Arny said (with a link to Amazon, showing a 20 GB iPod at $300):
...says you're about $100 high for a 20 GB iPod. Trust me, 20 GB is
LOTS!

So I am surmising that right now there really isn't a more
cost-effective route, like my previously mentioned possibility of
upgrading over time. He currently has about 10 GB of songs, and I have
another 6 GB. And he is downloading more every day (through a legal
source in case the RIAA is watching).

I also read something about the iPods only lasting a few years, and the
consumer not being able to change the batteries once they die. I don't
like that little marketing technique.

Any other possibilities? Or is this one of those things we're going to
have to wait a few years on? By then, we'll definitely need the 40 GB!