Playlists playing out of order

I have a 4g 64g ipod touch. I recently noticed that whenever I make a playlist in my computer and drag it into the ipod, the songs do not play in order. I am positive that the shuffle isn't being used. For example, if I start the playlist on song one then press the forward arrow to jump to the next song, it might jump to track number 16 or 47...but never track two as it should. This also happens when I let the song play through and the ipod moves on to the next track itself. The next track it plays is never the next in line as it should be. I've tried to find a setting on the ipod and computer that could be causing this but have had no luck. HELP! Thanks!

mytone1 wrote:
... if you think that Apple should be paid 30.00 for answering a question that would take about 30 seconds of phone time, then you obviously work for Apple.
No, I don't.
mytone1 wrote:
I dont think its fair for a company to sell a product and then charge the consumer more money after its bought and paid for to troubleshoot an issue with that product. I think most consumers would agree with me. And many companies dont charge for tech support.
That's your opinion and you are entitled to it.
However, another way of looking at this is that the charge is high enough to discourage customers from using the phone-an-employee option and instead read the instructions that Apple have spent time and money writing, or use the forum. It's cheaper than having an employee on the end of a phone providing basic user advice. The additional cost of the phone service would be reflected in a higher purchase price for an iPod.
Consider yourself lucky that you have the choice of paying for that advice, isn't it only available to those of you in the USA?

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