[Liberator]

The time has come for me to buy a new headset and I am agonizing over it far more than I should be.
This is what I have been using for the last several years.  It still works great, but the ear cushions are gone and I can't get replacements anymore.  So I've decided to buy a new pair.  But I have no idea what to get or where to get it from.  All I do know that I refuse to pay more than about $30 to $40 for it.  Questions, comments and Suggestions are very welcome on this subject.  Oh, and Steelseries can suck my unmentionables, there's no way in hell I'm paying $100+ for a headset.

[Fury]

No more than $40? Awww, guess these are too expensive then. They've worked well for me though.

[JGZinv]

craigslist.... that's about your only hope.

Astro Gaming makes nice headsets as do Tritton, but expect to pay no less than $100

[Liberator]

I don't understand how that is.  The ones I linked above served me well, and they didn't cost but about $35.  I don't need surround sound, mega-fi or 16 bajillion extra functions.  I play warcraft and talk in vent and not much of that recently as my job is 7 days a week right now.  So what I'm looking for is decent sound quality and a microphone that doesn't make me sound like a mouse on crack or an AM radio station that's 3 miles too far away.

[FreeSpaceFreak]

I use this one - real cheap, and I'm happy with it.

[MachManX]

Liberator, when choosing a headset, don't forget that there are two types of headphones: Open-eared and Close-eared.  Open eared cover your ears but allow you to hear the outside word while the close eared completely close you off from the outside world.