Me and my friend recently finished college and figured the best way to spend the summer would be to learn to play the ukulele. Really. Anyway, after spending ages looking at all the different colours and makes on here, I decided to just go for this one - since it had tuning pipes and a plectrum all included, I figured I'd have everything I'd need, and the price was really good for a beginner uke. Considering the price, I wasn't expecting something amazing, but I've seriously fallen in love with it. I've played other musical instruments (cello... bit different) so was already expecting it to fall out of tune quite easily considering it's new, so that wasn't really a problem - the strings just gradually fall a bit flat, and it's not hard to keep hoiking them up every now and again.
Once it's tuned up, which I used an electronic tuner for (you might want to find a video for it online, I accidentally tuned mine an octave too low before I did) it sounds brilliant, and there are a few chords in the instructions for looking after it that come in the pack so you can get started right away. It's really easy to pick up once you get going.
It looks great, too, and the carrier it comes with is pretty spiffy, if quite simple. Definitely recommended for a beginner ukulele player, or anyone else really. Love it!