Okay. If you are going to pay bucks for something, then take care of it. It is a electronic item; if you drop it, it will break. It you put it in your pocket with coins and keys, expect it to get damaged.
**Note that in the commercials, it is to be carried in your hand at all times.
If Mommy & Daddy gave you the money to buy it then never mind, they have their own problems they created.
I meant any suggestions on the type of iPod, not on how to care for it. But thanks for your concern.... Oh, and I havent gotten money from mommy and daddy since they died and I was given my inheritance. :o)
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