How Good is the iPod Warranty?

[rabbit]

Would they replace say, a 4G iPod someone* bought used off eBay (and registered at Apple's site) which has a faulty harddrive resulting in the failure to play any audio at all?


*I

[Sidoh]

As long as the warranty is still valid (1 year after purchace) and the damage wasn't apparantly cuased by some sort of intentional desctruction, then yeah.  I'd say so.

[rabbit]

MY purchase, or original purpose?

[Sidoh]

MY purchase, or original purpose?

I have no idea if the warranty extends past the device's first owner.  You'd have to read the fine print on Apple's warranty for that.  Check on their website.  I'm sure they have a copy lying around somewhere.

[Newby]

Original purchase. If it wasn't, I could "sell" my junk ass 2nd generation iPod to a friend, they could get it replaced, and I could ask for it back.

They'll fix any iPod. It'll just cost you a bundle if it isn't under warranty.

[rabbit]

Arg.  Screw that.  I'll save for a 6G before I pay to replace my 4G :\

[Sidoh]

Original purchase. If it wasn't, I could "sell" my junk ass 2nd generation iPod to a friend, they could get it replaced, and I could ask for it back.

They'll fix any iPod. It'll just cost you a bundle if it isn't under warranty.

iPod warranties expire after a year.  When they replace an iPod, you ship them the old one and they ship you a new one.  You'll have to be more clever then that to con a company like Apple, I'm afraid.

[Newby]

iPod warranties expire after a year.  When they replace an iPod, you ship them the old one and they ship you a new one.  You'll have to be more clever then that to con a company like Apple, I'm afraid.

I know that. "I could ask for it back" meant I could get the new working one. I didn't actually mean "sell" hence why I put it in quotes. It was more of a "here, give me some money, i give you an iPod, get it fixed under warranty, all is good."

[Sidoh]

I know that. "I could ask for it back" meant I could get the new working one. I didn't actually mean "sell" hence why I put it in quotes. It was more of a "here, give me some money, i give you an iPod, get it fixed under warranty, all is good."

The warranty expires after a year of purchasing the thing.  Why would you want to give it to your friend so they could do it for you?  I'm questioning the existence of the ability for the warranty to extend past one owner, not an extension that manifests itself when the iPod is given away, sold, etc.

[Newby]

The warranty expires after a year of purchasing the thing.  Why would you want to give it to your friend so they could do it for you?  I'm questioning the existence of the ability for the warranty to extend past one owner, not an extension that manifests itself when the iPod is given away, sold, etc.

Ahhh, ok.

[trust]

The warranty applies to the iPod, not the owner of the iPod. They'll fix it.

[rabbit]

But is a 4G less than a year old?