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Off topic: why would someone engrave their item? If you or whoever is gifted the item ever decides to resell it some day, it becomes a headache. And I don't rec
by fg137 24d ago
Off topic: why would someone engrave their item? If you or whoever is gifted the item ever decides to resell it some day, it becomes a headache. And I don't recall any other company offer such service for consumer electronics.
- shermantanktop 24d agoWatches? Jewelry? Monogrammed clothes? Custom-printed shoes and t-shirts? Lots of examples, and of course it affects resale. Apple was clearly thinking outside the category of “consumer electronics.”
- compiler-guy 24d agoMany people don’t care about resale or pass-along value in the things that they own or gift. And even if one does, then you just consider the diminished value as another cost of having the personalized item. For many people, especially gift givers where the item is about far more than economics, it is worth it. And it is very unclear to me why "resale value" should trump about a million other considerations.
- fg137 23d agoIt is a consideration, and I never said it trumps everything else. The original post is just a plain question. Maybe don't make things up.
- reaperducer 24d agoI don't recall any other company offer such service for consumer electronics. Then recall that premium silver, especially items given as presents, are very often engraved, and have been for hundreds of years. Apple is a premium brand, not "any other company," especially in the era this post covers.
- roncinephile 24d agoThis was very much a thing. The emotions wrapped up in iPods back in the day are incalculable. It was the tool that set us lumpenproles free back in the day
- sssilver 24d agoI engraved mine for two practical reasons — tell mine apart from others and have contact info in case I lost it and it was found by a decent person.
- sajithdilshan 23d agoEngraving was pretty common for items that are made to be used for decades. High quality watches, clothing items, etc. all had the initials engraved. Maybe back in the day people believed that iPods can be used for decades (I guess they can be if the battery can be switched, I’ve never had one. So not sure)
- morpheuskafka 23d agoIt could plausibly reduce theft, for one. Before they started using SSNs as quasi-passwords, people used to be encourage to engrave their SSN on their TV and other stuff.