I don't expect this thread to last but regarding the cost of iTunes ringtones, check this link.
http://macdailynews.com/index.php/weblog/comments/14889/
+"Apple is selling a [user-customizable] ringtone and the full song together for $2, and... that’s a bargain... at least compared with existing sources for ringtone sales. Pop song ringtones from T-Mobile and Sprint cost $2.50 apiece; from Verizon, $3. You don’t get to customize them, choose the start and end points, adjust the looping and so on. Incredibly, after 90 days, every Sprint ringtone dies, and you have to pay another $2.50 if you want to keep it. Verizon’s last only a year," Pogue reports.+
+"And my intention isn’t to shoot the messenger by blaming Apple for the insanity of this pricing. *Apple’s pricing is lower than any American carrier, offers customizability that nobody else does, and gets you both the ringtone and the full song,*" Pogue writes.+