Lotsall

[booboo773]

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OH, hey. Now your post about wanting a white Meizu comes into focus! Yours is the model that looks like one ;-)

Yeah, they offered me the same. I think I'll take it. The price I paid was in line with a similar 2GB model offered elsewhere. Five bucks off is just fine with me.

...and no, I won't be signing the petition. These guys have been going strong for 9 months and genuinely seemed shocked that the item was not 4GB.

I'm going to get the mini-screwdrivers out tonight and see if maybe it's a bad chip.

I'm not putting them on the list of bad sellers either. I think this was just a bad luck on both their part and ours. They have been very helpful and have not acted suspicious or resentful.

[NOLA MPx Fan]

Not at all, I agree.

Their new listings are up for today, and I see your model, but none of mine. Makes me think they may actually have tried their stock of mine and found them all lacking.

So...how's the new toy working for you despite the memory issue? I almost went for that model, myself. What's the resolution on it? 320x240 or something smaller?

DeSuzY: yeah, the site is not a great place. From what I can tell, most of it is collecting tracking info. Needless to say, when my work PC gave me that warning, I waited until I could fire it up on my Macintosh at home. Nothing really useful there, actually. The folks at the other end of the email are much better.

And that was the other reason I was willing to fork over the extra for EMS shipping: a tracking number! I knew when it entered and left customs on both sides of the ocean, when it left SFO, and when it arrived in New Orleans for delivery. Expensive? Yes, but knowing it was on the way and where it was was almost worth it. Even though it was more than the player!

[booboo773]

It works fine. The resolution is 220x176. It has a decent speaker built in. It's a sharp looking little player. If it would have been 4gb, I probably would have kept it for myself. As it is, I have a 4gb chipod that I'll keep. Looks like my mom will be the lucky owner of this little beauty. 2gb is plenty of space for her. 8)

[NOLA MPx Fan]

Yeah, this one was to be a gift, too. But with the mini SD slot, I can pretty much have a 4GB, 8GB, 20GB or whatever size as long as I buy a card.

My other player, which came in about a week ago looks like it will soon be on its way to my mother. It's a bit bigger physically, so she might actually like that one better.

[DeSuzY]

Hope i recive my mp4 soon its a chipod:=)

[DeSuzY]

booboo773 did u get tracknumber from them?

[NOLA MPx Fan]

That only comes with the most expensive shipping option. I don't think booboo went that way as the shipping time was >20 days on that player.

[booboo773]

No tracking number. It did come registered air mail, so if you're not home, the mailman will leave a note to come pick it up at the post office. Had to show my ID and sign for it.

[kevx]

Hmmm. Lotsall looks good. I may have to order my Chipods from these guys. I sent them an email asking about combined EMS shipping on 2 of them, which might make it more affordable.

[NOLA MPx Fan]

kevx, the player I purchased is a solid little device. I'd do it again.

And as you can see, the support from them has been quite good for a Shanghai dealer on eBay. Even when it showed up mislabeled, they remained professional, actually asked me to reformat the thing to be sure, and then offered to refund not only my purchase but shipping and return shipping if I felt I needed to return it.

I have to say, I'd recommend them at this point. And I highly recommend the extra for EMS. Delivery within a week from China? Sold! And even at that, it was cheaper than either of the other identical players I looked at (Optimus X from MPXNation and one from Campus111).

For an iPod/iTunes fanboy to gush about a <$60 total player it must be OK, though I'll keep my two 3G iPods for music, thank you very much ;-)