As a follow-up this post, I ventured into Car Toys intent to end this foolishness once and for all. The traffic from Auburn to Federal Way was terrible this afternoon so I had nearly an hour to rehearse what I planned to tell Car Toys. As I entered the store I could see it was packed which makes sense given the proximity to Christmas. But I was greeted almost immediately by a young man who asked how he could help me.
I explained my situation of having come to Car Toys last June in order to replace a broken CD player. I mentioned that I specifically asked for a deck that was compatible with my iPod. As I continued to explain my situation I could see this guy was taking down notes rather than arguing with me like the last guy I spoke with over the phone. When I finished he asked me, “What can we do to fix this?”. I told him that I just wanted someone to install this cable (which I also purchased last June from this same Car Toys) so I could listen to my iPod in my car. He took down some information about my car and said he’d return. About 2 minute later he came back and said he’d take car of it right now for about 20 bucks. I was shocked to hear this given the hassle of my last two phone calls and one visit to the store. I left my car there and twenty minutes later I was good to go.
I’m thrilled with the sound. I didn’t like the idea of using an FM tuner plug due to crappy sound quality. Car Toys ran the iPod adapter to my glove box. It not only gives me the ability to control the iPod from the Alpine deck but it powers/charges the iPod as well. Very very cool!
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