Woot.com had a deal a few days ago that was too good to pass up. They were offering 30GB Zunes for $85. Impossible, you may say, but nay I say to you, it was very possible, and I have my white Zune in my hand to prove it!

Why were they so cheap? The catch was that all the units being offered were factory-refurbished. All this meant was that they might show up with some cosmetic blemishes from previous use; what it meant to me was that I would finally have my own high-capacity MP3 player! Sure, I'd gotten used to using my Pocket PC as a media player, but now that I have an entire 30GB at my disposal, I don't think I can ever go back to listening to 2GB of music!

Strange_Will got one, too, citing that he could earn the money in a couple nights' worth of tips from his pizza delivery job, and I'm inclined to believe him. And if you're reading this, Will, I've forgotten your Zune here in Riverside (just kidding, PLEASE don't eat any puppies [without me]).

And on top of the $85 Zune I also picked up, free of charge, a Zune travel kit that is supposedly valued at $100...those crazy Woot.com people, I'll never figure out how they manage to offer such crazy prices on stuff. The travel kit comes with some of Microsoft's "premium" headphones (which are supposedly leagues better than the standard headphones included with my Zune), an extra sync cable, a wall adapter so I can charge my Zune without a USB port, headphone splitters with independent volume control (fancy, yah?), and a case to put all that and my Zune in. All in all, I'd say I made out like a bandit.

I'll review it in a couple days because some people (you know who you are!) aren't convinced of the Zune's capabilities...I'm not, either, but now I have one to play around with.

And I'm going home on Wednesday for the Thanksgiving weekend...sucks to be the rest of you non-Americans, what with Columbus NOT discovering your new, fertile grounds and killing hundreds of thousands of your natives, you all have to work the entire week!

Have a good one, guys ;)