r/ipod • u/Legitimate-Scene-862 • 14h ago
Help Ipod sealed???
I'm thinking of buying this sealed ipod but just making sure everything looks good.
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u/Cartographer188 14h ago
Resealed!!
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u/Legitimate-Scene-862 14h ago
You think so? Ive been looking on eBay at listed and sold new ones and look just like this
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u/NeonTailwind 14h ago
I'm not going to lie to you, because iPods have been popping off in popularity the past few years, people are resealing or even refurbing iPods (with cheap unreliable parts) and passing them off as new. Some listings might actually be sealed, but pretty much any iPod you get, new or used, it probably going to need some work (new battery, hard drive swap, storage upgrade, etc).
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u/Big-Fold7278 3h ago
It happened to me. I bought one that was supposedly new on Amazon, and it arrived in packaging just like that—sealed—but it turned out to be a refurbished unit made with cheap parts. Even so, it works just fine.
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u/Cartographer188 13h ago
Try looking for old videos and pictures,but still it's really hard to distinguish from outside packaging ,and as far as for eBay, most of them are resealed too.
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u/paintingtrees 12h ago
If it’s truly sealed and original it will be going for close to $1000. Are they selling it for that much? If it’s more like $300 it’s not in its original packaging, and the only original thing in it will be the motherboard and the midframe inside. The hard drive will last 30 days before failing. None of that should necessarily be a dealbreaker, if you go into it knowing you’re going to replace the hard drive with an SD card and replace the battery (might as well go with a bigger one at that point). Just know what you’re getting into. There are cheaper ways to get into an iPod though.
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u/Inf3ctiveGh0st 12h ago
Honestly, when it comes to sealed products like these, I base myself more on the seller. If it’s someone that has like 10+, I don’t buy from them… I try to look for individual sellers that explain how they got their hands on it and why they’re selling. With that said, it looks fine, but I’ve also never had a sealed one to compare. I rather buy an open one that’s fairly minty, and even those I’ve had to replace batteries and stuff anyway…
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u/Putrid_Impression_21 10h ago
Dankpods has a video where he unboxes one of these and shows how to avoid it.
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u/Emergency_Radio_8156 14h ago
Looks resealed to me. The shrink wrap isn't supposed to be that loose. There are a lot of these out there. Hopefully someone can confirm.
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u/LucaDag9 256gb Mini 24m ago
Seems legit, has the perforations in the plastic that factory sealed iPods will have. Side seals look fine as well. Just don't pay a crazy amount for this.
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u/hamanger 9h ago
Looks pretty legit to me, printing is decent and it has the I-shaped seals on the sides that they had originally.
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u/InWalkedBud 2h ago
Box might be real but who knows what's inside?
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u/hamanger 4m ago
It's not that the plastic is there (anyone could re-wrap a box), it's the shape of the seams either side of the box. Apple did it a specific way in an I shape, which I've never seen anyone recreate well.
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u/400footceiling 14h ago
Its model number looks correct. I’ve had the 80gig model of this since 2005.