I would just like to say that, believe it or not, people do conduct business outside of the "buy it now" option on eBay.
Business in which one contacts a company, in this case an individual, haggles prices, and agrees to pay for a service on one's own terms, is legitimate business.
I looked around for quite a bit to upgrade my 160 GB iPod.
Had it not been for finding a reference to that eBay member on the Apple Forums, I probably wouldn't have upgraded my iPod. The RapidRepair prices are just a bit too steep.
I posted the whole background info, because I realize that some people may want a NAND based iPod, and if they're willing to pay those kind of prices, all the more power to them. I was just trying to give them information that they could use to make the best decision for themselves.
To put it bluntly, I was looking to upgrade my iPod to 240 GB and I feel I found a great repair shop in Colorado to do it for me, even though I live in Iowa. I just wanted to share my findings. It's way easier to buy a harddrive and have someone else install it than to open up the iPod. I wouldn't wish opening an iPod on my worst enemy.
I'm not going to post the exact prices, because that is between the customer and the business to decide upon. That's kind of important when doing that kind of business.
I'll delete my offensive post, but I just wanted to say that I thought that I was helping the conversation.
The thread is: "Where to Get 240gb iPod Classic Upgrade" and I believe my post was more than pertinent to that.
That's all I'm saying.
p.s. I really don't see the distinction between advising people to go to RapidRepair and advising people to go a (more) private company. You pay for a product, and/or service, and it gets handled accordingly.
EDIT:
I've edited out the previous post.