how do you know it was a bad deal? he was paying something for that broken ipod. those people would have to pay shipping and then sell their refurbished ipod,

how do you know it was a bad deal? he was paying something for that broken ipod. those people would have to pay shipping and then sell their refurbished ipod, also at a loss since they do not have the volume he had to make a profit from used eletronic sales (last time you were able to sell a used consumer camera at a good price on craigslist?) in the end, the profit for both parties may have been the same.