Screwed up and washed my shuffle

Long story short... my 2nd gen shuffle ended up in the washing machine. Now it won't charge, its not recognized by iTunes, just plain don't work. Is there anyway to save it or am I SOL? I guess I can always buy a new one and learn from my lesson, but I'd like to at least try.

I just found my daughter's Ipod in the dryer. I quesss that's what I get for trying to do her laundry. Thinking I would need to buy her a new one to replace the one she had just got at Christmas. I thought "why not try to charge it" I plugged it in to my Notebook. The power charging light came on. I thought I couldn't be this lucky, but thank goodness the Ipod shuffle is on sale right now. (which I'm thinking that they are about to come out with a newer one, so trying to sell off the old?), So I decided to unplug it from the charger and try it. YES it works just fine, and it has a nice Fresh dryer sheet smell to it now. I had to untangle the headphones but they also work. I just wanted to let you know don't give up. I don't know if I would recommened puting your shuffle into the dryer, but at least some where warm to dry out. I'm impressed with Apple, and will continue to suggest to my friends to buy Ipod before other MP3s.

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