Charging 3rd gen. iPod w/new eqipment

I just bought a new 60-gig iPod photo and gave my 2 yr. old 30-gig iPod to my brother. I sent it out to him with the all the same equipment that came with the 30-gig model except for the firewire cable charger (which I chose to keep for speed reasons) and instead gave him the USB model that came with my new iPod (he runs windows and I run Mac, so at the time it made sense). Now he's saying that he can't get the cable that I sent him to charge the battery. Is this somehow incompatible?

I'm speaking of charging through the electric wall jack. The same system with every iPod delivered as far as I know, except for the fact that this plug mount has the USB connection as opposed to the firewire connection that it came with. And on a strange note... I sent the iPod via US Mail fully charged ( the battery was still holding 5-6 hour charges) and it showed up completely dead. Could they have shipped it in an unpressurized/non-temperature controled cabin that ruined the battery? I can understand cold temperatures depleteing the battery, but not killing it! Is it a cord/USB issue?

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