Avid music fans are spending hundreds of pounds on retro iPod Classic music players from Amazon and eBay, which were recently discontinued by Apple.
Although IT Pro struggled to find any working iPod Classics near the 670 quoted by The Guardian, many were being sold above face value, which was around 229 for the 160GB version.
The iPod Classic was discontinued in October as Apple, as music fans increasingly turn to their iPhones as music players and the iPod Touch.
Apple's CEO Tim Cook said it no longer had access to the components needed to manufacture the iPod Classic, meaning any new versions would be much more expensive for consumers, as the company would need to completely redesign the popular music player.
The iPod Classic's retirement means people are now limited to buying an iPhone with a much smaller internal storage option, because the highest capacity is only 128GB. However, it shows changing trends as music streaming using services like Spotify become more commonplace.
Music experts and analysts started advising consumers to snap up the iPod Classic before it stopped being produced, identifying the demand with people wanting to store their whole music collection on a device rather than using cloud storage or streaming services that need a connection to the internet.
Will Dunn, editor of Stuff said: "There's still a huge affection for the iPod Classic and it's not hard to see why - Spotify might offer 20 million songs, but 120GB of music is more than most people need, and your iTunes library doesn't carry data charges or a subscription fee."
The iPod Classic was launched in 2002, with the higher capacity 120GB and 160GB versions launching in 2007. The slimmer iPod Nano and then iPod Touch were launched thereafter, making the chunky iPod Classic look outdated.
