iPod struggling for breath

My iPod came home yesterday.

Geek squad employee: "Can I help you?"
Me: "Yes. I am here to pick up my piece of crap broken iPod."
I tried turning it on, with no sucess. It promptly was tossed in my purse where I forgot about it, cause it's broken...

...or is it really?

I went to go run some errands and forgot to grab my CD player. 1190 wasn't very thrilling at the moment so on a lark, I pulled out the iPod from my purse. I plugged into my car charger and iTrip, hit shuffle, it started playing... no problems.

This of course validates Murphy's Law of Electronics as I had just ordered a new iPod about an hour before I had to run some errands.
"As soon as you have purchased a replacement, the old broken one will work again."

But considering my check from CU covered the cost of the new one, plus shipping (okay it was $10 short of the entire cost), I am okay with that. It's a refurb, 30 gig, black, video, and 3 year extended warrenty. $259.35

I plugged in my iPod to my computer and have started getting the music that I once thought lost. I can pull 5-6 playlists before it wigs out a bit. I am giving baby a rest right now. Will attempt more later. So it's not quite dead, it's limping along.