Keeping eyes out for cheap 30gig ipod fella's

**satzzz** · 14th July 2003

Hi lads and lasses,
Just wondering if peeps could keep em peeled for a cheap 30gig ipod.Don't want to get one via ebay,and would like to get one cheaper than the standard �399.
Had a look around but can't find one any cheaper myself.
Thanks all

**Epiphany** · 14th July 2003

LOL. I think your being a little hopeful there mate. There has NEVER been an offer on an I-pod that i know of. The only way i've seen to get them cheap is with student discount. The cheapest is PC World's 10% off with a student card but they never have any in stock. The next cheapest is directly from apple through the student and teachers store which has 7% i think.

Other than that there wont be one. They didnt even reduce the old models before the new ones were released so they sure as hell wont be reducing these ones when they've only been out for a couple of months

**hxbro** · 14th July 2003

398.99 from amazon

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/...821199-6714805

best thing to look for is a voucher for somewhere 10% off would make it a good bargain.

maybe look for somewhere to import from might bring down the cost a bit.

**satzzz** · 14th July 2003

Cheers lads.�400 notes it is then

**wizer** · 14th July 2003

get an archos

**Imran** · 14th July 2003

No Way -The iPod is way better than the Archos in terms of Weight, Size, User Friendliness, Better Screen, Better Remote, Better build quality.

Although the new Philips is coming out, thats not supposed to be too bad.

Im

:erm

**Epiphany** · 14th July 2003

doesnt the archos lock up all the time and the battery life goes down to about an hour after a few months of use and you cant buy new batteries

**Aido** · 14th July 2003

Why don't you want to buy from EBay mate?

I was looking at one of these a few weeks ago and you can get the UK ones for 349 on EBay BuyItNow - they're new too...

I nearly got one but I'm gonna buy one straight from the USA next time I go over...

Apple don't let any of their dealers give discounts unless it's an end of life product - they seem to get away with it too which is a bummer.

**miniboot** · 14th July 2003

i just got the ipod 15gb for �299. They don't give much room for retailers to markup their prices, so the prices are kinda uniform across the board unless you find discounts/codes that apply. I'm only at the 'charging' stage at the mo, so can't exactly comment, but looks v. cool, I'm just hoping it can do file transfers that aren't mp3s, as i wanna be able to use it as a portable hard drive too.

bought from a national retailer who have a 28 ady moneyback guarantee tho so if they get the 30gb back in i can get an exchange hopefully :-)

**Looey** · 14th July 2003

miniboot. what shop you get it from?

**phlix** · 15th July 2003

I'm off to Singapore in a few weeks so I'm gonna wait and see how much I can get one from there. Although I suspect the best place to get one is probably the USA. Apple stuff's always way cheaper in the states.

**wizer** · 15th July 2003

Originally posted by Epiphany
doesnt the archos lock up all the time and the battery life goes down to about an hour after a few months of use and you cant buy new batteries

Originally posted by Imran
No Way -The iPod is way better than the Archos in terms of Weight, Size, User Friendliness, Better Screen, Better Remote, Better build quality.

Although the new Philips is coming out, thats not supposed to be too bad.

Im :erm

Rubbish!!! Mine has NEVER locked up, The battery lasts for at least 8hours (continual play). The batteries ARE fully replaceable! The weight is exactly the same as the IPOD. It is a little chunkier (but then its �100 cheaper!) The build quality is fine and if you upgrade the firmare to Rockbox its got 100's more features than any other mp3 player on the market... and thats the facts. The archos is capable of recording and playing FM radio too.

Also the IPOD is very difficult to upgrade the hdd, whereas the archos you can easily slip a bigger hdd in there. I'm getting an 80gb drive for mine.

**satzzz** · 15th July 2003

Looked at that myself Aido.And it looks like he imports them from the States as it mentions direct shipping from UK or USA

Originally posted by Aido
Why don't you want to buy from EBay mate?

I was looking at one of these a few weeks ago and you can get the UK ones for 349 on EBay BuyItNow - they're new too...

I nearly got one but I'm gonna buy one straight from the USA next time I go over...

Apple don't let any of their dealers give discounts unless it's an end of life product - they seem to get away with it too which is a bummer.

**Nookie_Bear** · 15th July 2003

http://promo.euro.apple.com/promo/refurb/uk/

Never seen this part of the store open yet, but it'll be worth a try, and if you get one before me, i'll nae be happy ;-)

**devs** · 15th July 2003

Try hear lads! I got one from these people a few weeks ago the delivery was free and pretty quick! The iPod is great! Really light!

http://users.macunlimited.net/kieranbaxter/ipod/

dEVS!

**EvilBoB** · 15th July 2003

�299.99 from Totenham Court Rd for the 20 gig variety (incl VAT)

And that's the new model one too.

The missus bought the 10 gig one which is more than enough music for one person methinks!

**Epiphany** · 15th July 2003

there isnt a new model 20gig one

the 20gig was replaced by the 15gig and the 30gig

**Epiphany** · 15th July 2003

Originally posted by wizer
Rubbish!!! Mine has NEVER locked up, The battery lasts for at least 8hours (continual play). The batteries ARE fully replaceable! The weight is exactly the same as the IPOD. It is a little chunkier (but then its �100 cheaper!) The build quality is fine and if you upgrade the firmare to Rockbox its got 100's more features than any other mp3 player on the market... and thats the facts. The archos is capable of recording and playing FM radio too.

Also the IPOD is very difficult to upgrade the hdd, whereas the archos you can easily slip a bigger hdd in there. I'm getting an 80gb drive for mine.

There was a thread about the archos a while back and thats what they said, they also posted a link to a support forum that was completely flooded with complains about it saying exactly what i said before