how the fuck did we start arguing about a battery? you're a queer seek for
leading the converstation this way.
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From: "seeklektek" <eclectics@comcast.net>
To: "idm list" <idm@hyperreal.org>
Subject: Re: [idm] Winamp Q and the ipod battery
Date: Sun, 4 Jan 2004 18:57:16 -0800
From: "kiya "iamacopier" babzani"
"Christopher Dilkus"
> >> From: "Matthew Richmond"
> >>> forget winamp! itunes is where it's at...
> >>>
http://www.apple.com/itunes/
> >>> Matthew
> >> iPod, therefore I don't itunes.
> >>
http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/14019.htm
> >> ANGRY IPOD PEOPLE ASSAULT BATTERY-PRICE SHOCKER
> >> [article snipped]
> > True. And since then Apple has instituted a replacement program for
> > batteries that die after the warranty period. The program has even been
> > given the stamp of approval by the brothers Neistat.
> or ever better, for only 49 dollars you can just change it yourself in
five
> minutes.
>
http://www.ipodbattery.com/
> what I found odd, is the fact that these batteries WERE available as a
third
> party product for a while now, yet people wanted to badger apple for
> charging too much for a new battery. the OEM maker of a product is
always
> going to be more expensive than anybody else for repairs, so instead of
> whining about it and defacing all the apple ads in nyc, just go buy an
> aftermarket battery for only 49 dollars and put the damn thing in
yourself.
> -kiya
Easy enough to do, if one is aware of the existence of the $49 after-market
battery. Most were not aware of that option, called Apple, and were
directed to purchase a new unit.
Apple only get their act together after the Neistat's
multi-media blitz embarrased their ass.
seek
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