I can't register my iPod Shuffle

Hi,
I've just bought an iPod Shuffle, well, I have done I gift to my girlfriend; I'm trying to register it, but I get "invalid serial number"...but I'm sure I copied well from iPod...where's the problem?
Bye, Marco.

"Invalid serial number" probably means just what it says; either the number is invalid or it's a valid one that you keep mis-typing.
I can't really tell from your post whether or not you actually bought a Shuffle, whether or not it was a new one, or whether or not you should be able to register it to begin with. Absent knowledge and details like that, who can tell where the problem is?

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Jeff even posted some help in this very thread. (The 5 Rs)
Try those and this...
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