iPod engraving

horned_froghorned_frog
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in General Discussion edited January 2014
Does anyone else think it would make more sense to charge by the letter, and the more letters you get, the cheaper they become? I mean, I would love to have my name engraved on it, but not for $49. If they charged a dollar per letter, I could have it done for $12, which I would be more than happy to do.

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  • Reply 1 of 16
    alcimedesalcimedes Posts: 5,486member
    i was thinking more along the lines of engraving "steal music" on mine.
  • Reply 2 of 16
    ghost_user_nameghost_user_name Posts: 22,667member
    What if you want to sell your engraved ipod after a nasty divorce? It's going to lose value if has 'happy valentines darling' on the back?
  • Reply 3 of 16
    mac gurumac guru Posts: 367member
    Apple should allow people whit iPods already, to send them in to be engraved. I know a lot of people that want it.



    Mac Guru
  • Reply 4 of 16
    murbotmurbot Posts: 5,262member
    Yes, reselling them with personalized engraving on the back would be a little tough.



    Guess I'm not going to be engraving mine.



  • Reply 5 of 16
    murbotmurbot Posts: 5,262member




    [ 03-21-2002: Message edited by: murbot ]</p>
  • Reply 6 of 16
    groveratgroverat Posts: 10,872member
    Engraving anything like, "Happy Birthday!" is stupid, in my opinion. That's what cards or sticky notes attached to the freakin' thing are for.



    The engraving is perfect for contact info in case you lose the thing. It also serves to make a theif feel guilty since they'll know whose it really is and how to get it back to them.
  • Reply 7 of 16
    paulpaul Posts: 5,278member
    [quote]Originally posted by groverat:

    <strong>Engraving anything like, "Happy Birthday!" is stupid, in my opinion. That's what cards or sticky notes attached to the freakin' thing are for.



    The engraving is perfect for contact info in case you lose the thing. It also serves to make a theif feel guilty since they'll know whose it really is and how to get it back to them.</strong><hr></blockquote>



    But this also makes it harder to resell...--UNLESS--you could buy "blank" backs straight from apple! (or newly engraved ones, if you wanted) so you could "mix and match" your backs! i think this could actually work!--only problem would be removing the back, but aparantly its possible....
  • Reply 8 of 16
    mac gurumac guru Posts: 367member




    <img src="graemlins/lol.gif" border="0" alt="[Laughing]" />



    Mac Guru



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  • Reply 9 of 16
    groveratgroverat Posts: 10,872member
    [quote]But this also makes it harder to resell<hr></blockquote>



    Not any harder than

    "Happy Channukah Fivel!

    Mazeltov and such!"



    Say you drop your iPod somewhere and someone else picks it up, what's more useful:



    "Happy birthday Joey! Hope you had a great 13th!"

    or

    "Willie Loman's iPod. If lost: [email protected]"



    ?



    Neither one is good for resell, but one actually serves a purpose a sticky note couldn't.
  • Reply 10 of 16
    thuh freakthuh freak Posts: 2,664member
    i think the whole engraving idea is pretty stupid. the only thing that makes sense to me is to put return info on it, but i honestly doubt that'd stop a thief. if i were scummy enough to steal $400-$500 from some1, i don't think having their name written on the benjamins would slow me down. as for charging by the letter, i dont think the market for engraving is large enough to complicate the price scheme.



    "papa was a rolling stone."
  • Reply 11 of 16
    ghost_user_nameghost_user_name Posts: 22,667member
    But people are going to be eating up the whole engraving thing. I have a feeling it will do well with the consumers.



    Someone earlier mentioned wanting Apple to allow purchasers to send it in for engraving. If you look around in your area, you can probably find a place that can do it for you, and I doubt they would charge you $50, probably a little less. The metal back comes off pretty easy.



    I wish they had a trade-up program to go from 5GB to 10GB... I've already filled up my 5GB, but my gf will kill me if I bought another one of these things...
  • Reply 12 of 16
    groveratgroverat Posts: 10,872member
    Tell you what, M3DJack, I'll buy yours for $100 to cover the difference you'd have to pay to get a 10g.



    --



    Not everyone who finds it will just steal it. I've found all kinds of valuable stuff at the lab I proctor, I usually keep them out on the desk when I'm there and have the co-procs do the same.



    If I found a friggin' iPod I wouldn't just say "whoopee!" and saunter home, especially if it had contact info.



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  • Reply 13 of 16
    ghost_user_nameghost_user_name Posts: 22,667member
    [quote]Originally posted by groverat:

    <strong>If I found a friggin' iPod I wouldn't just say "whoopee!" and saunter home, especially if it had contact info.</strong><hr></blockquote>You, groverat, are nobler than most. <img src="graemlins/hmmm.gif" border="0" alt="[Hmmm]" />
  • Reply 14 of 16
    sebseb Posts: 676member
    I'm with groverat on this.



    Having a card permanently laser engraved onto your iPod seems a little silly. But if you live in a dorm room, or some other situation, where multiple people have iPods it wouldn't hurt to be able to flip the little bugger over and see who's it is.



    I think you'll be able to get this done in the Apple Stores. Could be wrong though.
  • Reply 15 of 16
    cosmonutcosmonut Posts: 4,872member
    EDIT: Forget it. <img src="graemlins/smokin.gif" border="0" alt="[Chilling]" />



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  • Reply 16 of 16
    nebagakidnebagakid Posts: 2,692member
    They should like, allow you to go to, you know, the Apple Stores, and like, GET THE FSCKING SCRATCHES OUT OF THE FSCKING iPOD's becuase you know, man



    I have SCRATCHES, and I DON'T LIKE THE SCRATCHES!!!! There should be some solvent to rub on it, because, lemme tell you, I am a sad little boy with an iPod that, in the reflection, shows a scratched up, sad boy, face <img src="graemlins/bugeye.gif" border="0" alt="[Skeptical]" />
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