsuits like this one. Yes, when a company is willfully negligent and produces an unsafe product they should be punished for it, but scratched backs on an mp3 player??? Get serious.

Of course my wife didn't "make" me buy her one. I did it voluntarily.

Sweet. sounds like an easy $25 to me. score one for the legal system

Reminds me of this guy I saw at the beach last summer with a MacBook Pro on his lap. Asides from the urge to go over and hit him with a beach sandal, I couldn't help thinking how funny it would be if his battery overheated in his lap, resulting in him throwing that sucker into the sand!

Oh how I am sick and tired of people suing for anything these days. Anyone that signed up for that suit is an idiot and and the fact that the judicial system allows stupid things like this is absurb.

I Hate,Hate, Hate Apple the most anti freedom company in America.!!!

I was forced by my Disabled Son to buy him a Nano even though everything I have is Microsoft .I HAD TO REPURCHACE everything from Apple They say if I want converting software for ITUNES I need a mack screw that.And now my Son Nano has been Stolen and they won't help me.

In my day you would never buy a record turntable that only play one brand of record or a record that would only play on one turn table all I can think of when I think of Apple is anti freedom not the American way.

$15 from a product 4 years ago....I hope your claim was worth the outcome.

In other news Apple has announced all new iPods will be covered in Telfon®.

Apple agrees to repair or replace at no cost to the consumer should they become scratched only if approved accessories are used in combination:

- wooden pant pockets
- plastic pocket protectors
- heat resistant rubber fingertips

In the take some responsibility category, worldwide reports of people taking care of their things are starting to trickle in.

Bunch of f*cking whining cry babies! The cheap bastards couldn't just buy a case? Jeezus!

Ridiculous. It's a media player. Who cares if it gets scratched?

I think this is ridiculous, if people weren't so negligent and if they'd take care of their things they wouldn't have scratches all over their devices. I have a second gen iPod and it is still in fantastic condition, hardly any scratches on it at all. I don't know what people expect when they lob their devices around like they are toys. I've seen people toss them from their pockets onto a counter or something, it makes me wonder why they are always having to get their devices repaired.

People do the same thing with their laptops. I just don't understand how some one could just toss around expensive equipment like it's no big deal. I like to take care of my things. That's why I think this lawsuit is absurd. Just as Oakie said. Putting them in your pocket w/ keys and loose change. What do people expect to happen?

While the plastics on the Nano might have been more vulnerable I don't think people should be suing because of their stupidity and negligence. That's just my opinion though.