Evergreen's DIY MP3 player: guts, no glory

Well, this was inevitable. With their cheapo MP3 players reaching near disposal pricing, Evergreen has turned to selling ¥4,999 (about $41) MP3 player guts direct to consumers. The razor for the blades, if you will. Enclosures can be purchased for an additional ¥2,499 (about $24) to match whatever freaky Japanese mood you might be in: muffin, walnut, cow-kitty... no matter, Evergreen's got your twisted back. A pretty tidy profit on a 256MB DAP, donchathink?

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[(Unverified) Posted Jul 6th 2007 6:36AM]

Well... At least it is Q.C Passed!

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 6th 2007 11:17AM]

thats odd, in the UK from tesco you can get a 1gig mp3 player for around £25 ($50 ish) - ive bougth 3 of em and dismantled one, n stuck it inside an old tape cassette.

same idea, more space, cheaper priceish - more fun DIY

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 6th 2007 7:27PM]

I don't think that that particular unit is that expensive, since they have another unit that is currently going for around 9 bucks, although it's not as "flexible" as this one appears. Hard to say though.

The thing that drives me nuts, however, is the fact that I can find almost ZERO info about this company, or how to purchase something like this. Their site, if you can find it, has no English OR Engrish, which is truly disappointing. How do they expect to sell these when you can't find them or understand the site? If you have a large web presence, you really should have an English site, or at least info on how to get one of your products. And good luck finding info on the little cases they have!

There's just no excuse for this in this day and age. Just a little work on the web back-end can make your company millions in extra sales.

Rant mode off.