I received an email at 4:42 AM on 12, November, requested box that night.
- Box arrived November 17
- Mailed back following day on November 18 (Friday)
- iPod Received by Apple November 21st
- November 22, 2011: Issue identified
Then everything come to a screeching halt
Stated Pending replacement till yesterday December 23
- December 23, 2011: Replacement Product Shipped
Checked Serial on Apple support, and replacement is 6th gen.
Also in regards to some of the comments in the last 9 pages.
My iPod Nano worked fine, it was not "Beat up nor scratched up" My Nano was a day one purchase I drove an hour each way to pick up at the Apple store. Though there was some surface scuffs (from wiping with microfiber) as the very first models where prone to easy scratching, and no cases where available to purchase for quit some time. My iPod has always run hot, especially on recharging, but I figured all this time was just nature of the beast.