Wow — made Engadget twice. Can this story get any stranger? Get my brother's comments (Stephanie's dad) here and here.
Mom rejects donated iPod, proceeding with lawsuit
Posted Aug 31st 2006 5:27PM by Cyrus Farivar
Filed under: Portable Audio
Remember that 14-year-old girl who is suing her friend over a missing iPod? An anonymous kind soul took it upon [...]
Does this story just get stranger and stranger? Two solutions that would have gotten Shannon a new iPod turned down? See Steve’ Eick response here and here.
Mother shuns iPod case solutions
Plaintiff refuses anonymous gift, paid TV appearance
By Britt Carson
staff writer
A generous benefactor has donated a new iPod Nano to the girl whose iPod was stolen, [...]
Steve here again — Today, a generous Good Samaritan dropped a new iPod and iTunes gift certificate off at the Naperville Sun (the local newspaper who broke this international story) for Shannon Derrik, the 14-year old who lost her iPod. The anonymous women, in a thoughtful act, wanted to resolve this dispute and get Shannon [...]
UPDATE: Steve’s settlement comments here.
Iâm Stephen Eick, the father of Stephanie Eick, the 14-year old Naperville Illinois girl who is being sued over a lost iPod Nano. We had a really fun opportunity to settle the iPod dispute. The Judge Mathis TV show contacted both of us by sending us federal expresses and following up [...]
Now that I travel more this sure hits close to home! I realize margins are thin for the airlines, but raise ticket prices a buck and offer free water bottles! The other thing I don't get is carry-on's. Hello, airlines? The reason I try to stuff everything into the overhead bin is not because I enjoy dragging [...]
I think this sums it up succinctly…
A angeklaagd wegens zoekraken iPod
De 14-jarige Shannon Derrik heeft een evenoud vriendinnetje aangeklaagd, omdat deze haar gloednieuwe iPod had zoekgemaakt. Dit kon gebeuren doordat de eveneens Amerikaanse Stephanie Eick het hebbeding op het bureau van de eigenaresse had gelegd nadat ze het had geleend.
Nadat Derrik terugkwam van een bezoekje [...]
An international incident! I came across this story the other on a site in Germany. Basically they are poking fun at the American press for not being able to clarify clearly whether the iPod’s case in question was pink or black. Use google to translate
iPod geklaut: Eltern verklagen Eltern
Zwei Mädchen sind in Amerika aufgrund [...]
Don’t buy WebCal from snoopsoft.com!
It just seems so obvious to me, what with all of these online calendars, somebody would grab the SDK, and write a PocketPC app that could download the calendar and view it off line. I know, I know, the cool kids have EVDO or such, so there is no concept [...]
Since Stephanie Eick is my niece, I figured no one would care my opinion because they would think I’m biased, but I’ve gotten a few emails asking for my take. Is anybody else interested?
The story did make it to the front page of digg.com though — wow, 1485 people dugg this story? (1486 – me). wow!
Source: digg – 14-year-old girl sues friend over missing iPod
tags: ipod, lawsuit