Shoutbox

Smash it up...
then say it fell out of the car window

What good will warranty give you? You have a working mp3 player now > you break it > you need to send them the broken one > wait > wait some more > you get a new onbe back... Brings you back at the first step. Or did i miss something?

You could always put it near some strong magnets, it'll wipe everything off it.  Or possibly format the drive.

I'm like everyone else here, very confused.
You want to break it to get the warranty and get a new one...?
Why get a new one, when that works fine?

Alby probably means that he wants to exchange the "broken one" for a working one...and the working one comes with a warranty

He wants to break it because his warranty is gone and if something ACTUALLY goes wrong warranty to the rescue

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Originally posted by SonicSam
the working one comes with a warranty (Smilie)

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That depends on the company policy. I know companies who only give 3 weeks extra warranty on replacements... a lot even don't extend warranty at all.

I think it's lame to break your hardware on purpose anyway. But IF you're gonna do it... make sure yiu will actually get your warranty renewed. Because just a few weeks or less isn't worth it.

moreover, if you damage the firmware intentionally, it will be noticed and i don't know if you'll get a replacement or anything...

but well, i don't know why you wanna break it anyway so...

Storry is this guys.. :

I got a zen micro 5gb with a 3 years extended warrenty with Bestbuy.. not that exact hdd mp3 player is discontuned.. if it breaks, they have to replace it, with the one that is the closest to it : 8gb zen micro photo..

so yeah.. u see what im trying to do..?

Or...

- Creative just fixes your player (while you need to wait a few weeks without any player).
- Creative sends you a refurbished model or one they still have on stock.
- They find out you messed with it and you don't get anything.

... But you could try it i guess.

i bet on the third solution