Ipod randomly dies and wont turn on - multiple instances. why?

I am having an issue with my itouch not turning on. I have a 2nd generation and paid to upgrade to the 3.0 software a few months ago. The first occurrence was a few weeks ago. I woke up and my ipod would not turn on. Wouldn't even show the empty battery picture that usually is displayed when battery needs to be charged. I plugged it into the computer and nothing happened. I kept it plugged in while I got ready and came back to nothing, tried unplugging and plugging it in and it would not turn on at all, just a black screen. I periodically tried to turn it on while at work, but still nothing. Later in the day I plugged it into my car charger and it began to charge. It worked fine for a few weeks then happened again to me. I tried different chargers and nothing would show up on the screen. iTunes didn't recognize that the ipod was plugged in either. Eventually I got it to charge fully using my boyfriends computer and let it charge fully. It was working fine. When I got home that evening, I took it out of my purse and it was completely black again. Would not charge when plugged in. THen this morning it started to charge on my car charger. Any body know what is causing this? I've never witnessed it shut off, just haven't used it for a few hours only to find it completely dead.. doesn't seem like battery is draining quickly, just that it randomly shuts off. I've attempted holding down the power and home buttons but that does nothing.
Has anybody heard of this?

I am pretty sure its nothing to do with which charger I use. Because my home charger that didn't charge the first time I had the issue still worked later on. And another time my car charger wouldn't charge the ipod when it was completely dead even though it had been what worked before. It's got to be something with the ipod. Not sure if its a software or wiring problem.

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