I stumbled across a website called appleowner.com. It sells Apple replacement parts for pretty much everything. So I was putting in an order for a new iPod Video back panel (because mine is pretty scratched up) and the item costs $0 and the shipping also costs $0. It does, however, say that i need to pay for any duty tax because this shipment is coming from China. Do you think this place will display how much I payed for the item, or how much the item is actually worth on the shipping tag thing (it can't actually be $0)? Just looking for your opinions in this. Not sure if this is the right place to post this either.
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Buying Apple replacement parts. Is this a legit place?
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I've got to say the way it's styled to look like a rip-off of an apple store isn't that encouraging. A whois lookup says it started in 2006 but the address or phone number given doesn't look promising. I'd recommend looking for your product on ebay - a quick search for "ipod back replacement" came up with several hits.
www.ifixit.com is a great place for Apple repair parts too, especially since they have a guarantee. But this other place seems too cheap.
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Yes, very dubious and strange with the Whois lookup same info as the website don't know why ?
http://www.appleowner.com/article.php?id=5
If you take a look at the above link you can see they have three offices. I have been to one of them and it is 100% legit. I have personally purchased a macbook from them and numerous parts.
(Sorry for late reply, but just wanted to correct the information in case anyone searches it)
(Sorry for late reply, but just wanted to correct the information in case anyone searches it)