Second Generation iPod nano Repair Stories

A car workshop is noisy and dirty. I know, because I own one. No matter what you do, you can't keep it clean and quiet. A couple of years ago I hired a young mechanic. He turned out to be a natural with a feel for engines. I noticed that he used to always have his iPod with him which led to a bit of ribbing from the rest of the crew. I asked him about it and he told me that the music helped him to concentrate and also blocked out a lot of the distracting racket. It sounded interesting, and I asked to try it. Five minutes convinced me that he was right. While his kind of music was not for me (I belong to the Elvis generation), it was nice to have music playing as you worked. I had thought about this before, but abandoned the idea because large speakers blasting at full volume in an already noisy workshop did not sound like the way to go. But iPods were a different matter. To cut a long story short, I added an iPod to everyone's annual bonus. And I made sure everyone used them. Sure enough, with everyone able to listen to the music they liked the atmosphere in the workshop became better and the number of arguments dropped and productivity increased. However, within 2 months an iPod got accidently covered by grease and I realized that this kind of thing would happen once in a while, but that I couldn't afford to keep replacing them. That was when the young mechanic told me about iPod repair. He took me to a computer, logged on to the internet and found a lot of iPod repair companies. He contacted one, told them what had happened and they said to send the damaged iPod to them which we did. Sure enough, they sent it back in a very short time in perfect working condition. And the repair cost was not expensive at all.In the last one year, we have had 3 iPods damaged because of the conditions they are used under. The iPod repair company had been able to fix all of them and now we have a regular tie up with them and they give us a 10% discount on iPod repair costs. All I had to do was get a spare iPod which anyone who damaged theirs could use while their own iPods were getting repaired.