I picked up the Sansa c250 for $12 and I paid too much for it. It is one of those pieces of technology that, instead of working for you, makes you work for it. Most of my complaints are against the OS, but the physical build was nothing to brag about. The volume reset to halfway everytime I powered it on, so my ears got blasted if I wasn't paying attention. The display is impossible to read in sunlight. The software, however, is what made me finally smash the unit on the floor. It was a constant struggle to get it to do what I wanted. There's no way to play files by directory, so you have to make sure all your tags are correct. I tried installing Rockbox, and that was, if possible, even worse. I will never buy another Sansa. I'll stick with iRiver.