Die Buchwalds

All I wanted for Christmas was an iPod (and the new Billy Joel box set and a mixer and a sewing machine and a brand new beautiful house… I digress) so my dear wonderful husband set out to make my Christmas Wish come true. We found what we thought was a pretty good deal on a 40GB 3rd Gen iPod and purchased it from a relatively reputable seller on eBay. It arrived, but Matt discovered that it didn’t come with the USB cable that connects the iPod to the computer. The product description didn’t actually *say* it came with the cable, so Matt went searching & purchased one from somebody else, again on eBay. Christmas came and I was finally allowed to have my new toy, but it wouldn’t turn on. We also discovered that we had no charger. The charger *was* listed in the product description, so Matt decided he would email the seller. A few days later, Matt’s dad gave us all of his stuff for his 20GB iPod that he never ever uses and told us we could keep it. We used his charger to try to get my iPod to work. It would charge, but then the battery would die very quickly. Matt emailed the sellers. Twice. The second time, he mentioned that he might leave negative feedback if he didn’t get a response. They responded quickly and we sent the iPod back so that they could test it to see if it was truly defective. Today, we got confirmation that our account was refunded for the full price of the purchase.
Now, we’re working with the 20GB iPod to make sure it works properly. If there’s something wrong with *this* iPod’s battery, we can ship it back to Apple & they’ll replace it for a reasonable fee. In the end, what I thought might be too expensive a Christmas request might actually turn out to be *FREE*

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