There is this site that makes awesome protective skins. The site is www.gelaskins.com It has awesome skins for alot of different items. And the artworks is crazy sick. Should really check it out.
If you're like me, and you want to protect the Classic, but you also enjoy the look of the iPod as-is, get the Griffen iClear (or is it iCase)... something like that. It's a clear plastic shell that goes over your iPod and gives it all the protection you'll ever need, and at the same time, it's like it's not even there!
I'm using the leather flip case by griffin
not to bad i just looked my 80 gb ipod steal have a few scratches
buy one of thoses clear protective shields first