My $25 Ipod
Was looking through craigslist for random stuffs. Saw someone selling an Ipod for $25… the only thing was the LCD screen was shot. So my first gut instincts was “trouble, yet interested.” You can’t beat a deal. So I email the guy for more info. I’m still a little hesitant, but it is such a good deal.
We decide to meet at Jerry’s sub in Fair City Mall at 7PM Monday night for the exchange. But wouldn’t you know, we had guests visit us. Friends we haven’t seen in a while, they stay and chat… by the time they leave, it’s about 6:59PM. I’m sweating… my $25 Ipod is waiting at Jerry’s and I’m about half hour away. I call him real quick and reschedule to meet him the next day. He was pissed, but I guess he wanted to unload it. I find out he’s a college kid that just bought a newer Ipod. Anyways, he agrees to it, and the pickup went without a hitch. So everything worked on the Ipod except for the screen.
I go straight to Ebay to see if anyone sells screens. Of course, lots of screens for sale. So I order one… then noticed that that they charged me sales tax… which means the seller is in Virginia. I email the seller. He lives in Alexandria. Okay, I work in Alexandria… I ended finding out that he used to work at my current work. He quit and is headed down to FL. Anyways, he lets me pick up the new LCD screen and gives me a quick tutorial on how to open up the Ipod.
So that same night… I decide to fix it. I first watched the video at http://www.ipodhowtovideo.com/video/videolcdreplacement.html. Of course it only takes that guy five minutes to fix it. How hard can it be? I spent about 30 minutes trying to pry the ipod open. It’s much harder than it looks… but I manage to do it even after breaking the soft pry tool the guy gave me. Success!! Anyways, installation was much easier than expected. The only hard part was opening the darn thing.
So for future reference… If your Ipod is having issues… fixing it is much easier than you think. Parts are found on Ebay and all you need is time (patience), steady hands, and guts (there’s risk you will destroy your ipod)…
That is the story of my $25 Ipod. And it works!!
