You might have better luck with a standard Best Buy warranty. Best Buy doesn't look at things as closely as Apple does. For example, my sister bought a Nano, a week later it wouldn't turn on, went to the store showed it to the customer service people, they said, "go pick another one off the shelf" Didn't even bother plugging it in. Also people have been known to cause water damage to iPod's purposely, because Best Buy replaced them with a store credit (which they would then purchase the next generation iPod's). I don't promote this fraud, nor engaged in it, I imagine they have now started checking for water damage, but Apple looks at things really closely and sometimes doesn't replace things that are just normal wear and tear (like power adaptors). Also you still get your one year of Apple Care so if you don't like the Best Buy warranty you have that and you could always extend it. iThink that the Best Buy warranty is cheaper.