holy shit dude, that really sucks! I'll def keep an eye out online and in person - your bike is unique and I haven't seen any with the gold rearsets, are they gilles?
honestly I'm not sure if the woman is going or not...she'll be pissed if I give away the ticket and pissed if I plan her weekend for her - I'll keep ya posted
gotcha...they would still be covered 1 year from date that matches serial number if you had to return to apple. but we always had those jokers who bought an iPod from some discount website and it was 2 years old already and DOA so they were SOL
refurb just means that it was assembled using mismatched parts from other iPods. it still has the apple 1 year warranty from date of purchase and it's eligible for "applecare" (3 year extended warranty)