VIDEO IPOD BATTERY HELP OR DID I GET MESSED OVER AGAIN

Hello boys and girls
my original ipod that i had for several years was stolen....after some debate and penny pinching i decided to buy an IPOD 30gig video ...great i thought..now i can have my music and meditations when i work out again
there is a radio shack nearby so i got it there...i also ..very cleaverly i thought... checked to make sure all the other stuff i had spent good money on ...docking station...fm transmitter for car...Altec speakers [great sound by the way] other stuff would work with it and the new video ipod fit perfectly into the docking station
JOY TO THE WORLD...Mother Apple had been kind to me and i was going to have music again and had told that this IPOD was much easier to use then the one i had for 4 years that got swiped..
THE JOY ENDED WHEN I GOT HOME...
First of all I discovered that the FIREWIRE card i had bought for the first IPOD was no more good...now i have to have USB 2 which of course i didn't have
since i work at night and go to school trapsing across town to get a USB 2 card and the appox $30 for it taxed me a little and reduced the sleep i got...however i was antcipating being able to use my ipod that night when i worked out
WELL....that's when the nightmare started...
To be scientific and logical about this let me list what happened and is happening...
1. Initially when i hooked the IPOD to a USB 1 port the coputer recognized it for about 5 sec then lost the connection. Pretty sure that was because the batteries weren't real charged
2. i put the ipod back in the old docking station and plugged it into the old now useless FIREWIRE card...Ipod is happy it says it is charging...it charged all night an d still said it was charging
must be a very hungry iopd!! well i have lots of electricity to feed it
3. i hooked it up to the ac adapter..still charging but FINALLY got full
4. except now when i disconnect it from the ac adapter it goes dead...will not wake up when i connect it to the new USB 2 card Mother Apple said i needed and i staid awake to get
5. SO NOW...am i stuck waiting FOREVER while it maybe gets repaired..unless i've just done some dumb things and can get it up and running without sending it in...
6. will radio shack just give me another one that works...i only bought it two days ago
7. that has been a pain you know where fromt he beginning
8. guess i have to call Apple ..probably monday..sure they're not open today...and guess what ..it will be when i normally would be asleep 'cause i work at night
will try to post this more concisely in next msg if you read this God Bless you

I'm sorry about your troubles with your ipod , and i would imagine that radioshack would take it back , if not then send it back to apple since that kind of problem is not abuse or anything and it should be covered in the warranty.

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