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$80 rebate from Rhapsody with purchase of Sandisk MP3 at CC

by rpwoodjr Dec 17, 2005 11:51AM PST

Yesterday in our local Circuit City I saw where each of the Sansa m200 series MP3 players could be purchased with an $80 rebate from Rhapsody. They had the 4GB, 2GB, 1GB, and 512MB (which sold for less than $80).

Since I'm a novice when it comes to these audio services - and had no idea what The Rhapsody To Go services entail or cost, I balked at the offer. Can someone enlighten me on the subject?

Did I miss an opportunity?

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Yea you did, So go back to CC right now!
by Glorybox3737 Dec 17, 2005 12:16PM PST

Rhaspody is a great subscription service. Basically you pay 14.99 a month and you have access to over 1 million songs to play on your computer or mp3 player. Bottom line is you are renting the music. Anyway to the great deal part of it. 6 months over rhapsody cost $89.94 and they are giving you an $80 rebate. That's 6 months of music for $9.94. Beyond great deal. Plus the sandisk are okay players. Not a bad offer at all.

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Forgive my ignorance, but...
by rpwoodjr Dec 19, 2005 10:05AM PST

since you used the word, "rent", I assume that you cannot rip these MP3 files to a CD.
(Told you that I was a newbie)

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Very limited on what you can do
by Glorybox3737 Dec 20, 2005 12:54AM PST

No you can't burn the files to a cd. The only thing you can do is play the music on your computer and your compatible mp3 player. Every month (someone correct me if I am wrong) you have to sync your mp3 player with rhaspody in order for your mp3 player to continue to play the rented files. Once your trial ends or if you stop paying the monthly fee you are no longer allowed to play the music files anywhere.

Honestly I'm not a fan of subscription services. I prefer to own my music, but I had a 3 month trial of rhaspody. It saved me hundreds of dollars for when I actually went to buy my music. Thanks to rhaspody I knew what songs I liked and didn't. I just think of it as a great way to preview music. I'd never pay $14.95 a month for it. But if you are getting it for basically nothing it's a great service.

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can't convert?
by NuB4Now Dec 23, 2005 1:40PM PST

Is it not possible to convert your files from one format to another format so you can keep them even after your subscription runs out?

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(NT) (NT) That's illegal, but technically possible.
by John.Wilkinson Dec 23, 2005 2:12PM PST
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