what's a GOOD (non-ipod) portable mp3 player that's cheap?

and how much did you pay (can you specify your country please)?
THANKYOU!
p.s. if you can answer this, i'll love you even more:

dumb question.. can i put my purchased cd music on my computer, then turn it into an mp3 to put on an mp3 player? i assume yes, but i just have to make sure!
p.p.s. it doesn't have to be super cheap.. just not a really fancy deluxe expensivo one..

I have a creative zen microphoto. all creative products are good. im not going to say amazingly cheap, but price-to-quality is great.. ha ha.. good choice on non-iPod! my microphoto was $180, but theres places to get other creative cheaper. .. USA