Does Apple charge for repair for out of warranty iPods?

Originally Posted by Junglizt1210

OK guys,

I have a 4th gen (one of them black and white ones, before they released the Photo one) iPod.

I bought it in Feb 2005.... and I also bought 1 year extra warranty from Apple. Both iPod and extended warranty were purchased in the US if that makes any difference, from an Apple Store.

Since buying it, it has been int he UK and I've had it replaced several times, mainly drive faults I suspect with it getting dropped or what not, each time I have replaced it, the iPod was in warranty, but now the iPod is out of warranty.

Last time I checked these things aren't worth that much on eBay when broken, so can Apple repair these things free of charge when out of warranty? I notice the Apple site asks for the purchase date, can I give a fake purchase date? The iPod that doesn't work at the moment is a refurb issued to me a few months ago.

I might just give all the accessories to my sister (she has a video ipod 5th gen) and sell this iPod regardless if it's too expensive to have it repaired - how much would Apple charge anyway?

Thanks!

Originally Posted by Junglizt1210

Last time I checked these things aren't worth that much on eBay when broken, so can Apple repair these things free of charge when out of warranty? I notice the Apple site asks for the purchase date, can I give a fake purchase date? The iPod that doesn't work at the moment is a refurb issued to me a few months ago.

Originally Posted by hotch

yep, not a problem-- the warranty is kind of a joke, actually apple will fix your ipod for free at any time, even if you dropped it or dumped it in a lake!