IPod Mechanic is a company that repairs broken/non-working iPods. Their service claims that you send in your broken iPod to them to be diagnosed. After they diagnose the problem, they will email you with a quote of the repair service. Their website also claims that if you do not wish to pay for the repairs you have other choices: 1) have the iPod shipped back to you, 2) have the iPod recycled at their expense, or 3) they will buy your broken iPod from you.
My iPod is worth approx. $80-100 in a working condition and in its current condition, it is worth $28. The repairs were quoted to me at $139.97, so naturally, I decided not to repair it. I did decide to sell my iPod to iPod Mechanic as per the company's claims on its website.
However, when I informed them of my decision, they told me that they were not buying that model right now, so my only choice was to pay a ridiculous $25 to have it shipped back to me or have it recycled. Nowhere on their website does it say that they will only buy your iPod if they are in need of that current model. It presents the option as a firm option in every single case. Now, iPod Mechanic has my iPod, wants the full value of the iPod to ship it back to me, and will end up with my iPod without paying me a dime for it.
This was nowhere listed as an option on their website, nor does their website inform the consumer of the abnormally high return shipping and handling fees that the company charges if you opt not to pay them to repair your iPod. Their website gives quotes on how much they will give you should you choose to sell them your iPod, and a broken/non-working iPod is quoted for less than $25. I believe the company knowingly charges more for shipping to return an iPod than it is worth in order to cheat the consumer and obtain their iPods for free.
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