I recently found an older wacom model (volito 1) that was sold blistered on eBay for only 14€ (yes I said 14€, not 140 !) so that made something like 20€ (around $25 or something like that)... and I'm so happy with it ! It has only one stylus that has only pressure recognition, no additional stuff but is highly sufficient for my needs. Plus, my new laptop automatically set up the built-in Tablet PC options (built-in every Packard Bell model, even non-tablet pc)...

I now use it with Photoshop, Illustrator, Blender and the like and it's almost a must have for any would-be graphic designer...

Definitely no problems with it. I have my mouse and tablet plugged in and found no conflict between them. I only disabled the "click animation" that goes with the stylus in Vista, because it caused lags... but now I did that it's perfectly fluid.

Plus, shipped in two days (Belgium is far smaller than the US ^^).

Clearly, 20€ was worth the expense ;-)

Edit : I think they still have some for sale, in case someone would be interested ;-)