JB3 - best place to buy?

[Rob D.]

My 7 yr old boy now wants an MP3 player (so he can listen to headphones while he skateboards!) and I was thinking of spending way too much for way too many features and just getting this handy little box. Are there still any rebates going on? Thanks!

[caymanreview]

cheapest place might be buying a refurb from creative on ebay if they are still there

creative rebates are terrible. takes a long time, and someone on this board got a check that was allready expired!

[pfife]

I don't know if I would want one of those for listening while I was skateboarding... might be a little too cumbersome...

I would think that one of the ones that runs on CF or SD or something like that might be a little better, if that is the only use you or your son will have for it...

also... one spill on top of that JB3, and it could be toast...

but I got mine from buy.com


my $000000000.02

[caymanreview]

i wouldnt want a jb3 for a kid either, i babied mine and always thought it could easily be broke even when babied all the time

[ingsy]

i would stay away from the JB3 because it has a spinning hard disk, and *could* skip or srew up while moving around...i would get one of those flash based mp3 players, they hold alot less music but they would work great while sakeboarding. plus any 7 year old would take a long time to fill up 20 gigs worth of space on a JB3.  just my .02

[jpschust]

nice aphex twin av :-)  

[Rob D.]

Yeah, I just thought if I were gonna spend about $100 for a MP3 player, I would spend another $100 and get something new to play with. But I see they're closer to $400 so I'm getting a $50 TDK from Best Buy. Thanks for the voices of reasons!