Hello everyone! My name is Guri Zeigerman, and I'm one of the newest reviewers for Got Zune! So, I saw Chris's "help wanted" post and here I am! Just incase anyone wants to know, I currently own a 30GB Black Zune, which is soon to be upgraded to a Zune 80GB. I love Zune and I truly feel it is a serious competitor to the iPod! Go Zune!

Guri Zeigerman

Got Zune?

I made a post about being a GotZune.com fan the other day and Rikostan was the weiner. I mean, the winner.

The 1st person to email me an NON PHOTOSHOPPED snapshot of your new Zune with our Got Zune theme, you will become a Got Zune Immortal. I will create a page on this site and link it with your photo and name for all to see who the original Got Zune Fan was!

Rikostan was the 1st to send me a real photo of our 1st GotZune Background in use!

Rikostan is a long time Aximsite/Mobilitysite.com member and he beat out all the rest!

In an announced surprise, I decided to throw in a 4gb Zune 2 Flash Player in Red to match his name on his page.

Congrats!

What are your thoughts on rented music through services like the Zune Pass, Yahoo Music Service, etc vs. buying Albums or single tracks from stores like iTunes?

I used to buy Tape, then CDs, then I lifted some music online, then I started buying single tracks, then I met Yahoo Music. For the last couple years I have been hooked on the all you can eat music plans. I subscribed to Yahoo for a while, then Zune Pass. Now I have both up and running, but I won't be renewing Yahoo.

Sure, I quit paying and it's gone, but why quit. For $15/mo, I can download all the albums I want. For the price of 1 CD, I can try albums I wouldn't drop $15 on just to discover that it sucks. If it sucks, I download 3 more to replace it. If I like it, I listen.

I used to own Debbie Gibson's 1st CD. I owned it forever. Cool. Would I ever play it again? Nope. You are always going to buy music, why not just prepare to pay $15/mo to download 100 albums rather than spend that same $15 to buy this years Debbie Gibson?

That's just my thought on it, what's yours?

I really hate starting a new site and having troubles, but this affects all of my sites on both servers, so nothing I could have done to prevent it.

I am so sorry that we were down today. I am mad, but what can I do. We were at the mercy of the hosting company, who was at the mercy of the phone company, who was at the mercy of some idiots that cut into 72 fiber optic cables between my town and Birmingham, Alabama.

Anyhow, this fiber cut took the hosting company down. I am dissappointed, but for 7 years, I have used this company and have only had problems that were the fault of heavy traffic or my own mistakes. Not to mention they are local and it's great keeping that big payment in the local economy. I am just wondering why the ring that carries the traffic from the host to the hub in Birmingham was not on a protected ring that switches paths when a fiber is cut. Oh well.

Anyhow, it's great to be back. I was really having withdrawals.

Got Zune is looking for a few good men… and women!

What are we looking for?
Basically Zune Fans that want to share news, views, and experiences about the Zune with others.

The ideal candidate would also get the priveledge to review accessories, cases, software, etc for Got Zune.

What are the Benefits?
Paid Medical, 2 weeks vacation… wait, nevermind. Benefits? What benefits? You would be part of a team of folks that enjoy the Zune and want to share the social with others. This should be compensation enough, right?

The only real requirements are the following:

Spill it!, What Zune are you using now?

I wanted to a) remind everyone reading about the Contest and b) remind those that are commenting for a chance to win that comment spam will get you disqualified. We've had and removed a couple waves of this already.

Anyhow, if you want to win... follow the rules. Thanks!

To kick off Got Zune, we are giving away a Black 80GB Zune 2.  This contest couldn’t be any easier, well it could be easier, but… ya know.

Read more about the contest!

Update: My To Do list is almost complete for today...

Now it's time to sit back, shut the world out and fall asleep listing to some driving metal in my ears at ungodly volume!

Here is a digest of all the cool things we posted today!

• Stuff is Happening! Zune.net Down…
• Zune 2 8GB Flash Zune 1st Look
• Zune.net is up and running
• 4 and 8 GB Zune Originals Available to Order
• New and Old - 30 Updated / Flash Updated
• The Official Zune Forums
• Zune Pad 1st Impressions
• Unboxing 80 GB Zune
• Susan and Chris Caved - We have the Zune 80
• Pictures of Zune 30 and Zune 80
• Zune 2 Video Comparison
• Zune 80 Wireless Sync Demo
• Zune 80 Does TV Out
• Zune 2 Verdict? Giz says Yep, Engadget says No
• “Citronâ€� Zune?
• Zune 2 80GB Video 1st Look/Demo

That's a lot of posts... please don't expect everyday to be launch day.

To get your Zune Card to work on a website where you can inject the code, use this. Ignore the link... Just use the code.