No, the guy was just too lazy to buy a new battery and replace it himself, so he whined and whined about it until he got his way. --- Plate of shrimp On Tue, 23 Dec 2003 00:19:33 Murray McDowall wrote: >dfusion2000@... wrote: > >>Yeah, it sucks to know the battery will crap out. But Apple will >>fix it for free if it happens in a year or you can buy an extended >>warranty. Honestly though, I think after a few years most people >>will buy a new one, like getting a new cell phone. Their becoming >>commodity (cell phones AND mp3 players). > >The point of the article in the link was that Apple originally did not >offer replacement batteries. The guy at the centre of the story was amazed >and disgusted that they just wanted him to junk the unit and buy another. >He and his brother then applied a little pressure through the multimedia >dramatisation they created and, lo and behold, Apple came up with a change >in policy. NOW they do offer a battery replacement scheme. > > > > > > >Yahoo! Groups Links > >To visit your group on the web, go to: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/logic-ot/ > >To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > logic-ot-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com > >Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: > http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > > ____________________________________________________________ Get 25MB of email storage with Lycos Mail Plus! Sign up today -- http://www.mail.lycos.com/brandPage.shtml?pageId=plus
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Re: [L-OT] Re: Do you have an iPod or have you consideredbuying one?
2003-12-22 by Chris Butler