I ordered three of the 250s. Two were not functional. Earphone connection did not work on one and the other does not allow me to download MP3 or movies. Not a good experience for me. Hopefully Woot will make good on these. I want good units - not a refund!!

ADDICTED96 wrote:well i bought the other model of this refurbished too.... came in plastic baggie... no box... kinda hard for someones gift in a baggie...

thanks anyways...

Yea
I thought that that was pretty giraffe-like. Looks like I'll just be putting all those things in that cardboard box into a bag to give for a gift

Do you have to use their proprietary software with this, or can you just drag and drop MP3's into the player?

And FYI, for anyone looking for a refurb (rox0rz!) price comparison, Buy.com has (had?) the e260 for $59 and the e270/e270R for $69, refurbished. If you still have use of Google Checkout and it's still in stock you can snag the e270 for $10/GB...

thefinalprophecy wrote:Do you have to use their proprietary software with this, or can you just drag and drop MP3's into the player?

You have to use their software (Sansa Media Converter) to load pics or movies onto the player - it will only read certain formats (forget what they are). That's all it's for.

You can set the player in one of two USB modes: UMS mode will have Windows treating the player like a normal USB drive and you can drag and drop your stuff onto it, and the other mode will have Windows detecting it as an MP3 player and allowing you to sync it with Windows media Player (I think, all I ever do is drag and drop, so somebody will probably be along to correct me shortly...)

I refuse on principle to buy an MP3 player that rerquires me to install and use a proprietary program to transfer my crap over. iTunes can go right to hell.

Do you have to use their proprietary software with this, or can you just drag and drop MP3's into the player?

This is completely drag-and-droppable. Media Monkey is a nice program to do the drag and drop with, though.

Woohoo, after a long time, finally my first woot

Hopefully it isn't too bad.

I swear I ordered two, but looking at my order it says ONE... What should I do?

Woah! I can buy this on another website for over $100, and you come along and offer this GREAT deal!? :thumbs up:

i bought the 2gb a few weeks ago via woot and happy with it. added the chip and have more than i need and mucho cheaper than this.

danke woot

aerogurl wrote:I swear I ordered two, but looking at my order it says ONE... What should I do?

Email service@woot.com ASAP and hope more are in stock once they receive the email.

Goodluck. Sir/Mam

liammc wrote:Email service@woot.com ASAP and hope more are in stock once they receive the email.

Goodluck. Sir/Mam

Mam... and I was thinking, order another, and then email and tell them about the error and see if they will refund my $5... sound like it would work?

talk about a Xmas gift perfect timing for me bought 2 lulzez love woot!!!!!

In for 3 ... just like I was for the 2gb units last month. Love these little buggers. Nice size, solid construction, decent sound, great battery life, drag n drop management, and FM radio. The only negative is that funky charge cable.

Gave my two girls 1 each and took a weekend roadtrip. They listened to them constantly and the battery lasted the entire time.

Mine, I couple with WinAmp and have it autofill from my main disk-based library each night.

I'll stash my 2gb now and use the 4gb (more tunes yeah!), give one to the girlfriend, and keep #3 as a backup. Might even experiment with Rockbox now.

If you're sitting on the fence about this, as others have said -- dive in. A good deal.

Hey nskripchun, thanks for the link to BoxWave. Didn't know they were out there, and they have some nice gear.

Woot, when I finally go broke from buying your stuff, can I come live with you?

TheGord wrote:
I refuse on principle to buy an MP3 player that rerquires me to install and use a proprietary program to transfer my crap over. iTunes can go right to hell.

...my thoughts exactly

I had the same problem with the earphones and the "refurbished". The earphones are absolutely awful. Anyway, now my main problem is figuring out what type of music I can play with the unit. It does not recognize or accept any of my MPEG or music from my i-tunes. any thoughts?

ELVATO wrote:Woohoo, after a long time, finally my first woot

Hopefully it isn't too bad.

I ordered the 2gb model a couple of weeks ago and couldn't be happier. You'll love it.

I got the 6GB refurbished and within less than two months it been giving me problem it will refresh and never finish. I have to say it is cool the features it has, but expect to run into software problems

Purchased the 2GB as an anniversary gift for hubby. He loves it and we had no problems. Player is fine and works well. We were just saying the other day we should have bought two back then so I could have one. So now I have purchased one of these 4GB for me! I hope I am as fortunate this time around.
~SFP

Used to have one of these, that is until a 24 oz monster exploded in my backpack. Oh well, they work real good for rockbox and the battery life is great.

I had the same problem with the earphones and the "refurbished". The earphones are absolutely awful. Anyway, now my main problem is figuring out what type of music I can play with the unit. It does not recognize or accept any of my MPEG or music from my i-tunes. any thoughts?

Apple ropes you in with the iTunes music. That music will only ever work on an iPod . In fact, most DRM music is like this for one company or another. However, you can burn your iTunes collection to CD and rip that CD as a mp3 file which is compatable with any of these types of players. This way you also have your iTunes as a CD collection

SunflowerPrincess wrote:Purchased the 2GB as an anniversary gift for hubby. He loves it and we had no problems. Player is fine and works well. We were just saying the other day we should have bought two back then so I could have one. So now I have purchased one of these 4GB for me! I hope I am as fortunate this time around.
~SFP

Yep, you get the GOOD one! I hope you like it as much as your prince does.

I got the 2gb one woot had awhile ago. I love it. Not as good as my iPod, but for the price you really complain.

ger19wmu wrote:i got the e250 a couple weeks back...put rockbox on it, been real happy with it

you can put rockbox on everything now can't you. I think I put rockbox on my dog.when it loads man that dog is sweet.

eyewerks wrote:I bought the e250 (2GB) refurbished unit from Woot last month and was extremely disappointed. It shipped without product packaging of any sort and without some of the accessories that come with the new units. The earbuds were NOT the ones that ship with new e200 series units, but rather extremely cheap ones. Unit was stamped "REFURBISHED" in huge silver letters on the back, so it is not suitable as a gift. I have purchased refurbs before from other online retailers and have always gotten like-new items, but this Woot experience was horrid.

"Woot" is my new synonym for "rip off".

I bought two of the 2 gigs last month and was very happy. Granted the refurb (rox0rz!) so prominently displayed is a negative and the earbuds are nothing to write home about, but the unit itself is solid and easy to use. It was well worth the price at $30. I went in for 3 on these for gifting/resale. The value is there if one is willing to overlook the few minor nuisances mentioned.

hohoho, yeah, fantastic description, though it got a little weird at the end with flagellae and mandibles and whatnot. Oh, and not a bad deal either.

TheGord wrote:Factual proclamation of superiority with no attending details whatsoever? From an iPod owner? Say it ain't so...

none needed.

These can actually be decent players, just load them up with Rockbox. Adds a crapload of functionality. Better sound quality as well.

Is it possible to play one directory at a time with this player? The only SanDisk player I've ever messed around with completely ignored the directory structure, but that was an older model.

eyewerks wrote:I bought the e250 (2GB) refurbished unit from Woot last month and was extremely disappointed. It shipped without product packaging of any sort and without some of the accessories that come with the new units. The earbuds were NOT the ones that ship with new e200 series units, but rather extremely cheap ones. Unit was stamped "REFURBISHED" in huge silver letters on the back, so it is not suitable as a gift. I have purchased refurbs before from other online retailers and have always gotten like-new items, but this Woot experience was horrid.

"Woot" is my new synonym for "rip off".

Those silver letters come off. And yes the earbuds suck. However. A 4gb player for 55$ is a nice deal. Rockbox firmware is fantastic on this as well. I love my 6gb version sooo much.

This isn't a rip off. it is a sweet deal and I am sincerely tempted.

Will I get this before xmas?

flyguychad wrote:Will I get this before xmas?

Should. If not bring your Christ back into the holiday.

OK so I think i bought my 1st woot. Says I want one and where it is shipping any comments for someone completely new at this? How long does it take to receive a purchased woot? Any things I should know about as a NEWBIE! Less than 10 mins old? WOW set my act up and purchased my first woot in like under 10mins is this the norm? I'd still be filling out forms in Amazon. Glad they use paypal as I'm cash poor but I'm also a new ebay seller so paypal not so poor...tee heee!

thinking, maybe a good Christmas gift

Curse you Woot! You just had the 1Gig version 2 weeks ago (MP3 player version) now you have the 4 Gig Media version. snort!!

The 1 Gig is about the size of a zippo lighter, allows drag & drop from WIN Media Player 10 & above (you cannot directly use ipod songs, but look at previous posts for how to get past that). This is much smaller than a Zune, about par for the size of a standard ipod. The built in FM tuner and voice recorder are dang nice features. Now I have to decide if pulling the trigger for another is worth it, especially with the better shipping method for this one.

YAY! My first WOOT! I'm stoked.

About how long does it take to get something like this? (shipped to new york or philly, nothing out of the way). I really want of these, but not if its gonna take a month to get here. Can any of the more experienced wooters give a timeframe? Thankyou

I got the 2gig version and it says refurbished on the back. It really sucks because I can't give it as a gift! I'm sure the 4gig version is the same way.

The Sansa e200 series is wonderful. Especially once you put Rockbox on, which is really easy to do if you can follow a set of directions. I put Rockbox on the 2 gb I wooted in November, and after converting all my music to OGG format which that firmware supports, the little guy holds significantly more music than you would expect from 2 gigs. With a 2gb microSD and all of your music in the OGG or another small file size codec, I have about 6 or 7 gigs worth of mp3s on my sansa instead of the 4 I should have. Beyond that I think the battery life is great, and so is the sound quality. Video playing sucks, so keep that in mind if you intend to do a lot of that.

The letters "REFURBISHED" on the back of my 2GB from last month were actually stickers, not a stamp, and the letters came right off with a razor.

Amazon has a great Sansa e200 Series 5-Piece Travel Case Kit for $15.81 (very favorable reviews.)
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000GISUAS

Also, the information below was very useful:

TheGord wrote:And FYI, for anyone looking for a refurb (rox0rz!) price comparison, Buy.com has (had?) the e260 for $59 and the e270/e270R for $69, refurbished. If you still have use of Google Checkout and it's still in stock you can snag the e270 for $10/GB...

I just purchased the refurbished e270 (6GB model) at buy.com for $59.99 total. That's just $5 more than Woot's price for the e260!

Cheaper than buying an expansion card, plus buy.com's refurbs include all the accessories that the new models come with.
In the description of what's included with the e260, Woot omits the:

• Travel Pouch
  
• Lanyard
  
• CD-ROM