The 23¢ iPod Screen protection

I've been seeing a whole lot of hubbub in the news about people complaining their nano screens scratch very easily. I've been through a few cases myself, and eventually got sick of the extra bulk around my iPod. It didn't take me too long to develop better habits about carrying mine around, so that I wouldn't need the cases against impacts and scratches.
Then I thought about that screen. I knew I didn't want to take chances with it getting big scratches on it. So I came up with this idea.
You can buy screen protectors for PDA's and such, but they're ungodly expensive. Then I remembered that you can get vinyl at our local sewing supplies store, Joanne's. It comes in varying thickness, I chose the smallest since it was the most I thought I would need, and you can buy it off the 5'-wide roll by the 1/8 of a yard. With tax, the material ended up being around 23¢, less than a quarter!
It's easily cut to size with an exacto knife or a large pair of scissors, just be sure to make it around a millimeter larger than the screen. To put it on and have it adhere a bit, swab a little rubbing alcohol on the screen with a q-tip, then carefully place the vinyl on. Pushing down on the vinyl on the center, and then pulling out (without moving it) to get any air bubble out seems to form a sort of seal that makes it hold down to the screen, as if under tension.
If you don't ram the iPod into your pocket, it stays on for many many months. You get dozens of replacements for it from the piece your purchased (so the actual price is probably less than 1¢!) and it works amazingly well. You may not be able to shove your iPod nano into the change pocket of your jeans anymore, especially for those who wear their pants a little tight, but just dropping it in your front pocket has worked fine for me these last couple of years.
I will say that leaving you iPod in the sun in the car may make this screen protection shrink and peel off a bit, but you shouldn't be doing that to you iPod anyway, right? Hope this helps some people.

Sorry it's taken so long. I haven't had the time to upload some pics until just now.
Here's a shot where I've peeled up a corner of the vinyl so you can see it:
Screen Pic 1
It may look a bit dirty, but that's just because I haven't replaced the vinyl in about 4 months now, and I've grown accustomed to not having to be careful about the screen any more.
Here's a shot of the vinyl stock I've got:
Screen Pic 2
It's reeeaaally thin, so please understand if it's hard to see.
If those links aren't working, let me know and I'll try and work around them.

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