ZEN TOUCH BATTERY REPLACEMENT POL

BEFORE I PURCHASED MY ZEN TOUCH 40GB, I EMAILED CREATIVE TO SEE WHAT THERE BATTERY REPLACEMENT POLICY WAS. I GOT AN EMAIL BACK SAYING CREATIVE WILL REPLACE THE BATTERY FOR YOU FOR ABOUT $80, YOU JUST HAVE TO SEND THE UNITY TO THEM. THIS WAS THE DECIDING FACTOR FOR ME TO GO WITH THE ZEN TOUCH OVER THE IPOD, THE BATTEYR REPLACEMENT POLICY WAS CHEAPER AND BETTER. CREATIVE SAYS THE BATTERY SHOULD LAST BETWEEN 3-4 YEARS UNDER NORMAL USUAGE BEFORE YOU HAVE TO SEND IT IN TO BE REPLACED. MY QUESTION IS HAS ANYONE HAD TO SEND IN THEIR ZEN TOUCH TO HAVE THE BATTERY REPLACED YET? IF SO HOW LONG DIDI IT TAKE TO GET YOUR PLAYER BACK? HOW MUCH DID IT COST? WHEN YOU GET A NEW BATTERY INSTALLED DOES THIS MEAN WHEN YOU GET THE PLAYER BACK YOU HAVE TO RE-LOAD YOUR MUSIC FROM SCRATCH?
THANK YOU

dis974 wrote:
I GOT AN EMAIL BACK SAYING CREATIVE WILL REPLACE THE BATTERY FOR YOU FOR ABOUT $80, YOU JUST HAVE TO SEND THE UNITY TO THEM. THIS WAS THE DECIDING FACTOR FOR ME TO GO WITH THE ZEN TOUCH OVER THE IPOD, THE BATTEYR REPLACEMENT POLICY WAS CHEAPER AND BETTER.
Wow, I am glad someone has asked Creative about that - that is good news, my sister (who owns "my" Touch) will appreciate that! Incidentally, Apple just lowered the price for their iPod battery replacement program to $65.95:
<A HREF="http://www.apple.com/support/ipod/service/battery/"]http://www.apple.com/support/ipod/service/battery/[/url]
Just pointing it out, not trying to be nasty or anything - I do not want to anger my supervisors on this forum...

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