To Engrave or Not To Engrave, That is the Question

If you plan on selling it in the future, having it engraved is probably a bad idea.

Hi, Sally. I'd say engrave it. It looks nice and if something goes wrong with it Apple will attempt to repair it. I wouldn't worry about it unless you do plan on selling it down the road. I was skeptical too until I actually received it.

I am sure it would be nice to engrave it, but as someone above said, you will not be able to sell it in the future to someone else. I had to sell my 4G to a friend to get $$ to buy 5G. If my name was on it, he either wouldn't buy it, or wouldn't give me as much $$.

I agree. Engraving will lower resale value (especially if its name engraved) although the metal backs of iPod can be purchased on eBay i believe. Just pop off your old back, and place on a new one.

Come to think of it, if the metal back is scratched, then get a new one to make it all new again.

*nathan

As you don't plan selling it in the near future, I would go for the engraved version, like I did. It makes it all the more special. I've got my wifes & my own name on it, and if you include a contact number, if you lose it, someone may return it. My brother-in-law from Venezuela lost his wallet in Belgium, and an Italian gentlemen phoned me on my mobile (he had a card with my details inside the wallet), and we got it back. The wallet also still contained the $300 which were inside!!

and if you include a contact number, if you lose it, someone may return it.

Good idea. I put my contact details [name, number, email] as the only contact on my iPod, as i dont have an engraving.

*nathan

"and an Italian gentlemen phoned me on my mobile"

Man i wish everyone was that friendly.

I made a post about engraving but it got deleted because it was against the T & C's apparently. this might go down the same road. stupid if u ask me.

I think i remember that post.

Did it contain anyone recommending possible engravings? Some of the context of the engravings could have been against T&C.

*nathan

I got mine engraved. I don't plan on reselling it. You only live once. If you want it engraved, I wouldn't hesitate.

I got my new iPod last week. I had it engraved. It was defective and I had to return it. Apple offered me the choice to have my replacement engraved or not. They said it would take 2-3 weeks to get the replacement if I had it personalized, but 3-5 days if I did not.

So if your iPod is personalized, you can still have it replaced with an iPod that has the same engraving (assuming it is still under warranty.)

If you get an engraving without personal information in it, it may not affect the resale value. (Mine said "Get your filthy claws off my iPod!")

I do wonder, though, whether the engraving process is why my iPod was defective... Guess I will never know. For this reason, I elected not to have my replacement engraved. On a side note, I am glad I made that decision since the replacement they sent me was the wrong model. They actually sent me an old iPod Photo so I had to return that as well. I STILL don't have my new iPod... grrrr.

wow, i hope you didn't have to pay the shipping yourself when apple makes the mistakes. did you?
I returned my personalized ipod photo too after a week or so because of my own reasons, i had to pay $34.86 CAN for it to ship to the apple warehouse in Ontario.

My first ipod had an engraving that i got off of the website...it looked great and i never had any problems with it. Looks great too, great way to tell it apart from all your friends pods.

They usually send you a box to send the defective items in, but if the iPod itself is working fine, but you've changed your mind, you have to pay for your own shipping.

k. yall should engrave it cuz hello- its free
and besides, u get a service plan, so of course apple can repair it once the battery goes phfttt