With a storage capacity double the size of any current iPods still being made, versions of the 160GB Classic – which can hold around 40,000 songs – are being sold as new via Amazon for up to £670. More than 3,000 of the models – the seventh, final version came out in 2010 – have been sold on eBay since the Classic was retired in October, most for between £350 and £500.Even refurbished older models now cost far more than the £229 for which the later generations retailed.
I own 2 iPod Classics, one is a 160GB still in the plastic that lives in my car glove box and it holds almost all of my music. The other is still in the box, the largest capacity iPod classic ever produced and it holds 120GB of data.
I’d never sell them and they are fantastic. when I travel, having all of my music on me in a device with 24 hour playback battery life and not including any data fees on my International plan is a bigger deal than you can imagine.
The grass is always greener for some people and this secondary market shows that.
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