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Apple Store iPod Recycling Program
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Gasu E. said:It really depends on what your usage pattern is. For example, I have two socially engaged teens in my house; and even though each has his/her own cell phone, the cordless phones typically either have a key or contact wear out after about three years on average. On the other hand, if one, for example, had no friends, and the only calls made were once per day for pizza delivery, such phones would last for a very long time. Not that I'm implying anything.
I find they last longer with the pizza guy on speed dial.
MontyZ said:
They send them to the people claiming they didn't know batteries didn't last forever under the stupid class action lawsuit.
Let me see now....
I could get my EDU discount on a new iPod. Then use the $50 from the settlement, plus get 10% off when I recycle it...
Sound like a perfect plan to me
I could get my EDU discount on a new iPod. Then use the $50 from the settlement, plus get 10% off when I recycle it...
Sound like a perfect plan to me
Great Move, Not BS
This is great. I work for the investment company (Green Century Capital Management) that raised this issue at Apple's annual shareholder meeting. We specifically asked Apple to offer free recycling at their stores. Steve Job's reply was say that the whole issue was B***S***.
It's nice to see that he's coming around. Now they just need to do the same thing for Macs. And even better, they should give you 10% off on a Mac if you bring in an old PC for recycling. That would get some switchers switching.
This is great. I work for the investment company (Green Century Capital Management) that raised this issue at Apple's annual shareholder meeting. We specifically asked Apple to offer free recycling at their stores. Steve Job's reply was say that the whole issue was B***S***.
It's nice to see that he's coming around. Now they just need to do the same thing for Macs. And even better, they should give you 10% off on a Mac if you bring in an old PC for recycling. That would get some switchers switching.
Um, no, with Apple its only one discount at a time. So what do you want, EDU discount, recycle discount, or $50.quackattack said:Let me see now....
I could get my EDU discount on a new iPod. Then use the $50 from the settlement, plus get 10% off when I recycle it...
Sound like a perfect plan to me
hell, I'd trade in 10 new PC's for a free mac any day!
and then apple can sell them all on ebay!
and then apple can sell them all on ebay!
While I agree, this is all good, I just gotta say that those environmentalists can be a bunch of nuts!!
To actually devote money, time and energy to smashing Apple about how iPods are ruining the environment, as opposed to say, Duracell (i'm assuming their complaint is battery-related), is nothing more than a publicity stunt.
How many "dangerous, leaky" iPods can there possibly be out there in landfills, and how do they compare to the number of freon refridgerators, disgarded oil+gas cars, mcdonalds plastic cups, over-fertilized lawns, 12 MPG Hummers and the alarming rate of global deforestation?
"C'mon gang! Let's tackle this iPod issue! Those Spotted Owls are doing great!"
To actually devote money, time and energy to smashing Apple about how iPods are ruining the environment, as opposed to say, Duracell (i'm assuming their complaint is battery-related), is nothing more than a publicity stunt.
How many "dangerous, leaky" iPods can there possibly be out there in landfills, and how do they compare to the number of freon refridgerators, disgarded oil+gas cars, mcdonalds plastic cups, over-fertilized lawns, 12 MPG Hummers and the alarming rate of global deforestation?
"C'mon gang! Let's tackle this iPod issue! Those Spotted Owls are doing great!"
this is awesome, i have been jonesin for an ipod photo. this might be all i need to put me over the edge.
Stingy? What do you people expect and want? Yesterday there was no discount or recycling program at all. Now they are implementing a program that fulfills recycling awareness and convenience for the consumer yet costs them money and they are offering customers a 10% discount. Fairly generous I say. Shareholders kiss your profits good-bye.Tamer Brad said:10% is awfully stingy ... I'd just sell it
Exactly. Besides, the less 'used' iPods in circulation, the more new ones Apple can sell. They are a business. Businesses are here to make money. They aren't buying iPods from you, they are giving you a reward for recycling it with them.sacear said:
alms said:
While Steve is smart in many ways, he's also a complete idiot in other areas, which may include dealing with people.
quackattack said:Let me see now....
I could get my EDU discount on a new iPod. Then use the $50 from the settlement, plus get 10% off when I recycle it...
Sound like a perfect plan to me
That's the plan......you trade in your old iPod, they give you 10% off, and they sell another iPod to you and keep sales up.
The thing is this.......many people shouldn't trade in their old iPod for 10% off if HD storage or size isn't an issue. For example, if the battery dies, and you pay $99, you send in your old iPod for "battery replacement" and you essentially get back a refurbished iPod, right? And this thing will appear shiny new, although it'll be the same model as you had before. And if they don't have your model in stock, they give you a newer model. Just keep doing this, and you'll just keep getting newer models than the one you purchased.
A big thank you to the activists who brought this about!
Now don't forget to keep on this until Apple finishes doing the right thing--and extends this retail-store-only option to mail-in, worldwide--without losing the 10%, please
And this isn't about lots of iPods now sitting in landfills and "maybe leaking," it's about:
* Lots and LOTS of iPods being landfills in the FUTURE. It's called looking ahead.
* Materials being wasted that could have been re-used.
* Unsafe handling--often by child workers--of materials recycled in other countries (which Apple's not doing with this plan, thankfully)
* And yes, toxins too. Things do leak out of landfills, and before they GET to landfills. This is why there are toxic waste disposal facilities--even for things like regular household batteries. If dumping anything a landfill were truly safe, we wouldn't need toxic waste centers.
Oh, and thanks for being responsible on this, Apple! But it's only the start of what needs to be done, across your product line.
Now don't forget to keep on this until Apple finishes doing the right thing--and extends this retail-store-only option to mail-in, worldwide--without losing the 10%, please
And this isn't about lots of iPods now sitting in landfills and "maybe leaking," it's about:
* Lots and LOTS of iPods being landfills in the FUTURE. It's called looking ahead.
* Materials being wasted that could have been re-used.
* Unsafe handling--often by child workers--of materials recycled in other countries (which Apple's not doing with this plan, thankfully)
* And yes, toxins too. Things do leak out of landfills, and before they GET to landfills. This is why there are toxic waste disposal facilities--even for things like regular household batteries. If dumping anything a landfill were truly safe, we wouldn't need toxic waste centers.
Oh, and thanks for being responsible on this, Apple! But it's only the start of what needs to be done, across your product line.
sacear said:
Relax ... I am just saying it's stingy compared to what I could get ... don't act like I personally insulted you.
Apple may be a business and want to sell more iPods, but I am a consumer and will get as much bang for my buck as I can. I don't know why you're so angry. I never once said it was a bad idea.
Sigh ... people are so touchy over nothing ...
I am not acting that way at all (personally insulted). I do not feel insulted and I am certainly not angry. You are reading emotion into my comments that is not there. I am just giving an alternate, and in my opinion, more realistic point-of-view, with a touch of sarcasm added for humour.Tamer Brad said:
Sigh... some people are so defensive.