i had written a book on this threadabout my ipod and hit the wrong key - lost the whole damn story, so short version:

bought ipod video broke it opening it to fix the scratches - cost more fixing it than it was worth - and now some songs jump and i still have the scratches.

i won't be worshipping another ipod until they fix the damned screen plastic. (the iphone does look to be the one that fixes that, shame i can't afford it now, and even if i could, can't get it here)