Good prices!!!



Costco.com will begin carrying the regular iPod to its members on October 1st, according to the discount wholesaler's website. Costco.com will offer both the fourth-generation ("Click Wheel") 20GB and 40GB models in special bundles, offering a discount from standard retail pricing of the included items. The 20GB iPod bundle, available for $330, includes the dock ($40 value) and a $15 iTunes gift certificate, while the 40GB iPod bundle is available for the standard $400 retail price, but will also include the Apple standard Dock ($40), a Leather Carrying Case, iPod Dock, a gift certificate for 15 iTunes songs. Earlier this month, we noted that Costco.com carried a three different colors of the iPod mini bundle for $270 (iTunes gift certificate and armband included). Non-members pay an additional 5% fee on all items.

 

they have them around here, 40 gig for $379.

 

...only paid 70 for my 4th gen 20...."cram and jam"

but i thought that apple had the price protected???? as in it will always be the msrp....

Guess not?

 

Any word on the 60GB version?

 

Rumors only...

 

My god who needs that kind of space.

 

Yes that's still just a rumor. I am finding the 40GB to be more than adequate, I am so glad I didn't wait for the "60".

Thanks for software like stationripper, I have tons of MP3 that I rip half a day at a time from half a dozen radio stations. I have probably close to 15GB of radio station music. I could never live with the "20".

 

HP sells the iPOD now too... I'm going to get one with my emp discount.

 

I think sooner or later i'll fill up 20gigs, but 40 is more than adequate. I'm still being selective, I dont want to put cd's i wont listen to on my 40. Also i only put full alubms on my ipod for now.

 

nobody needs a 60 gig ipod, 40 is way more than enough, unless you own like every damn cd in best buy or something!!

 

I beg to differ, all of my music won't fit on a 60.

Edit: I lied, I'm only at 50 GB even(14,760 mp3s), but that number will only increase.

 

That would be illegal. Not that I'd put trying it past Apple.

 

What is illegal about that?

 

its only illegal if they get other makers of similar products to engage in 'price fixing'. i could be wrong tho.

 

It always thought that manufacturers were supposed to sell their products to wholesalers or large retailers and let them decide their own prices. Ordering everyone to sell at the exact same price sure throws a wet blanket on competition.

 

Your answer: http://www.ftc.gov/bc/compguide/illegal.htm

 

how many songs can u put in the 20 GB??

 

"Resale price maintenance agreements. Vertical price-fixing -- an agreement between a supplier and a dealer that fixes the minimum resale price of a product -- is a clear-cut antitrust violation. It also is illegal for a manufacturer and retailer to agree on a minimum resale price.

The antitrust laws, however, give a manufacturer latitude to adopt a policy regarding a desired level of resale prices and to deal only with retailers who independently decide to follow that policy. A manufacturer also is permitted to stop dealing with a retailer who breaches the manufacturer’s resale price maintenance policy. That is, the manufacturer can adopt the policy on a "take it or leave it" basis. "


So if I put a gun to your head and you voluntarily give me your wallet, its all good. I see.

 

It depends on how you encode them, but the short answer is thousands. I have a hundred or so CDs ripped as 192k MP3s and its only around 15GB.

 

Apple says 5,000.

 

there is more music than exists in the isles of stores, theres much music that never is sold in hard copy or sold at all...