Skipping songs - AGAIN!

I purchased my 4th generation iPod a little over a year ago. About 7 months after I bought it, it started skipping random songs and eventually the hard drive crashed. Because it was still under warranty, I took it in and they replaced it with a refurbished iPod.
Now, less than 1 year later, I am having the SAME PROBLEM and am just waiting for the hard drive to crash again. I paid to extend my warranty for another 2 years because I had a feeling this wouldn't be the only problem that I had with it, but this is ridiculous!! Has anyone else had this problem?
To be honest, if & when this iPod dies, I'll get another refurbished one, simply because I have the warranty and I don't have to pay for it but that is the only reason. Apple won't ever be getting my money for another one of their products again. Re-uploading all 5000 songs more than twice in a little over a year? I'll pass.

iPod skipping
songs?
For those of you who get zero playtime from songs
(i.e. it doesn't even start the song before starting
the next one) try this:
Resetting the
iPod
and if that does not work, this:
Restoring the
iPod
For those of you whose songs are skipping after
getting partway through the song, two questions.
Did you rip these songs from CD's you own? If so,
try reripping the affected songs.
Are the songs that are skipping iTMS store files? If
so, we'd like to know the following, because there
may be a problem with the song file:
1.) Song Name, Album, and Artist
2.) iPod Model (iPod mini [4 gig or 6 gig], iPod Nano
[2 gig or 4 gig], iPod [size and generation])
3.) iPod firmware (this can be found under
Extras>About>Version)
Thanks,
JC
I wish you would stop posting this as a solution. It does not work.
I now have three iPods. Just picked up a Nano. On the Nano, the songs that skip on my other two iPods do not skip on the Nano.
I have restored and reset the other iPods a few times each. Both by USB connection and Firewire, just to make sure that it wasn't my connection.
There is a genuine problem here and resetting the device offers no solution.
It's Apple's problem to fix. This did not start occurring until they sent out a software update.

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