10gig 2nd generation iPod refurb $169 @ Apple

[DetM]

Originally posted by: Sideswiped
Heya, mine shipped today also(10g win). Yeah they shipped it fed ex ground also

same... and despite weirdbook's theory, i still hope that the ipod comes with at the most minimal scratches...

 

[Slowpc]

well... still OOS , sent an email but not expecting a reply for a little while.

 

[Eminem2k1]

Sweet I got my notification just now as well accroding to airbornes tracking im supposed to get mine on 9/29/03! Im gonna go start praying its in good condtion

 

[jasonja]

Does anyone elses tracking number from FedEx not work on their website? My tracking number is 23 digits long, that seems real long for a FedEx number to me.

 

[hollowman]

Originally posted by: jasonja
Does anyone elses tracking number from FedEx not work on their website? My tracking number is 23 digits long, that seems real long for a FedEx number to me.

i thought they sent via airborne express?

 

[LordJezo]

Originally posted by: Sideswiped
Stay away from the fm transimitters.

why?

 

[jasonja]

Originally posted by: hollowman

Originally posted by: jasonja
Does anyone elses tracking number from FedEx not work on their website? My tracking number is 23 digits long, that seems real long for a FedEx number to me.

i thought they sent via airborne express?

Well up until ship date it said overnite, but then it become FedEx ground according the email. I picked the free shipping so I don't know what it is. It says FedEx in the email but that tracking number doesn't work for FedEx or Airborne.

 

[DetM]

tracker doesn't work for me and for free shipping, i really doubt that it's airborne express... it should be FedEx Ground

 

[jedimastereLmo]

Originally posted by: jasonja
Does anyone elses tracking number from FedEx not work on their website? My tracking number is 23 digits long, that seems real long for a FedEx number to me.

It's probably cause it hasn't been scanned yet in the system (it's Sunday here and I guess they're not working)

 

[AU Tiger]

Having to work on a Sunday and have been listening to my refurbed ipod for the past four hours. I can't believe I waited this long to get one of these things. Even with the few scratches on it, I am very pleased with the purchase.

I also highly recommend Ephpod for managing the music on the Ipod. Very easy to use.

 

[weirdbooks]

If you are giving as a gift, you are kinda stuck. You would have to spend $275-299 to get a new one, or buy one on eBay and cross your fingers,or hope the one you get from Apple is a "new" refurb: IOW one still in the retail packaging rather than the brown box oem refurb labled package I and others got.

Just out of curiosity, have you and anyone else here EVER bought a manufacturer refurb item of any sort and had it come in looking definately used? By manufacturer refurbished I mean one that was clearly labeled as factory refurbished and in a sealed box, not one sold by Compgeeks or Fry's that was used and returned by the customer and then resold immediately.

As for my experience, other than the occasional purchase of a new item that has been resealed, I have never (that is out of at least 3 dozen electronic and small-electric items) gotten an item where the item itself was scratched up or dirty. I buy Dell and other PC refurbs on a regular basis, my 1701FP is a refurb, my Logitech trackball is a refurb, my Hitachi notebook, as are my two Toshiba TIMM TVs. None of those had anything wrong with them other than sometime having a new serial number label, the original serial number crossed out, or were packaged in a brown-box.

Even though I wouldnt trade my Ipod for no Ipod, the more I think about it the more annoyed at Apple I get. I would have waited an extra week to get one that was "like new". Or may even have excused the scratches if they had cleaned it. But like others I also had to clean gunk off and from around the buttons and fingerprints from the metal. Combine that with the scratches and I am beginning to get the impression that Apple feels that "They'll get what we give them and they'll like it."

 

[elanarchist]

Originally posted by: weirdbooks

Combine that with the scratches and I am beginning to get the impression that Apple feels that "They'll get what we give them and they'll like it."

My sentiments exactly. I posted about the poor quality of the refurbed units at ipodlounge.com and the Apple fanboys there seemed to have the attitude of "how dare you insinuate that Apple isn't anything but the best" and that "you shouldn't complain that Apple delivered a shoddy product because Apple can do no wrong and in fact, they were doing you a great favor by offering the iPod at the low low price of just $169". I don't know about the rest of you guys, but for that amount of money I expect the same quality iPod as others are getting. Its unacceptable that their standards for refurbs vary so greatly, its almost like the luck of the draw. If I wanted to press my luck, I would have gone to eBay

 

[hjlin]

Refurbed = "Pre-owned", which is a nice way of saying "returned, broken, so we tried to fix it so we can get SOME money instead of tossing it in the dumpster". It's same as buying a used car, sometimes you get lucky with cars that have been taken cared of by previous owners. Well, since the "prior generation" iPod is no longer produced, I suspect new parts (i.e. casing, screen..etc) supply to be used for refurbishing are dwindling. I ordered one last week and it's coming next week, so keeping my fingers crossed. Good luck to all.

 

[DetM]

i actually had a deal lined up on eBay, but upon reading that the apple refurb'd units that were shipped were close to 'new,' i decided to go for an apple refurb over eBay b/c i don't exactly trust eBay all that much. apple's always been somewhat low in my book, but for 169$, i don't want some trashy unit...

p.s. apple fanboys suck

 

[GermyBoy]

Originally posted by: DetM
i actually had a deal lined up on eBay, but upon reading that the apple refurb'd units that were shipped were close to 'new,' i decided to go for an apple refurb over eBay b/c i don't exactly trust eBay all that much. apple's always been somewhat low in my book, but for 169$, i don't want some trashy unit... p.s. apple fanboys suck

What makes you not suck?

 

[jasonja]

Originally posted by: weirdbooks
If you are giving as a gift, you are kinda stuck. You would have to spend $275-299 to get a new one, or buy one on eBay and cross your fingers,or hope the one you get from Apple is a "new" refurb: IOW one still in the retail packaging rather than the brown box oem refurb labled package I and others got.

Just out of curiosity, have you and anyone else here EVER bought a manufacturer refurb item of any sort and had it come in looking definately used? By manufacturer refurbished I mean one that was clearly labeled as factory refurbished and in a sealed box, not one sold by Compgeeks or Fry's that was used and returned by the customer and then resold immediately.

As for my experience, other than the occasional purchase of a new item that has been resealed, I have never (that is out of at least 3 dozen electronic and small-electric items) gotten an item where the item itself was scratched up or dirty. I buy Dell and other PC refurbs on a regular basis, my 1701FP is a refurb, my Logitech trackball is a refurb, my Hitachi notebook, as are my two Toshiba TIMM TVs. None of those had anything wrong with them other than sometime having a new serial number label, the original serial number crossed out, or were packaged in a brown-box.

Even though I wouldnt trade my Ipod for no Ipod, the more I think about it the more annoyed at Apple I get. I would have waited an extra week to get one that was "like new". Or may even have excused the scratches if they had cleaned it. But like others I also had to clean gunk off and from around the buttons and fingerprints from the metal. Combine that with the scratches and I am beginning to get the impression that Apple feels that "They'll get what we give them and they'll like it."

I've bought lots of refurbed Onkyo and other audio items from places like Oncecall and all those items have come looking like brand new. One item was DOA, but it sure looked new The replacement came it it looked and worked like new. I've never given much thought to getting a refurbed item, and Apple makes it sound like they spend hours on each iPod testing and cleaning them. Perhaps the refurb guy at Apple just has gunky fingers and poor hygene.

 

[iamshady]

Anyone get theirs yet? I have to wait until Friday.

 

[steelforce]

w00t, first post!

I went for the deal, as I had been lusting after an iPod for a long time. Ordered on 9/24, chose 2 day shipping. Got Airborne tracking number on 9/27, and estimated delivery date of today (9/29). Hung around the house all morning, and it didn't arrive by 12.

Called Airborne tracking, and was told that they were shipping out of Singapore and Taipei, and that once they cleared customs, I would recieve it in 2-3 days. Told them that it said delivery on 9/29, and I missed 1/2 day of work - well, too bad.

For those people who recieved their iPods already, where did it ship from?

Was I getting jerked around by a clueless customer mis-service rep?

 

[iamshady]

steelforce, according to your Apple Order status, in the Detailed part on the left side, what do you have for Shipping Method? Mine says "Bestway"

 

[steelforce]

Priority Overnite, which is nice - I only paid for two day.

 

[james182]

For those people who recieved their iPods already, where did it ship from?

Mine is shipping from Sacramento.

 

[steelforce]

Mine says Elk Grove as well. I think it would be odd if Apple was shipping the refurbs out of Asia when they get returned to Apple.

 

[iamshady]

Mine is coming in from Sacramento as well.

 

[hjlin]

Originally posted by: steelforce
Priority Overnite, which is nice - I only paid for two day.

I ordered mine with the cheapest shipping (3-5 days). Before mine shipped, the shipping method in order status changed around a bit, went to Overnight Priority. They send the shipping notice out to me last Saturday. FedEx thinks it's ground. Seems to be something screwie with Apple's order processing system.

Oh yeah, mine also shows my 10GB is going to come from Sacramento, CA. I am in the SF bay area. I suspect that they submitted the shipping info over the weekend, so FedEx is going to pick up today. So mine should be here Wed/Thurs/Fri. Gives me some times to rip my CDs. Hope everything works when it gets here though... <crossing fingers/holding breath>

 

[Eminem2k1]

Originally posted by: steelforce
w00t, first post!

I went for the deal, as I had been lusting after an iPod for a long time. Ordered on 9/24, chose 2 day shipping. Got Airborne tracking number on 9/27, and estimated delivery date of today (9/29). Hung around the house all morning, and it didn't arrive by 12.

Called Airborne tracking, and was told that they were shipping out of Singapore and Taipei, and that once they cleared customs, I would recieve it in 2-3 days. Told them that it said delivery on 9/29, and I missed 1/2 day of work - well, too bad.

For those people who recieved their iPods already, where did it ship from?

Was I getting jerked around by a clueless customer mis-service rep?

Mine was supposed to come today also according to apples site & airbornes site but I called airborne and all they told me is they would have an update within 24 hours, when I asked if it would come today they lady said no. *sigh*. BTW mine is coming from Elk Grove, CA. Hopefully it just started to process today and will be here tommarow. But dont take another day off