Floyd Turbo's Journal: No joy in iPodville

So it turns out that the iPod will have to go back to Apple. That's not really a surprise, but I am a bit disappointed in how long it's going to take. They're going to mail me shipping materials to use in sending it back, which "should arrive in a few days", and I have no idea when I'll get it back from them.

Sigh . . .

I'm also a bit curious about the whole procedure I had to go through to get even this far. Going through the Apple web site, I had to enter the iPod's serial number which was then checked out before I was told that my unit "qualifies for this program". I can't help but wonder just how well-known this issue is within Apple, and whether they shipped me a unit that never stood a chance of working. I'd be most unhappy if that were the case. I guess I'll never know.