OK.......TO CLEAR THINGS UP...
i did NOT pay $250 to get it repaired...i was simply bitching that it would cost that much to get it repaired. im not that retarted.
AND NOW THE GOOD NEWS......
i took my iPod to Costco and told them i got it for my birthday and my parents had bought it there. i explained to them that it wasnt working and they replaced it with a 30 gig video without a question asked.. so now i think that costco is the shit...i didnt even need a receipt.. all i needed to show them was my costco membership card and they gave me a new one...HOW COOL IS TAHT??!?!!?