September 29, 2007

Have An Old, Broken iPod? Get Cash For It Fast

Michael Arrington

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Sure, you can always sell those old iPods (working or not) on eBay, but it’s far easier to use BuyMyBrokeniPod, a site that promises to buy any model of iPod, working, broken or in between, with no questions asked. You even get an estimate of the price before you send it to them.

Since launching earlier this year, the guys who run the site say they’ve purchased more than 1,000 iPods from happy customers. The average price paid for a working iPod is $100 (range from $10 to $330). A broken one fetches an average of $30 (range from $2 to $216). You have to pay to ship the unit to them in Colorado, and they pay you via paypal or check.

The price they’re offering on my slightly used (and currently bricked) 8GB iPhone is $213. My last generation 60 GB iPod is worth $63. That’s competitive with eBay prices, without the hassle. And if your iPod is broken, these guys may be one of your only choices.

Broken iPods are sold in bulk to third parties or broken down for parts. Working iPods are refurbished and resold directly to to resellers.

The site is full of happy customer testimonials. If any readers have direct feedback, let us know.

See CrunchGear’s coverage of TheGadgetLocker’s iPod Recycling Program as well.

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Patrick Quek

September 29th, 2007 at 9:39 pm

Got buymybrokenwii.com?
Michael Arrington

September 29th, 2007 at 9:41 pm

how did you break your wii?
Patrick Quek

September 29th, 2007 at 9:50 pm

I carry my Wii to my frens’ houses for Wii parties. It is always a magnet to the kids but not the babes. Rough handling I guess for my Japanese Wii.

Still working…Playing Neo Geo Fatal Fury now…
stever

September 29th, 2007 at 11:27 pm

oh man… i hope i never break my wii.
Tan The Man

September 29th, 2007 at 11:52 pm

Ditto. I never got babes with my wii. Hell man, I never got babes with my new Prius…
Boomer

September 30th, 2007 at 1:31 am

I have a semi-bricked third-gen 40GB that’s definitely worth more than $40 to me as memorabilia. But hey, if it’s worth your time and money…
Don Wilson

September 30th, 2007 at 1:34 am

My iPhone is nearly bricked in the physical sense… I’ve dropped it one too many times on the concrete and store floors. It’s quite the trooper.
Dave

September 30th, 2007 at 4:42 am

Hi mate,
Nice article. Definitely a service needed and worth while exploring. One flaw would be that if you live outside the US; postage could be a downer - costing too much.
rc

September 30th, 2007 at 9:38 am

nice article

rc

trading tennis
LivePaola

September 30th, 2007 at 10:17 am

For Dave: readers outside the US may sell it on locally eBay. I got 80 Euros for my broken iPod last year by selling it on eBay Italy - considerably more than the $30 average mentioned in this article. And the buyer paid the shipping.
Gordon Diggs

September 30th, 2007 at 3:37 pm

Second Rotation looks like it offers more (at least for working iPods). Check them out at: http://www.secondrotation.com
Steve Ballmer

September 30th, 2007 at 5:59 pm

I’ve made an even better offer!
http://fakesteveballmer.blogsp.....de-in.html
Announcing Mac for Vista PC Trade-in Rebate!
I stumbled upon an old wasteland full of Hardcore Mac Gamers (InsideMacGames.com) the other day.
Upon reading some of their miserable rants in their forum, I began to have sympathy for this bunch. That’s when I had a truly inspired idea (God speaking to me again). This is my standing offer to them:

“Hello there my Mac using friends,
We at MS value our many years of strategic alliance with all of you people.
We are so interested in your welfare that we are announcing the Mac Trade-in offer.
For every Mac that you turn in while purchasing a PC with Vista preinstalled, MS will send you a rebate for $75!
Upgrade from Macs to Windows, join the rest of the world and get $75 back to boot.
There is no limit on the number of macs you can turn in!”
The offer is only good for the InsideMacGames community for now, however anyone can register with them.

I know this is an extraordinary offer, but that’s just the way I am; extraordinary.

If this little experiment works out with this bunch I will expand it to the entire population of wretched Mac Users!
This could be my greatest accomplishment to date, ridding the world of Mac altogether! All for just a few Billion dollars.

Sometimes I scare myself.
Ben H

October 1st, 2007 at 5:23 pm

Just Stop buying those over price throw away gadgets. There are other MP3s out there.. Besides, you can’t share the songs anyway, If I pay for a song, why can’t I use it the way I want to and in the devise I prefer. I think Jobs is Just Banking On the Masses that likes to be cool. Look at the Iphone, It is cool and over prized alright. But it looks like people just got tired of paying for the cool factor. Getting some compounded interest on $200 sounds better to me. Maybe it is just me.
chris

October 1st, 2007 at 8:31 pm

Trade in your ‘broken” 3rd generation ipod at the apple store and get a new 80gig ipod classic for $71. get the full scoop here.
http://www.allthatscool.com/20.....re-for-71/