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Dell Offers $100 For Old iPods

Posted by pudge on from the mmmm-arketing dept.

Mz6 writes "Dell unveiled an offer that grants music player customers a $100 rebate on a 15GB Digital Jukebox when they send in an Apple iPod music player to be recycled. 'We want to help drive further awareness of the products we have available and...the plusses we have to offer,' said Dell spokesman Jess Blackburn. Thus the iPod offer 'is a way to call out what separates us from the understood leader in this particular market.' Dell is also offering free shipping, free software, and 25 free songs through MusicMatch and brings the overall cost for the DJ down to $99." Helpful tip: If you have a dead iPod, do the rebate offer, and sell the Jukebox on eBay.

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  1. thats a bit low by Kyle+Hamilton · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I dont think its ethical to buy the comptisions products so you can get your half assed player out there

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  2. I like my iRiver! by FatSean · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    It does what it needs, 40G of storage, a lighted remote control and an FM tuner all in one. I bought it because I did not want to be associated with the limp-wrist trendies that flock to the iPod.

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  3. Re:Helpful Tip? by RobDogAlpha · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    If you have a dead iPod, maybe you should question the quality of the device, Skipper. Why not keep the Jukebox and -use- it? You're just a CrApple Nazi, aren't you?

  4. I guess I fail to see... by SolidiusRock · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I don't understand the angst involved with Dell's device. So they're taking some overpriced, crappy technology to replace it with their own at your benefit. One wonders why you bought the $300+ iPod in the first place. This seems to be just like any other marketing ploy. It is just a way to get their product out. Like trade-ins for vehicles.

  5. Re:Not so great.. tsarkon reports lunatics loose! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait


    Helpful tip: If you have a dead iPod, do the rebate offer, and sell the Jukebox on eBay.

    and
    Means you still have to buy Dell's crap.....

    You make me sick. Apple zealots are the stupidest mother fuckers ever. You think Apple's total shit crap overpriced molded plastic pays for Steve Slobs Jet fucking SHIT made in fucking CHINA now (Apple fucked a bunch of Americans out of jobs last week) is any better than Dell's cheap made in China SHIT.

    Fuck you.

    Fuck you and your cheapness. Fuck you for being a snob. Fuck you for paying too much for the wrong shit, and never paying enough for the right shit, like cool workstation hardware and servers from the likes of IBM and Sun. Fuck you for being the type of people who ripped out mainframes for "easier., cheaper" PCs. Fuck you for not knowing anything.

    Fuck you for selling shit on eBay. eBay is a fraud and a scam.

    And about dead iPods. Those have been PROVEN to be one of the most failure prone, least reliable consumer devices EVER BUILT EVER. Every single owner of iPod has brought it to the Apple store at least once. Don't you fucking lie, motherfuckers.

    I'm so sick of you, Apple zealots, and general pukefucks.

    I hope you rot in hell for your fuckheadedness.