Ongoing Device Saga

Here's an update on the mp3 player situation (reference 1, 2). I won the Zen Sleek mentioned in the reference post. It arrived in a reasonable time. I opened it and tested it immediately. At first I had trouble connecting it to the computer. Apparently there are two different versions of the 'same' player, and I used the other software first. After I figured that out I transferred my music to it, plugged it in, and found out that it only put audio through one channel. Since the auction warranted the item to be functional I was able to receive a RMA number and sent it back. Those guys were nazis about their procedure though, and I ended up having to send the package '2 day' priority mail just to get it there before the deadline. Since then I have bid and won another auction for a player, a zen touch this time. Bottom line, I ended up having to spend roughly $50 before I ever bid on the player I will end up with, hopefully.