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I came across this good deal for some nice earbuds at Buy.com. The Maximo iM-390 iMetal Isolation Earbuds have a lightweight aluminum alloy body, and appear to have several good user reviews on Buy.com. List price for these earbuds is $39.99 US, but they selling for $19.79 with free shipping. If you use Google Checkout, you can get an additional $10.00 off which brings the total cost to $9.79 US. A great deal for $40 ear buds! In addition, you’ll get 50 free music downloads from eMusic. Definitely worth checking out.

From now until March 31st, Microsoft is giving away one Zune every day in a new contest. To enter, you need to log into your Hotmail email account using your web-enabled phone and send Microsoft an email from your phone. If you don’t have a Hotmail account, it forces you to create one, and also makes you send an email from your phone. It might be worth doing if you want to enter to win a free Zune!

Buy.com has great bargains for Zune accessories, and they currently have the Zune Premium Earbuds going for $12.24 US. They also have the Round Zune Dock for $14.24 US and AC Adapter for $12.24 US, all great prices. If you’ve never used Google Checkout with Buy.com, you can use that feature and get an additional (1-time) discount of $10.00 US.

Note, that I have the Premium Earbuds for my Zune 80 and I really like them. They fit snuggly inside my ear and it seems to block out any exterior noise. Although I haven’t tested them on an airplane flight, I’m sure they will do much better at blocking out jet noise than my old cheapy “outside” earbuds!

I’ve read some forum postings stating that CompUSA is selling their Zune 30 gb for $60 US. Apparently, it’s an in-store price so you can’t get this deal online (from what I’ve been told). The deal sounds incredible (since I just saw one at Fred Meyer’s going for $199 US), but it’s plausible since CompUSA is going out of business. It’s been confirmed by a few different people, so I believe these postings are true. So, if you want to pick up a 1st generation Zune for $60, then head over to CompUSA. If I didn’t already own a Zune 80, I’d certainly get one!

[Updated: 11 Jan 2008] - It seems that the $60 Zunes are not available at all CompUSA stores, but only selected ones. A few people have reported visiting their local stores and find the $60 Zunes, while others report only seeing a 10% discount off the $199.99 list price. So, if you find one consider yourself lucky!