Wish I had thought of this before the scratches...

So, I think I found a good way to avoid scratches on the chrome part of the ipod if you dont want to shell out $20 for a product at compusa or something.

All you need is some scotch clear packing tape and an x-acto knife, or possibly an emeryboard (metal). All I have are sciccors and it looks ok.

I applied a strip to the back of my nano and I'm still working out the bugs with getting the right width of tape so it doesnt wrap around and over but otherwise its a perfect, cheap coating for the chrome.