Woot - Sandisk Sansa e280 8GB Media Player - $49.99 + $5 shipping

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I loved my sansa 2gb I got from woot, but it died 6 months after getting it. Tempted, but I still have a bad taste in my mouth.

wtfamonkey said:good deal. but can anybody tell difference between the original one and the Rhapsody one?

Rhapsody one works with the Rhapsody pay for tunes music service...both versions (Rhapsody and regular) can be 'rockboxed' if they are v1, but there are extra steps to rockbox the Rhapsody version. If woot ships v2 of these players they will not work with rockbox.

I would get the regular non Rhapsody verision.

Ouch.... Last week I bought 6GB version should have waited for 8GB. oh well..

This sounds like a good deal. I have the 2GB version and am very impressed with its overall quality like the metal case vs. plastic. Mine was "refurbished" but it looked brand new. It dis "lock up" once. The cure is to take it apart (Phillips screws) and disconnect the battery for a few seconds. This resets it. If you get the Rhapsody version you can do a standard Windows 'format' of the Sansa drive and it will then let you load MP3's from your hard drive using standard Windows cut and paste/drag and drop.

I have the 4gb version and I am very happy with it. Playing Doom on it with Rockbox just makes it better.

Good deal. I ended up buying one from TigerDirect for $70 a month and a half ago. Since this is refurb, like usual on woot, it should be v1 and thus rockbox-able.

I broke my previous one soldering a header onto it... Apparently the SOC inside it is quite sensitive to heat. I suppose it would have helped to have the data sheet, oh well.

If you're curious, here is a photo of the crazy rework on my old refurb sansa. The player worked just fine, though, until I broke it.

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It's hard to tell in the photo, but some of those blobs next to the protruding 30 gauge wire are actually solder, not dust.

EP said:mcwhitman said:I loved my sansa 2gb I got from woot, but it died 6 months after getting it. Tempted, but I still have a bad taste in my mouth.

same thing happend to my daughter's

Same thing happened to mine, but I read to just unscrew the back cover, take the battery out, put it back in, and.....voila!!! I turned it back on. Haven't had a problem since.

Innominate said:Bought the non R version myself since I'm never going to be a Rhapsody customer. There's a review on CNET that tells you slights differences:
CNET Review for the R

Also bought the SquareTrade 1-Year Warranty since these Sansas have a high chance of messing up on you, especially since this is a refurbished product.
30% Coupon Code for SquareTrade: FRIENDS30
It was like $4.19 for the 1-Year Warranty.

So, $60 for an 8GB MP3 with 15-Months Warranty. That's a pretty good deal.

Maybe I missed something. At SquareTrade I entered the item price as $49.99 (assuming they wouldn't cover s/h) and the quote came out to $3.99 for 1 year. I chose the "2nd year" option for an additional $2, then used the coupon which subtracted $1.80. Total for 2 year warranty is $4.19 for me, but you stated it as $4.19 for the 1-year warranty.

Smoking hot deal for an 8GB with 2 year warranty for $60+tax. Rockbox and a 8gb SDHC card, and I'll be a happy camper.

I had an e-270 that I bought for about the same price a few months ago, but someone at my office has sticky fingers, so it walked away one night. This one will be watched much more carefully.

broonsfan said:Danzilla said:LGerlack said:The 8 gig Sansa E280 is available at Froobi.com for $49.95 with discount code ROCKBOX10. Comes with free shippingIf only Froobi offered a 1 year warranty extension for under $5 too. These refurbs are iffy and many seems to die after a few months, just as the warranty they come with ends.

Can't you buy the player @ Froobi and then get the extended waranty @ SquareTrade?

SquareTrade has a box where you type in the name of the retailer, and it provides you with matches to the retailer name you type from a list of their approved retailers. Woot is part of the SquareTrade group of retailers in that list, Froobi doesn't appear to be.