New ipod won't charge on bose docking station

I have been looking for sometime and have finally found a 3rd party power converter. Another solution is to send your docking station to Bose and for $99.00 they will repin the dock so charging will work. The converter and adapter only cost about $30.00. Here is the link to the site I ordered from. I just ordered it so I am not abot to confirm functionality yet.....
http://www.griffintechnology.com/products/firewire-to-usb-converter

It's because the port on the base of the ipod is slightly different. It's all a marketing scheme if you ask me. The more slight differences between ipods and accesories, the more money apple makes. Sorry to say it. You will probably just have to do what I do for a cheap other way to go; Plug your ipod in to somewhere it does charge and just buy ordinary speakers at a store for around 10 dollars. Hope this helps!

--Sarah :]

not all products charge ipods they mostly only play them