Changing an iPod's battery

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My iPod's battery seems to have died. It's failing to hold a charge so I need to replace it. The 'Genius' at Apple this morning said they would do it for £49 , which includes sending it away and giving me a replacement for the duration.

Online, I can get one here but I have to fit it myself.

I'm a reasonably competent person (I think!), can I do this myself and save £36? Or am I going to sabotage my iPod and curse myself to all eternity for being so presumptuous?

i tried to replace my wheel which is abit more tricky. it didn't work but the ipod was pretty dead. there is a good chance you will feck your ipod in the process. how old is your ipod and what kind?

Eeek! It's a 30GB iPod video, I've had it less than two years.

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Any thoughts?

i think the apple philosophy is that folk should just replace these things every couple of years. i think you need to balance up spending £50 getting it fixed and £150 getting a new one. it sucks.

my son managed to chane his and the hard disk he did break one of the clips though but he went in at full speed! think you can get a tool to open the back of it? hth

Thank you Sheherazade and soremummy.

I think what gets me is that I feel I'm being fleeced. I am perfectly happy with my iPod as it is and I don't like being manouevred into spending more money for something that I neither need nor want. it really sucks!

i think I'm going to go for it but will approach with extreme caution. May get DH to sit with me and and double-check. I will be devastated if I f**k it up but I can't afford either £49 of a new one.