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DailyMail is reporting that early Apple iPod models are selling for absurd amounts after Apple announced that it is discontinuing the iPod.
This week Apple announced that it is discontinuing the iPod Apple launched its first iPod Classic back in 2001 with a $399 price tag Fast-forward to today and old iPods could be worth a huge amount of money An iPod Touch sold on eBay in March for more than $6,500
Amid the news of its discontinuation, listings for iPods on eBay have surged, with many sellers asking for huge sums of money for their retro devices.
Speaking to MailOnline, James Andrews, senior personal finance editor at money.co.uk, said: 'With iPods discontinued, you might be asking whether it's time to cash in on some of your old tech.
'The first thing to say is don't get excited by list prices on ebay. While a few models are selling for thousands, the vast majority are selling for far less.
'But that doesn't mean you couldn't pick up a reasonable amount. Do a search and check recent sold prices for models like your own to see what you're likely to get.
'In general, the best prices go to iPod Classic models, in great condition and with all the leads needed included. If you're lucky enough to have an unopened U2 Special Edition iPod from 2004 in the back of a cupboard, it could make you thousands.'
(Score: 2) by tangomargarine on Friday May 13 2022, @03:01AM (3 children)
You know you're getting old when you go to replace your decade-old mp3 player whose battery is finally dying, and you find out that not just the model, but the entire product line was cancelled like 10 years ago.
I have a SanDisk Sansa Fuze. Physical clickwheel, put Rockbox on it...great stuff. Even the successor to the Fuze, the one with the capacitive touch controls that people said were crap, hasn't been sold for ages. Now the only Sansa mp3 players you can get are dinky plastic exercise models with tiny screens :P
Also the aux jack on my car has been stupid for awhile. It works intermittently *just enough* that when I had a mechanic look at it, of course they said "seems like it's working fine to me." Getting the entire stereo unit replaced with a third-party one, or apparently they also make wireless things you can set to broadcast a local FM signal to tune your radio to...been procrastinating taking care of it.
"Is that really true?" "I just spent the last hour telling you to think for yourself! Didn't you hear anything I said?"
(Score: 2) by mhajicek on Friday May 13 2022, @03:49AM
My first mp3 player was a portable cd player that could optionally read mp3 files from a data cd. It was pretty high tech for it's time.
The spacelike surfaces of time foliations can have a cusp at the surface of discontinuity. - P. Hajicek
(Score: 2, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 13 2022, @10:24AM (1 child)
> whose battery is finally dying
I had a iRiver T30 ...which ran from a single AAA. It did its job that well, I'm actually confused why it hasn't a market in the Smartdevicedrone Generation..
(Score: 2) by tangomargarine on Friday May 13 2022, @06:48PM
Not having to worry about having spare batteries handy when it dies is a convenience I quite enjoy.
And you shouldn't actually leave alkaline batteries in a thing if there's a possibility you won't use it for a long time, since they'll eventually start leaking.
"Is that really true?" "I just spent the last hour telling you to think for yourself! Didn't you hear anything I said?"