If your a Powncer like myself, then you’ll know that I broke my video iPod a couple of days ago. How did I break it? Well, at first look the iPod looks perfect almost new, but when it turns on the screen looks like somebody dropped a rock dog paw on it. Fortunately, I’ve ordered an iPod Touch, but the eight gigabytes won’t be enough to hold my whole iTunes library, so I need help deciding what to do.

Sell it

TechCrunch just recently posted about BuyMyBrokeniPod.com, a website that buys new or old, working or non-working iPods. BuyMyBrokeniPod allows you to get a quote on the chosen iPod and they would buy mine for about $64 bucks. Payments are made through PayPal and the seller (you) are required to pay for all shipping costs.

Fix it

You would probably think the most logical answer would be to get it fixed, but that isn’t so in my opinion. Today, I called Apple to ask them about getting it repaired. They kindly quickly told me that my warranty ended a couple days ago and to get the device repaired I would have to pay $130+ for a refurb, which doesn’t include the ($30) for phone support/setup. I don’t feel like spending $160 on a used iPod, especially when I could get a brand new nano for that much.

Do nothing

Other than the broken screen the iPod works fine. I could just use it to play audio files and leave the video files for the iPod touch. This would be the cheapest and easiest method, but the broken screen would drive me insane. The screen is something I can live with temporarily, but seeing it every day will lead me to just throwing it away.

Buy a new iPod

Buying a new iPod is my favorite idea, but not my bank account’s. After buying the iPod Touch and an iPod classic I will have spent $550 bucks, which is a lot considering I only have a part time job. It’s not that I don’t have the money, I just feel the money could go towards something a little better, like college.

As you can see I can’t make a decision so I want to hear what the Internet has to say. I’ve created a web poll to make it easier for me to make a decision. If you have another idea, feel free to leave it in the comments or email me at mail at r3fresh dot com.

*I’ll be sure to post some pictures of the cracked out iPod as soon as I get my hands on a camera.