The iPod isn't that great, plain and simple, and yes he could have. Newegg.com, heard of it? Brand new, never used, not auctioned. He got a damn good deal's all, just like one week you find the ATi Radeon 9600 pro for 70 bucks, the next it's back up to 120, and it fluctuates. But yah, anyways, iPods just aren't that great like I said, and iTunes is teh suck (for me) because you have to pay for the music. I like my pirated music, even though most if it's stuff nobody makes a profit on, like OC remixes and such.
However don't mistake me here, because I'm afraid that might happen. I don't mean they suck, they just aren't the greatest :/. If someone passed me a 20 gig iPod, I'd be all over that thing.
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