Care to share a model number, since the one you bought is known to work?
It's the "Logitech USB Headset 250" It works perfectly. I have to admit I was pleasantly surprised when I plugged it into the USB port and idscovered it worked immediately. I didn't have to start YAST and add it as a new device or anything... simply worked as soon as I plugged it in. As a caveat... controlling the volume is a challenge I've yet to solve to my satisfaction. The default settings are acceptable...
If I can, I'd like to avoid rearranging plugs every time I use Skype.
That's been my biggest beef with using Skype as my main phone :-) Once I got teh USB headset though... problems solved :-) No more futzing around with scrambling to swap over the speakers with the headset. C.