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bendycat - 2009-07-07 09:23

While at the dump the other day, i was digging in the bin (this means leaning over to see what you can reach or using a long pole to hook out, or even some times if it's full enough getting one of the boys to jump in and grab quickly some thing good - all this has to be done with watchfull eye's as this is a non-seller recycle centre - the head office peps don't like the back handers going on and staff can get fired

so i saw this and saved it - 5th Gen i-pod - turned it on - yup works - next try the dial - yup works - press play - no Mad the thing just jumped through each song within seconds Frown

well i thought that i would plug it in to the laptop and see if any thing could be done ?

cleared and reset it with latest version of apple i-pod

loaded up my songs (1500+)

ok to disconect

and press play

Big Grin it works Wink

now i have another i-pod tio run through my boxes and best of all, it was FREE Nod Yes Cool



so it leads me to the next point of why people just throw things away without even trying to fix it Roll Eyes it had all his photo's on there - one was of him naked Eek showed the girlfriend and she said he used to go to the same collage years ago - why did he not delete them or destroy the i-pod Roll Eyes

like most things that get thrown away - no one trys to fix it - my 9494 came the same way - free and allfully working, so now i can run my free i-pod through it Wink

any one that thinks that they would never dig in the bins for item's - just think what gets chucked away without a thought Roll Eyes

cheers B

skippy1969 - 2009-07-07 09:45

Nice grab! congrats....... Eek Eek Nod Yes Wink

isolator42 - 2009-07-07 09:51

excellent stuff, nice one.
Just a software upodate & reset did it?
crazy.

I've got to know, which dump do you visit?
...don't worry I won't be along there, I don't have the luxury of the time! Smile

bendycat - 2009-07-07 11:13

yup - clear old stuff and reset - i'm not teccy at all Frown Laugh Out Loud but it is some thing that the guy could do himself Roll Eyes

just guess he went out and bought a new one Razz

oh well i get a new toy for my boxes Big Grin

Aldershot and Farnbrough is the only two that can sell - sorry mate can't say on the other one's as to protect my contacts Cool

jd3 - 2009-07-07 12:42

NICE!!! You were in the right place @ the right time. Don't ya love it when that happens.

aa.fussy - 2009-07-07 21:21

Nice-especially seeing as you got it for fee

I have a 5th gen iPod as well-mine's a 30GB.

superduper - 2009-07-07 21:28

Hey BC, do you live next to a dump or something? you seem to be at the dump or going through the trash a lot. Laugh Out Loud

Although with the stuff you've been finding, I don't blame you one bit...

isolator42 - 2009-07-08 04:59

quote:
Originally posted by BENDYCAT:
...Aldershot and Farnbrough is the only two that can sell - sorry mate can't say on the other one's as to protect my contacts Cool
no worries, just wondered what area of Surrey. My nearest are Redhill & perhaps Epsom at a push. Nothing there at all...


...I still have this Panasonic RX-FM27 if you're interested , drop me a PM & we can arrange a meet Smile

bendycat - 2009-07-08 07:46

iso not forgotten about it Wink thought i was waiting on a pic as you said you had to find it

pm price ?

will pm for a meet soon mate Wink

Stormin Normin

i do gardening for age concern and have to get rid of all the garden rubbish - so it works out sweetly - that way if the top dogs are there, i just dropping off and they can't do any thing about it Wink

the other thing is you have to check weekly if you can before others/ before it's crushed, or rained on

belive me a lot of boxes, that you buy on ebay come from dumps and the same with bmx's - price will go up 3 to 4 time what they pay - think about that Wink

kballenger53 - 2009-07-08 09:07

Talk about MANNA FROM HEAVEN!!! Wow, 1500 songs!!! What type of music did you download? You've got me wanting to check out the garbage bins now!!!

'NUFF SAID

transwave5000 - 2009-07-08 18:52

quote:
Originally posted by isolator42:

I've got to know, which dump do you visit?
...don't worry I won't be along there, I don't have the luxury of the time! Smile


Hes doing the "inside job" thing.
Shhhhh...

retro.addict - 2009-07-13 05:04

That's amazing! iPods are so expensive to buy, even second-hand ones.