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#1 2008-07-18 9:49 pm
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8 GB iPod Touch $179 at Wal-Mart??
I got the latest Wal-Mart flyer yesterday and it shows 8 GB iPod Touch at the every day low price of $179. The Apple Store still lists them at $319 so this seems like a good deal if it isn't a typo. I may go to Wal-Mart to morrow just to see, though I doubt they will have anything so exotic in stock here.
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#2 2008-07-18 10:07 pm
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Re: 8 GB iPod Touch $179 at Wal-Mart??
If the walmart flyer doesn't pan out you could try the refurbished Apple iPod section-209 dollars. My refurbished click wheel iPod (40 g) works fine & my refurbished Mac Pro is "bitchin'" esp. with Vista on it.
Just my opinion but I wouldn't pay over 300 dollars for a portable music player unless it was this:
http://www.zune.net/en-us/products/zune … efault.htm
(& I can't afford it right now.)
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#3 2008-07-19 12:13 am
Re: 8 GB iPod Touch $179 at Wal-Mart??
Walmart.ca lists them at $279.83, so it is most likely a typo.
I do see the flier and that ($179.83) is the price they list!!
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#4 2008-07-19 7:26 am
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Re: 8 GB iPod Touch $179 at Wal-Mart??
Even if it IS only $179, can you live with yourself having shopped at Wal-Mart?
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#5 2008-07-19 9:51 am
Re: 8 GB iPod Touch $179 at Wal-Mart??
TB wrote:
If the walmart flyer doesn't pan out you could try the refurbished Apple iPod section-209 dollars. My refurbished click wheel iPod (40 g) works fine & my refurbished Mac Pro is "bitchin'" esp. with Vista on it.
Just my opinion but I wouldn't pay over 300 dollars for a portable music player unless it was this:
http://www.zune.net/en-us/products/zune … efault.htm
(& I can't afford it right now.)
[geek]I actually had a dream that I had bought a zune. Worst nightmare I've had in months.[/geek] 
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#7 2008-07-19 2:06 pm
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Re: 8 GB iPod Touch $179 at Wal-Mart??
oatmeal wrote:
Just my opinion but I wouldn't pay over 300 dollars for a portable music player unless it was this:
http://www.zune.net/en-us/products/zune … efault.htm
I noticed that the LTD does podcast but didn't see anything about a zunecast.
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#8 2008-07-19 3:09 pm
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the regular non LTD´s do podcasts as well. 
edit: i mean dont get me wrong i love my zune but the fact i cant hook it up to my laptop running linux is bullsmurf. i havent had a iPod in forever but im told the iPod works in linux as well. can anyone verify this?
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#9 2008-07-19 3:28 pm
Re: 8 GB iPod Touch $179 at Wal-Mart??
Daddyo wrote:
not oatmeal wrote:
Just my opinion but I wouldn't pay over 300 dollars for a portable music player unless it was this:
http://www.zune.net/en-us/products/zune … efault.htmI noticed that the LTD does podcast but didn't see anything about a zunecast.
Please don't attribute that quote to me. I'd never buy one of those things.
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#10 2008-07-19 4:25 pm
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Re: 8 GB iPod Touch $179 at Wal-Mart??
arkayn wrote:
Walmart.ca lists them at $279.83, so it is most likely a typo.
I do see the flier and that ($179.83) is the price they list!!
I'm glad to hear I didn't hallucinate the $179 price I saw in the flyer. I'm not surprised it is a typo though - it was too good to be true. But even at $279 it is still a decent discount compared to buying direct from Apple. It doesn't matter much, I have a Shuffle already and considering how much I use that I'm sure a Touch would probably just collect dust too.
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#11 2008-07-19 7:22 pm
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Re: 8 GB iPod Touch $179 at Wal-Mart??
TB wrote:
with Vista on it.
TB wrote:
.zune.
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#12 2008-07-20 9:01 am
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Re: 8 GB iPod Touch $179 at Wal-Mart??
oatmeal wrote:
Daddyo wrote:
not oatmeal wrote:
Just my opinion but I wouldn't pay over 300 dollars for a portable music player unless it was this:
http://www.zune.net/en-us/products/zune … efault.htmI noticed that the LTD does podcast but didn't see anything about a zunecast.
Please don't attribute that quote to me. I'd never buy one of those things.
My apologies, my typing finger went beyond the call of duty. It was TB that I was quoting.
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