Weekly Deals and Why Pay a Ton for an .mp3 Player for an iName?

Author: The Troll

Once in a while I like to mention a couple of the stores I enjoy here simply because they need more recognition than most give them credit for. This time it is probably my favorite online store, Buy.com. You have probably seen some of their banners on my site before, but I feel that they need a post to really tell you how great of an online store it is.

Their prices are just as good as the other more well known electronics counter-parts online, and they even work in some much better deals than any of those do. Their Weekly Deals section has some of the best deals on the net. Many useful products that are so cheap you can’t pass them up.

One of the major features they have for these weekly deals tends to focus on portable media players, computer peripherals, and just great accessories for laptops, .p3 players, and computer hardware add ons.

Looking at the Weekly Deals this week I decided to focus a bit on .mp3 players. This is one thing in my life that I can’t live with out. I use my .mp3 player more than probably any other thing I own. When I first got my .mp3 player I went for the big iPod name and spent $400 for one. Although I get a lot of use out of it, I probably would never make the mistake again with everything else that is available from the .mp3 market. Why do I need to spend an extra $100-200 for what boils down to just a name? I wouldn’t do it again. I also didn’t even need all the disc space that I got with the one I bought either (60 GB). I don’t even use 1/10 of that space and the only reason I do is because I have it and I just keep a bunch of stuff I don’t even care for on it.

So now I see something like this 2 GB SanDisk Sansa m250 that works just as well, but costs virtually nothing in comparison. In fact this thing actually can use regular AAA batteries. It also has a ready made FM Tuner and and a built-in microphone for voice recording. Way more than my iPod does. the FM tuner alone is something I would have expected from the iPod, but no dice.

On Buy.com they have weekly deals for these all the time so these cheap .mp3 players are such a better bargain when they do what you want, and cost about 1/5 of what an iPod does. In this case they have that SanDisk player selling for only $24.99 with FREE shipping after a $30 rebate. A comparable iPod is going to cost over $100. This one actually retails for around $90, but Buy.com sells things a lot cheaper than most places so you would be getting a huge deal on this. Just look at the reviews for it on the site. Almost every single person gave it 5/5 stars because it is such a bargain.

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