Staples - 80GB iPod Video - $360

[Siefer999]

Apple iPod, 80GB, Black
Item Number 666285
http://www.staples.ca/ENG/images/products/ca666285_1_enl.jpg
http://www.staples.ca/ENG/Catalog/cat_sku.asp?webid=666285&affixedcode=WW


Apple iPod, 80GB, White
Item Number 666284
http://www.staples.ca/ENG/images/products/ca666284_1_enl.jpg
http://www.staples.ca/ENG/Catalog/cat_sku.asp?CatIds=&webid=666284&affixedcode=WW

$399.95 + filler of your choice to make it over $400
-$20 Coupon Code: 62498
-$20 Coupon Code: 74690
=$360ish

The world’s most popular music player gives you lots more to love. Available in 30GB and 80GB models that hold up to 20,000 songs, up to 100 hours of video, up to 25,000 photos, or a combination of each, the new iPod fills your pocket with sight and sound.* Improved video playback time means you can look and listen longer. A host of new features, including an intuitive search function and gapless playback, keep you in control. The new iTunes Store makes it easy to discover music, movies, TV shows, games, audiobooks, and podcasts. To get everything into your pocket, just connect iPod to your Mac or PC, and iTunes transfers your music and more in one seamless sync.** Available in white or black.

* Features: Up to 20,000 songs, 100 hours of video, or 25,000 photos*
* Now available in 30GB and 80GB models
* Up to 60 percent brighter, more vibrant display
* Listen for up to 20 hours, watch for up to 6.5 hours
* Available in white or black
* For Mac and Windows**

1-year Limited Warranty.

*Music capacity is based on 4 minutes per song and 128-Kbps AAC encoding; actual capacity varies by content. Photo capacity is based on iPod-viewable photos transferred from iTunes. Video capacity is based on H.264 1.5-Mbps video at 640-by-480 resolution combined with 128-Kbps audio; actual capacity varies by content.
**iTunes requires Mac OS X v10.3.9 or later, Windows 2000, or Windows XP.

[sfu_lifer]

Good price.
Say, can someone log in with their Educational discount and check the price?

I logged in using my old ID and it's showing as $399 for SFU.
At Futureshop it's $399 so obviously I'm not getting an edu discount anymore :(

[rhainman]

Good price.
Say, can someone log in with their Educational discount and check the price?

I logged in using my old ID and it's showing as $399 for SFU.
At Futureshop it's $399 so obviously I'm not getting an edu discount anymore :(
I think Apple scrapped the Edu discount on the new iPods.

[Tereno]

Wow....and at the beginning of the year, I paid about $380 with taxes for a brand new 30GB one.. :( Wish they had those schemes where you could trade in your Ipod for a newer one. :D

[Dark-Colonel]

Staples is going back with Apple again, we now have Apple Macbooks but none of these are in-stores (yet).

[theinfamous]

Good find. Thanks OP.

[darkman007e]

It's great that Staple doesn't care losing money with the 360 and the iPod and still allow us to use the coupon.

[story]

FYI*, the 80GB is almost twice the thickness of the 30GB...

thanks for sharing



*for those that don't need 80GB of storage, but want to get the most expesnive IPOD just b/c you can afford it

[HowEver]

Perhaps the only case where "twice the thickness" equates to nearly 3 times as long... playing music, of course.

FYI*, the 80GB is almost twice the thickness of the 30GB...

thanks for sharing



*for those that don't need 80GB of storage, but want to get the most expesnive IPOD just b/c you can afford it

[nicolaim]

FYI*, the 80GB is almost twice the thickness of the 30GB...
[/SIZE]

1.4 vs 1.1 cm is definitely NOT "twice the thickness."

Good deal. Thanks OP!

[sz1999]

This deal is nothing new. Couple of weeks, you can use 2 $30 coupons, make it $340. I almost decided to buy it until my underconsciousness reminded me again it is ipod, finally thought overcame impulse.

[story]

Perhaps the only case where "twice the thickness" equates to nearly 3 times as long... playing music, of course.

You really have to be one of those ppl* who can afford the 80GB but never research the player at all They didn't expect the thickness would be different. I know a couple personally & much more when I worked for BestBuy before. Most consumer aren't that bright.

1.4 vs 1.1 cm is definitely NOT "twice the thickness."

Good deal. Thanks OP!

Yea, it is not on paper haha. When you hold and compare both physically, you probably will say "that's like twice as thick". I have a 30GB and the first time I went to BB to see what the 80GB were like that's what I felt.

Keep in mind, it's subjective. I do believe I am one of those ppl* who buy the IPOD just b/c it's an IPOD. It's a warning for those who's like me. 80GB is not the same size as 30GB. It's almost twice as thick.

[MXMike]

Yea, it is not on paper haha. When you hold and compare both physically, you probably will say "that's like twice as thick". I have a 30GB and the first time I went to BB to see what the 80GB were like that's what I felt...
http://images.apple.com/ca/ipod/images/specsmeasurements20060912.png
Doesn't look close to twice as thick to me (30GB on Left, 80GB on Right). Either way, I think these iPods are still thinner than any other MP3 player of similar capacity.

[Jon Lai]

http://images.apple.com/ca/ipod/images/specsmeasurements20060912.png
Doesn't look close to twice as thick to me (30GB on Left, 80GB on Right). Either way, I think these iPods are still thinner than any other MP3 player of similar capacity.

Well, consider that "feel" and "specs" are two different things. I haven't held these before but I can imagine if they are really thicker for the feel.

[mahjongmaniac]

It's great that Staple doesn't care losing money with the 360 and the iPod and still allow us to use the coupon.

i think it's just great that stooples almost always has coupons around most of the time (most freq.'ly, the $20off200's)... so basically whenever you have a huge order, you're almost guaranteed to have some coupons avail. for use....

FS/BB OTOH, have only a few of those "10% off coupons" every yr, ... worse is BB, who always makes those coupons online only.

[Jon Lai]

i think it's just great that stooples almost always has coupons around most of the time (most freq.'ly, the $20off200's)... so basically whenever you have a huge order, you're almost guaranteed to have some coupons avail. for use....

FS/BB OTOH, have only a few of those "10% off coupons" every yr, ... worse is BB, who always makes those coupons online only.

Yup.

What makes this deal is not the fact that Staples has coupons, but the fact that Staples STOCKS the item! Whatever big ticket item that Staples stocks will be a benefit to us and a potential deal as well.

Just like how many people crazed over when Staples carried XBOX360s... it was the fact that they carried it that was the hot deal :P