A buy-it, break-it, buy-a-new-one mentality is unfortunately common amongst capitalist societies. We have been tricked into thinking only professionals can fix our broken products. things are designed to break, forcing us to buy a new one of seek help, and spending too much money, to get it fixed.
What many don't know, or don't bother to research because it is easier to just buy another, is that many things can be fixed on your own. I have had my video ipod for about 7.43 years. It has treated me so well, except recently the headphone jack had gone haywire. The prongs of the inside of the jack were so worn that it was only outputting sound to one headphone. I refused to dig an early grave for my elderly pod, which was holding on for dear life. It has 6,783 of my favorite songs and goes with me everywhere, why should I just buy a new one? First, I took it to the digital duck on campus. The tech guy told me there was no hope for it, I could find an Apple store and pay about $200 to replace the jack. F that, that's how much I paid for it 7.43 years ago, including the "Katie Freedle" engraved back, yea it was cool back then I swear.
SO! I went on Ebay, bought the replacement jack for 3.40 dollars, got it shipped in 3 days and started the risky operation.
If I were to mess up, just a little bit, the old fogie would have been kaput forever but the YouTube tutorial videos gave the the hope I needed to succeed.
After stabbing myself with the green tool and bleeding a bit, I finally pried open the pod, which exposed all the goodies.
It's really not as intimidating as it looks. It took me about 30 minutes to slowly and meticulously replace the jack but in the end I felt completely accomplished and had brought my pod back to life!
Welcome back, it's nice to hear you again.
I didn't need an Apple technician and $200 dollars to fix my ipod, all I needed was the internet.
Thank you Ebay and YouTube for helping me out!
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