Skull Candy Smokin Buds Consumer Headphones

I bought a pair of these at FYE for $30.00 thinking they had better not disappoint. They didn't. These can be a bit tricky to find the proper fit but skullcandy provides three sizes of tips. After about two weeks, my left bud died. I sent an email to skullcandy and am to this day waiting for a reply. However, two days after not receiving a reply. I called the number posted on their website. They sent me out a brand new pair, NO questions asked. How can you beat that. While these are not shures they do sound very good. I did see them on sale at Staples for $20.00 and at FYE for $10.00 so, yeah, I'm a bit peed off at that but, not much I can do there. My only complaints are these, getting into the provided case is like opening Fort Knox and unless your name is Houdini or Copperfield..GOOD LUCK. Lastly, what is up with the damned cord ? The left side is 5 1/2 inches long and the right side is 18 1/2 inches long. A REAL weird setup but, maybe I'm missing something here. Anyone have an idea here...???