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Still can't get used to these Microsoft Stores. I should probably get over it, but every time time I see one, it strikes me that they're copying Apple in a really lame way.
Apple would not have a contest. They would say. This is our product. We think it's awesome. You should think it's awesome too. If you don't want to buy it, don't. They wouldn't hold cheesy PR stunts to try and "prove" how much better they are.
There is also a post by someone that 'tied' and then went to win on the next turn, even though their own terms of the contest state that in the event of a tie, the customer wins.
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Apple would not have a contest. They would say. This is our product. We think it's awesome. You should think it's awesome too. If you don't want to buy it, don't. They wouldn't hold cheesy PR stunts to try and "prove" how much better they are.
Have we already forgotten the years of "I'm a PC" exaggerated comparison ads?
Still can't get used to these Microsoft Stores. I should probably get over it, but every time time I see one, it strikes me that they're copying Apple in a really lame way.
Visiting UVillage in Seattle is bizarre. You get the Apple Store that we all know. And you get the Sony Style store which is like the Apple Store but overcomplicated and weird in that Sony way, with 3-D TVs and pink Memory Sticks. And now we have the Microsoft Store, directly across the parking lot from Apple, with exactly the same floorplan and layout, but made with chintzier materials and a distracting video wall a…
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Wow. Just wow. Just when you think they couldn't possibly bungle this any further. tl;dr: MS rep apologizes and invites him back for a rematch. Because it's like he hasn't already won the challenge or something.
You mean to say "in other 140 characters" instead of the "tl;dr" :)
Someone from Microsoft did apologize - https://twitter.com/#!/BenThePCGuy/status/184123838949359616
Some generic company apologist, unrelated to the events in question, (kind of) apologized. Until the manager in question who is actually responsible apologies, I don't see why that should count for anything. This is becoming a depressingly common pattern, big company screws up then someone completely unrelated offers a generic apology while the people actually responsible never say anything. If the apology isn't from…
[1] http://windowsteamblog.com/windows_phone/b/windowsphone/arch...
How maddening. Don't create promotions like this if you're not going to pay out.
It can't go well in the age of the Internet. This is the top story on a couple of sites I read. All it would take is for the mainstream (non-tech) press to pick it up to create some real bad publicity.
Someone from Microsoft did apologize - https://twitter.com/#!/BenThePCGuy/status/184123838949359616
Or they have a quota for losses per day.
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Wow. Just wow. Just when you think they couldn't possibly bungle this any further. tl;dr: MS rep apologizes and invites him back for a rematch. Because it's like he hasn't already won the challenge or something.
did you just provide a TLDR for a tweet?!