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[CyberPanda]

If you missed the opportunity to buy the original iPod nearly 18 years ago, now is your second chance — but it won't be cheap.

A very rare first-generation iPod factory sealed in its "unopened original box" in "unopened original shrink wrap" has surfaced in a new eBay listing with an asking price of $19,995, over 50 times more than the $399 it cost when it was first unveiled by the late Steve Jobs in October 2001.

Jobs famously pitched the original iPod as offering "1,000 songs in your pocket." The iconic device features a 5GB hard drive, a two-inch grayscale LCD screen, up to 10 hours of battery life, a FireWire port, and a scroll wheel for "simple, one-handed navigation." Its 0.75-inch thickness was slim at the time.




It's hard to say exactly how many factory-sealed original iPods are still in existence, but there are likely not many, and they rarely go on sale. When they do, they often fetch large sums, with the $19,995 price for this listing in line with an original iPod that reportedly sold for $20,000 on eBay back in 2014.

Offers are open on eBay.

Very Rare Original iPod in Factory Sealed Box Hits eBay for $19,995

If you missed the opportunity to buy the original iPod nearly 18 years ago, now is your second chance — but it won't be cheap. A very rare...

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[Rentahamster]

I pity the fool who buys that.

(Unless he or she resells that for twice the price to some other fool with too much money).

 

[Macapala]

A fool and his money....

 

[JareBear: Remastered]

ONLY twenty grand?

lmao

So I assume anyone who buys this isn't buying it to use it, but to preserve it as a "collector's item" or something like that?

 

[Hideous Snake]

This is stupid. Something being rare doesn't mean it's worth that much. It depends what's the product at the end. There're still plenty of iPods out there

 

[davepoobond]

This is stupid. Something being rare doesn't mean it's worth that much. It depends what's the product at the end. There're still plenty of iPods out there

There's still plenty of paintings out there not sure why some cost millions of dollars

 

[Pagusas]

people who are buying this don't have an issue parting with 20k. Just because 20k means something to you guys doesnt mean its that way to everyone else. At a certain point money no longer registers the same value as other things to people who are rich. A memory, a moment in time, an object that brings back reflection, all that can be worth way more than inconsequential numbers to someone already rich in them.

 

[Musky_Cheese]

Well... I bought a PSPgo so I can't look down on how people spend their money

 

[ThatStupidLion]

should buy BTC with that 20k

 

[Ovek]

To think I bought an original iPod at launch back in the day, should have kept it sealed.

 

[lock2k]

I don't have the original but I have a classic 2006 unit that looks like this:

I absolute love it and I use it every day.

It has the stuff I can't find on Spotify to complement my music listening needs

 

[Tesseract]

i'm gonna put a 1000 low bitrate songs in your pocket

 

[davepoobond]

i'm gonna put a 1000 low bitrate songs in your pocket

that's 8000 pictures!!!

 

[zeioIIDX]

That's cool, damn. I still have an original paper ad for the 1st gen iPod. It came in a National Geographic, of all places. It was perforated so you can remove it from the magazine and it folded out and explained what an iPod was, how much it costs, the release date, etc.

 

[ipukespiders]

As with all things material, It's worth whatever someone is willing to pay for it.

 

[triplestation]

If some wealthy collector type comes across this, it would be like paying $0.50. 20 grand is nice but I say increase the price.

 

[Mr Nash]

Who needs one of those when you can use a Creative Labs Nomad! <3

I actually had one and used it religiously. Thankfully, I was someone with impeccable taste and wore cargo pants, because that's what people with taste did back in the late 90s, so I could slip the thing right in my over-sized pocket and take it all over town with me.

 

[Chairman Tickles]

Ebay and paypal will take $2000 of that in fees.

 

[Scopa]

I have an ipod I found on the floor in the toilet at a nightclub years ago.

- Never used (by me)
- Comes with original earphones (from the floor)
- Has a bunch of gay pop songs on it

Shall we start the bidding at $1000?

 

[CyberPanda]

I have an ipod I found on the floor in the toilet at a nightclub years ago.

- Never used (by me)
- Comes with original earphones (from the floor)
- Has a bunch of gay pop songs on it

Shall we start the bidding at $1000?

I would not want to put a blue light on that.