Napster To Go or Rhapsody Subscription --worth it?

[stormi65]

I bought mp3 players for my 12 and 13 year olds. They are not Ipods. I am trying to decide on a subscription service or a good site for pay to download per song.

Saw an advertisement for Napster To Go - pay 14.99 per month to fill mp3 player with unlimited songs as long as you are a member. This rather appeals to me because they can change out the songs when they tire of them instead of buying them.

Anyone here use this service or Rhapsody To Go? Looking for feedback or any other suggestions.

 

[Free4Life11]

I don't know about the service, but if you sign up through MyPoints and do an annual agreement ($14.95 for 12 months) you will get 1500 points (enough for a $10 gift card) and a free 256 MB mp3 player.

 

[stormi65]

I will have to investigate the My Points site to check this out.

 

[Free4Life11]

Found a review for you:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A18496-2005Feb12.html

 

[stormi65]

Thanks for finding that review, I just got a coupon at Best Buy that gives 2 months free trial for the service. No obligation as long as I cancel before 2 months are up.

Anyone else here use Napster or Rhapsody as a subscription service? How about Walmart music? The songs are 88 cents each. I wonder if you can use a regular Walmart gift certificate for the purchase/downloading of the songs?

 

[ckay87]

Not sure I can offer a whole lot of advice, as it is all new to me. But my DS tried to use some free downloads he got for Wal-Mart and he had trouble finding stuff he liked. BUT...what he like is heavy, heavy metal.

For any popular stuff, Walmart is a good deal at 88 cents. I'd personally be reluctant to buy an annual subscription to any of these services til I'm sure I found one that really works with my machine and my musical tastes.

I just got DS a Napster gift card