ashanty mitra, try your college/university's site (if you are a student), they will have some discount rates for their students, staffs, faculties etc- or else if you are working then may be your company might have some sort of busines deal with those ipod-dell-hp etc and in that case you will have a discount on those items. keep on looking mitra- i promise you your quest for ipod will not go on vain.