I just purchased this from Amazon.com on Black Friday for $79.99... Got delivered today, IRONIC.

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 letters peel off easily with a razor blade leaving no hint of their existence.
Why complain about buying a terrific 1 Gig mp3 player for under 20 bucks including shipping.
If you expected gift quality then you shouldn't be buying a refurbished product. Most companies label their refurbished items as such to keep companies form selling them for full price, hence ripping of the manufacture.
Look at the big picture.
YOU GOT A TERRIFIC DEAL ON A TERRIFIC PLAYER .
I bought the exact same unit.

In for 3, thanks woot and the wooters for your input on this woot. Merry X-mas

buy.com has the e270 6gb R-E-F-U-R-B-E-D for $60.00

tj willy wrote:Just thought I would ask again:

Vista support for those of you who have chimed in as owning one?

Sorry tj - not ignoring you, I don't have vista to test with.

I think this is a really good Woot. However, I just bought the 2GB Sansa (which I really like). Would've waited for the 4GB version if I had known it was only $15 more. Put a 2GB card in it and it works great. Installed Rockbox and really like it. A little more complicated on the Rhapsody version due to the extra security, but there are detailed instructions on the Rockbox site on how to do it. Spent another $20 on a body glove case and accessories and they work fine. My only complaint is that Audible won't work on this player - that's fine though, it works on my Blackberry and my old Sansa so no big deal.

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 the same e250 last month. Removed the R-E-F-U-R-B letters with the edge of a razor and absolutely love the player.

The headphones are average and I plan on buying better one's anyway, but for $30.00, it's a great deal.

The player works well, and I like it so much, that I just bought a re-furb-ed e270 (6gb) elsewhere for $60.00 (buy.com) and will RockBox my e250 and use it for the Gym while using my e270 as my main player.

And BTW, mine looked to be brand spankin' new in every way.

If you hate the player you got so much, I'll give you $20.00 for it.

Wow. First time here after a friend referred me. What a great deal! Even without the sunglasses, I still bought it today.

I've got one of these, and I've been very happy with it.

That is, until I saw it here for 25% of what I paid for it, but that's neither here nor there. (=

I've got the 2GB version, and even though this is a refurb (rox0rz!) one - I am getting this so I can give my Mother in law mine and my wife the other 2GB one I bought for her. It's definately expandable with the ability to take a SD Micro card (I have one that's 2GB and it works fine in it!) The machines are pretty well built, and the sound quality is pretty good. Video is small, so if you need more in that department, you probably want an iPod. Nothing is compatible with the iPod except perhaps the MP3 files and the earbuds. Accessories are available (AC Charger, Car Charger, Docking Station), but are better on iPods, but again - this is much smaller and for me - better. Definately less expensive! Batteries can be replaced without having to send it back to the factory, and basic battery life is long (10+ hours between recharges) Also, you can now add 3rd party software, called RockBox that extend the feature set available. Scrollwheel takes a little getting used to, but you CAN skip ahead in a piece of music to near the end and listen to just the part you want (great feature for PodCasts that have long intros!!!!

Still available at 3:45 EDT today!

Well, I finally got an e-mail from Woot today that the Sansa I ordered on 11/5 is officially lost in the mail....they're refunding my $$ as they're out of replacements. That was not a good experience at all, as many other people can attest. But I see they're not using SmartPost this time, which was a big part of the problem. So I'm in for one. I still have to cross my fingers and hope I get a good player, not a brick or a trashed-out unit. Or an empty box.

I'm still waiting for the Sansa I ordered back on Thanksgiving!!!! That was my third and last Woot!!....For those of you thinking about ordering this as a Xmas present, ya might wanna think twice.

clarkbhm wrote:Anybody know whether this will keep its position in an mp3 file when it's turned off? I like to use mine for listening to audio books, but I don't want to lose my place when I turn it off (like the stupid RCA lyra series)

It keeps its position unless you do <anything>else. Also, If your audio book files are greater than 30mins the fast forward function is slightly inadequate.

Before you buy this read the comments on the Nov 5 Sansa 250. I finally got an email yesterday saying mine was lost and they will credit my account. Also look at the number that were returned because they didn't work.

would of bought if the glasses came with it.

so if I already got one, then decided to get another, is there no way to do this? I'm new so maybe this is a noob question but I can't change my order once I've gotten it?

JonMikelV wrote:Sorry tj - not ignoring you, I don't have vista to test with.

Same thing here and with most wooters, I suspect. The only way I'd have a Vista system is to get a new system with it preinstalled that I couldn't roll back to XP for lack of hardware drivers or other reasons.

A quick google search of "Sansa e260 Vista" gave the answer - yes, it is compatible.

In response to intrepid, I will say:

Yes, there were lots of people with empty boxes and bad players, but they sold 31,000 of them that day.

If 310 people had lost or broken players (me, mine was lost), that's 1%.

How many of those people are going to post to the forums? Most of them. How many who got and enjoyed their players would ever go back to that thread? Not many.

Sam

The description intrigued me enough to take some time today and read Metamorphosis for the first time courtesy of Gutenberg. What a sad, miserable story. However, it was refreshing to not have a Hollywood-esqe canned, happy ending.

Thanks again, Woot, for giving me a bit of culture mixed with depression.

samwichse wrote:In response to intrepid, I will say:

Yes, there were lots of people with empty boxes and bad players, but they sold 31,000 of them that day.

If 310 people had lost or broken players (me, mine was lost), that's 1%.

How many of those people are going to post to the forums? Most of them. How many who got and enjoyed their players would ever go back to that thread? Not many.

Sam

Agreed -- I also was a lost in the mail -- after a week, got a response giving me an RMA # to return it... which is hard when I don't have the item ;).. I'm sure I will get this resolved -- and I chalk it up to the pains of doing business with less desirable shipping methods.. it appears that won't be the case with this woot, so I'm in. I will just pass on future woots using SmartPost.. that snail was a funny joke for a while.. now it's just a snail.

My first woot, I'm hoping it will be a pleasant experience. I needed a new mp3 player as mine decided to crap out on me after about 6 or 7 years, so I think it's about time for a new one. I've heard great things about this player, I just hope it lives up what I've heard.

venussuz wrote:Same thing here and with most wooters, I suspect. The only way I'd have a Vista system is to get a new system with it preinstalled that I couldn't roll back to XP for lack of hardware drivers or other reasons.

A quick google search of "Sansa e260 Vista" gave the answer - yes, it is compatible.

I just built a machine with Vista 64 bit and my buddy plugged in his Sansa 6 gig and it worked with no problems as well.

What is the warranty on refurbed items?

My first W00t

nice player for 50 buck 8 time my current space
got one last with 512mb onboard space for the same price. it was on sale at the time

JonMikelV wrote:Sorry tj - not ignoring you, I don't have vista to test with.

I purchased an e250 last month - works fine with Vista!

There ya' go!
Bob

What?! No OGG Vorbis?

kthnxbye.

When you include the glasses, I'll buy the crap.

MrEricSir wrote:What?! No OGG Vorbis?

kthnxbye.

According to their web site (http://www.rockbox.org/twiki/bin/view/Main/SoundCodecs) if you put the RockBox firmware on this Sansa e260 it will play Ogg/Vorbis. I'm not using ogg yet so haven't tested it myself.

Is it the Ver. 2? The original version doesn't support audible.

Have one. . love it. .

Great Sound, Customizable Equalizer, well built, no lockups/freezing

Can take up to a 2GB micro SD. . If you flash the system with the latest firmware, it the micro SD can go larger. BUT the newest firmware isn't as stable.

Support mp3 & wmv and audio books

Voice recorder is pretty good.

It remembers where you left off in a song so when you start up, your song resumes where you left off.

Drag & drop - with a mass storage mode.

I heard that Sandisk is moving AWAY from the "Drag & drop" and "mass storage mode" e.g. the newest firmware no longer supports that mode. And they they are moving to a "would you prefer Rhapsody or would your prefer Rhapsody" model. What IDIOTS!!!

Good news is that there are a lot of hack available, and alternate mgmt software like rockbox.

Battery life is very very good. And if the battery ever dies? Sandisk will sell you a new battery kit for around $20!

Will this thing work after 5 minutes in boiling water?

amlutz24 wrote:What is the warranty on refurbed items?

The description on THIS ITEM says "90 Days Woot"

If you are asking what the warranty is on refurbed items in general, it is zero to lifetime.

Sansa makes very, very good MP3 players. Much better than the iPod, IMHO.
But still man, I have a 1GB Sansa player and I'm happy with it. 4GB is too much music.

phpeters87 wrote:buy.com has the e270 6gb R-E-F-U-R-B-E-D for $60.00

Almost, they're selling for $69.99.

Free shipping though........Woot is still cheaper. So there... :P

I bought 2 e250's but am giving away as presents for ye olde Christmas presents...I'm in for one! (for me... :D )

It's refurb (rox0rz!)! Dangit! Does it still hold a warranty if it messes up?

davidnolen wrote:It's refurb (rox0rz!)! Dangit! Does it still hold a warranty if it messes up?

90 days war-on-T

L O L .....Woot should have more ppl overseeing their shipping and CS depts, and less moderating this forum. Although I do admit my last reply was inappropriate, I amazed at the speed at which it was removed. I'd prefer to be amazed at the speed at which they deliver the products. What the hell is "smartpost" anyway? I never heard of it before now. Regardless of cost, there is no excuse not to produce a product within a week. Maybe they should keep the $5 shipping, and add another option to pay more if you prefer to have it in a reasonable amount of time. Maybe I just need to get laid or something....who knows?

for all you r e f u r b snobs... the silver letters PEEL OFF

venussuz wrote:Same thing here and with most wooters, I suspect. The only way I'd have a Vista system is to get a new system with it preinstalled that I couldn't roll back to XP for lack of hardware drivers or other reasons.

A quick google search of "Sansa e260 Vista" gave the answer - yes, it is compatible.

Just got a new Dell with vista friday used it for about 45 min then got the blue screen of death. been on the phone all weekend with dell long story just sent computer back to dell. So I don't know how well it works. All I want is my XP back

gauman wrote:Just got a new Dell with vista friday used it for about 45 min then got the blue screen of death. been on the phone all weekend with dell long story just sent computer back to dell. So I don't know how well it works. All I want is my XP back

We're not talking about Vista problems, we're talking about Vista Compatability.

And I own the 8 gig version of these little beauties, works fine with Vista. Just set it to MSC mode, I believe, and it works just like a flash drive. Only thing else you need to do is update, and you don't need to do that that often.