Dell Puts $100 Bounty On iPods

KingFishKingFish
edited July 2004 in Science & Tech
Dell wants your old iPod and is willing to pay to get it.
The Round Rock, Texas, PC maker on Wednesday unveiled an offer that grants music player customers a $100 rebate on a 15GB Digital Jukebox when they send it an Apple Computer iPod music player to be recycled. The rebate, available only on the 15GB Dell Digital Jukebox, is designed to woo would-be repeat iPod buyers and also to raise the profile of the Dell DJ versus the iPod. Apple's iPod, now in its third year, is the leading portable music player.
"To be recycled"? That's a nice way to put it... -KF

Source: ZDNet

Comments

  • profdlpprofdlp The Holy City Of Westlake, Ohio
    edited June 2004
    KingFish wrote:
    "To be recycled"? That's a nice way to put it... -KF
    You wouldn't want to throw away a perfectly good battery would you? ;D
  • pseudonympseudonym Michigan Icrontian
    edited June 2004
    lol. If I had one of those busted a$$ iPods, I'd take em up on this deal!
  • LeonardoLeonardo Wake up and smell the glaciers Eagle River, Alaska Icrontian
    edited June 2004
    What's wrong with the iPod? I've only heard good things about them, and not just from Macophiles.
  • profdlpprofdlp The Holy City Of Westlake, Ohio
    edited June 2004
    Leonardo wrote:
    What's wrong with the iPod?...
    They are very good at doing the job they are designed to do. The problem lies in the fact that there have been many documented failures of its rechargeable battery - which cannot be replaced. Apple's response was to tell you to buy a new ipod.

    (I believe I read somewhere that they are changing that policy.)
  • LeonardoLeonardo Wake up and smell the glaciers Eagle River, Alaska Icrontian
    edited June 2004
    Apple's response was to tell you to buy a new ipod.
    Holy cow! That's plain and simple arrogance and abuse of customers. And isn't it interesting that Microsoft is the firm labeled as a monopoly! I've often wondered what businesses such as IBM, Intel, or General Motors would be like if a personality such as Jobs ran them.
  • DexterDexter Vancouver, BC Canada
    edited July 2004
    The newer ones last longer, and Apple has started a battery replacement program for $99.

    http://www.apple.com/support/ipod/service/battery.html

    Dexter...
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited July 2004
    If I spend $100 on a battery, it better be for my damn car, not the ****ing iPod.
  • ShortyShorty Manchester, UK Icrontian
    edited July 2004
    Buy a creative Zen, has a removable battery :Dand it's considerably better than the horrible DELL thing ..
  • MediaManMediaMan Powered by loose parts.
    edited July 2004
    http://www.ipodsdirtysecret.com/
  • NomadNomad A Small Piece of Hell Icrontian
    edited July 2004
    And for the price of an iPod, why don't you just go out and buy a 30 gb Creative Labs mp3 player for like $50 less? A friend of mine has it and won't shaddup about it.
  • ShortyShorty Manchester, UK Icrontian
    edited July 2004
    Nomad wrote:
    And for the price of an iPod, why don't you just go out and buy a 30 gb Creative Labs mp3 player for like $50 less? A friend of mine has it and won't shaddup about it.
    See my post above :D

    Creative > *

    They may make some crappy stuff but their MP3 players are the daddy.
  • TemplarTemplar You first.
    edited July 2004
    Grab the firmware update if you get a Jukebox :o So much better.
  • McBainMcBain San Clemente, CA New
    edited July 2004
    Thrax wrote:
    If I spend $100 on a battery, it better be for my damn car, not the ****ing iPod.

    your car? You can't even legally DRIVE!!
  • EyesOnlyEyesOnly Sweden New
    edited July 2004
    McBain wrote:
    your car? You can't even legally DRIVE!!

    :eek2::rarr::)
  • GHoosdumGHoosdum Icrontian
    edited July 2004
    Thrax wrote:
    If I spend $100 on a battery, it better be for my damn car, not the ****ing iPod.

    If even a car battery costs $100, it had better be an Optima dry-cell! I haven't spent more than $60 on a car battery, ever.
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited July 2004
    McBain wrote:
    your car? You can't even legally DRIVE!!

    Yes, I can.
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