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So whats the verdict?

I could never do that.

I only have a few hours on the player as of yet but I really do like it. Going from an older Creative Labs 2 gig (paid 69.99 for it) I think this player is a lot easier to navigate. Has more features and sounds pretty darn good. It has plenty of power to push most of my portable phones.

I'd have to give it two thumbs up.

With x-mas coming around these would be an amazing stocking stuffer....or as a gift......

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OK, what is with this whole "stocking stuffer" thing I've been seeing? Over the last few years, it seems to have come to mean "anything that's small enough to fit in a stocking," with absolutely no regard to cost. I mean, pu-leeze, if you're going to give someone something that costs more than $20, it's a gift, not a freakin' stocking stuffer. In my family, at least, stocking stuffers are candies, silly little toys, kitchen gadgets, the like. Not friggin' diamond rings, or PMPs or cell phones (which are crappy gifts anyway, unless you're giving the service, too!).
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Wow.

Coal in your stocking this year, dude!

I somewhat agree with Frogurt Boy.
Growing up, we got one "big" gift that was worth maybe 30 to 35 dollars and our stockings were filled with candy, a Delicious apple that we somehow got tricked into believing were 'Christmas Apples' and a couple of comic books.

My parents were not cheap, we just didn't have a lot to spare. I do give my dad credit though, somehow he always had enough money to make sure we didn't get left behind in the important things like hockey gear every year and that can be Expensive. I'm very generous with my gifts now that I can afford it myself but stockings remain as fun little preludes to the real gifts.

It could be worse, my wife's family are the kings and queens of depressing practicality. Stocking stuffers at her house are things like socks, deodorant, a toothbrush and the highlight of the stocking, maybe a box of two dollar chocolates and a pack of Certs.

All y'all's families whose Christmas customs aren't like my own, well HMMMPH! Pardon me while I go enjoy my beet soup and scarf down some pickled herring.

I'll put anything in a stocking I want, thank you very much.

To be clear, my reaction is much more to advertising and marketing than to you, Dr. House. Your post just provided a convenient jumping off (a cliff) place.