I had my iPod for a year, and I fell in love with it. I used it for everything, driving, working out, walking to class, walking from class, listening to audiobooks downloaded from audible when I was too lazy to do my reading for school. I was an addict.
Then my iPod died suddenly and my life became a living hell. I couldn’t live without my iPod. Driving became unbearable with only the radio for company. I put on weight because I couldn’t bear to go to the gym without my iPod. At times I was so miserable over the loss of my little electronic pal that I couldn’t even bring myself to get out of bed in the morning.
What added insult to injury was that because I’d had it for a year, Apple refused to even give me the barest minimum of tech support. They wouldn’t even tell me whether I should take it in for service, at least not without a one-time low low tech support fee of $49.95.
I hadn’t been this upset over the loss of something since my vibrator died suddenly in the middle of a two week cruise when there were no cute men in sight.
So I went looking for help on the web. After talking exhaustively to every iPod expert for weeks, I concluded that, for no reason whatsoever, my iPod’s hard drive had just completely crashed and could not be repaired for less than the cost of a brand new iPod.
It’s interesting that this happened exactly two days after my warranty ran out. I still harbor a deep hatred toward Apple for how calculated this all seems, and for depriving me of ’’my precious.’’
I am now an iPod addict in recovery. I bought some CDs instead of downloading songs from the Apple store (revolutionary!) and listen to them in the car. But I still can’t bring myself to go to the gym without it. I take an aerobics class twice a week, but the instructor has his own iPod that he plugs into the speakers, so I guess this means that I still can’t exercise without one.
Beware before purchasing one, you will become addicted and then Apple will screw you.