iPod = iUpset

Yesterday morning my iPod worked fine. By the afternoon it didn't even work. I have no clue what happened, it just won't do anything right now. Which is why I am upset. The stupid thing cost so much and now it is worth the same as dog poo on the sidewalk. I went on Apple's website and it says for the battery service it costs $50.00 plus $6 shipping. Then for out of warranty service other than battery (which is my situation) it will cost $249.00 plus $6 shipping. They don't even give you back your original iPod which I want because I have important files on it. Well not so important files but files I would like to still be able to use. So yeah for that price I could just throw in another $30.00 and get the newest iPod video. It just makes me very weary because this could happen again in another 2 and a half years. I am definitely going to take more care of this one though. This iPod I didn't take care of it like a hard drive that it is. Hard Drives are very delicate and should be treated with care. I treated my iPod like a music player. I am still going to use my iPod like I used to I am just going to be more careful about where I live it. I won't live it in the heat even for a second. I won't leave it in the cold for even a second. Oh well, at least this happened while I am working. I just didn't want to spend $300 on something I already had and worked fine and then just stopped working out of nowhere. I guess I'm ok with it breaking, I understand that things break especially little hard drives. I guess what really frustrates me is that I have no idea what is actually wrong with it. I can't even take it apart to see. Apple really makes me mad about this. Oh well.
Thank you for reading
Phil