Problem with purchased music from iTunes

[Lee]

I've never had this problem before, & I was just wondering if anyone here has had this problem. I purchased an album yesterday from the iTunes store. I downloaded it to my iPod & backed it up on a CR-W Disc. I then played it on my iPod. The first song was OK, but the second song played a minute & then skipped to the next song. The next song played OK. The next song played for two seconds & then skipped to the next song. I had this problem through the whole album. I thought maybe it was the iPod, so I played it from my computer & I got the same problem. I used a gift card & complained to Apple in an e-mail. I got a reponse saying they were sorry & refunding my gift card money (& as of this a.m. I didn't see it). I got no explanation on what happened or anything. So what I am to do, no longer purchase music from Apple? So I e-mailed back saying what gives, no explanation & think the problem is on your end. So their response is they are sorry, they'll check into it & try again in a few weeks? Huh? I want to buy music from iTunes now, not in two weeks. I'm just wondering if there is a problem there & they can't figure out how to resolve it.

Has anyone here had this problem, too?

Lee