You've been scammed !!: Apple not so green

This is the last time I'm owning an Apple iPod Shuffler. Not going to own an Apple iPod either.

For S$ 125 and duty tax free, it's small, light, and holds up to 100 mp3s. Takes 30 mins to recharge. Guarantee for 2 years.

...and after 2 years my batteries ran out. You can order them online or go to your nearest Apple Store to order.

Only your replacement batteries will cost more than a new iPod shuffler.

So in fact, the guy at the iPod Center was asking me with a straight face to buy a new iPod shuffler and recycle the old one (for the love of the environment of course).
So here are my cost-benefit calculations below, how this would benefit me and the environment

Costs to buy new iPod < Costs of new batteries Costs of producing new iPod > Costs of recycling
New iPod = More environmental pollution
New iPod > Environmental benefit

Thanks, but no thanks Steve Jobs.