[BC] iPod warning

[Jeff Carter]

I think they were teasing us.  Surely nobody on this list would get
themselves into the position of paying retail for something as simple
as the changing of a battery.

I just went back and looked at my invoice, and I was correct.  In June
of this year, I spent $5.85 for an iPod Video battery, complete with
the throwaway green plastic separation tools.

I will say that I am pleased so many of you have done so well that you
can afford to spend $80 bucks to have a battery changed.  Even if I
had the money, I would be the recipient of constant mocking around
here if I paid any of the figures you quoted below to change a $5
battery.

And, I might add, I would deserve every bit of it.

Jeff

On Wed, Nov 17, 2010 at 10:33 PM, Broadcast List USER
<Broadcast at fetrow.org> wrote:

>  From Apple's own website, on which they call the battery a battery,
> they have both repair and battery replacement prices.  Battery
> replacement, including labor and return shipping runs between $49 and
> $79.
> Other World Computing sells replacement batteries for $15 to $20 and
> will install them for $39.  I am sure you have the skills to do it
> yourself.