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Summary: You'll never see your rebate...
Review: I will never purchase another Diamond product. I bought the item over six months ago and have yet to see my rebate check, even after three phone calls and numerous promises that it was in the mail. Sorry Diamond, there are too many competitors for me to purchase from you again.
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Summary: No problems, pretty good
Review: I read most of the reviews posted here before I purchased the 300; so I was a little concerned. I had no reason for concern, though, because this thing works just fine and is easy to use. I'd say I had it loaded up with music and was off to run within 30 minutes or so. Easy. The 300 is just what it is advertised as and with the rebate the price is right. Without the rebate I'm not sure it would be worth it due to the small memory; but at 90 or so bucks it's an a-ok value and good introduction to portable players. I'm happy with the purchase and am enjoying the product.
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Summary: Great product overall
Review: The Diamond Rio is great. I read the negative reviews and thought that Iwas probably gonna get ripped off for a crappy product, but its reallygood, you can fit a lot of songs if you sacrifice quality, which to me doesnt really matter as long as i can hear the music well. It is a lot cheaper than minidisc, and it hasnt broken or had anything fall off yet, so i'm satisifed with it, go out and get one!
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Summary: Get one!
Review: I got a Rio 300 two months ago and I love it. The only thing its missing is a USB connection, but if you want that you'll have to pay for a Rio 500. Also, if you "rip" your cd's at a larger compression you get more playing time, and you wont really notice the difference
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Summary: don't get pulled in i had 2 bolth didn't last a month
Review: the thing is a pice of crap don't get. i saw neg. reviews i ignored them big mistake. now my story i got it for xmas and now 3 months later i have owned 1 before that suddenly eraced but the good people at crcuit city replaced it now my new one has skipping problems where it turns off and it's a weak plastic so the battery latch broke off. so i say don't get sucked in by propaganda it's all lies
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Summary: MP3 PLAYER
Review: BUY THE DIAMOND RIO PMP 300 MP3 PLAYER...IT'S AWESOME ! YOU WON'T BE SORRY. THE HEAD PHONES SUCK SO GO OUT AND BUY A SONY HEAD PHONE SET FOR IT.
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Summary: AWESOME!
Review: I bought the Rio mp3 player last X-mas and I have used it everyday since! It is so cool! Installation is so easy, and when it comes to putting songs on the player, its even easier. I highly recomend this product. Its worth the money! Buy it now! Its even upgradeable to hold more and more songs!
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Summary: Cool Player
Review: I got the Rio 300 today and it is great. The set-up is hard, then it gets easy. The machine will go on pause only if the volume is too high. It is light convinent and cool.
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Summary: Poor design & placement of the play button
Review: The play button on the front of this unit is driving me crazy! It depresses with very little pressure, so the Rio regularly gets turned on by accident while I carry it in my bag. By the time I get to the gym the battery is dead. Whoever designed this thing NEVER carried it around and used it for any length of time.
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Summary: don't forget the included free mp3 tracks!
Review: i recently purchased a rio pmp300. it's great. i'd like it if it had a little bit more included memory but if it was that important to me i'd have bought the rio 500. i usually listen to mp3s made from my cd's or downloaded from mp3.com or using napster. i was pleasantly surprised at the quality of the music on the sampler that came with my rio player. anyone buying a rio should take the time to listen to some of these songs. (on the minus side, they don't list the artists, only the song names). all in all a great player if you are willing to trade lower cost for lower less memory (actually, a rio 300 with a 99 dollar 32mb upgrade card would be cheaper (after 50 dollar rebate) than rio 500. additionally, the player is attractive, well-made and goes forever and a day on a single double A. great sound and small size are real pluses as well.
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