I got my Sennheiser CX300's on ebay for under $30. Great quality, good thick cord that doesn't get the 'twisties', and good bass. I've never heard of these breaking, while I've read a lot of posts about the skullcandy having issues on reliability.
I brought my CX300's to a Bose store recently to try them
head to
head vs the $100 tri-ports and I thought the sound was just a good and the bass a ton better on the CX300's.
You should check ebay and get those...