How annoying! The lack of accessories that come with a new

Question

In fact, from what I understand, this is true of all portable MP3 products. What is it with not giving you a power adaptor with it's? Having a USB cable is all very well and good but it has limited use. The reason I bought the Zen is because I dont have a PC at home so I can record directly from my hi-fi, and if Im at work, I listen to music from my PC so its pointless me bringing my MP3 to work! The other reason for having an MP3 player is for travelling so again, USB cable of no use to me whatsoever. Everyone is going to need a power adaptor at some point! Now I have to go and find one, would love to buy one online but the postage is almost as much as the actual item! What an annoying rip off. I think great customer service would be providing people the option of paying extra for, what?should really be a standard item, to have the items in one box. I would pay even more to have the armband thrown in too to save me the hassle of having to track one of those down. V. frustrating, come on Creative, it would be a great marketing tactic.
Just to add insult to injury, my computer at work has NT4 so I cannot set up my MP3 player here anyway. I think MP3 player makers are missing out on a massi've part of the market i.e. people who are not good with computers by tying them so closely to PC use. *Rant Over*?What does everyone else think?

Answer 1

Unfortunately, the market seems to follow the iPod's example.
Original Zen Micros came very well equipped: nice, long USB cord, (not the stubby one provided now), cradle, belt clip, wall socket charger, soft cloth storage bag, software CDs, print manual and probably a few things I've forgotten.
My brother recently was given an iPod Shuffle. It came in a box without software and only had headphones, the docking cable & a small instructions card.
Once iPods dropped wall chargers [and hopefully dropped their prices too], many of the other manufacturers followed suit.
I think it's a pity not to have a wall charger- how much does one cost at the factory level? It would save a considerable amount of frustration for people who do not have computers with them everywhere they travel.