The verification process was fast (an afternoon, I think) & I went through the steps of ordering my free 20gb iPod last night! Hooray! It's processing right now & should change to "in progress" by the beginning of next week. Then it's wait until they complete the order (probably another week or so after that) & look for it in the mail!

Once I get the iPod I'll take some last pics & then put a timeline here that shows when/what happened throughout the process. Much learned (especially what not to do) so I'll probably redo the "How to Get a Free iPod" steps to reflect some of these lessons learned.