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.
"I Won The Windows Phone Challenge, But Lost 'Just Because'"
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Re: "I Won The Windows Phone Challenge, But Lost 'Just Because'"
#22Someone from Microsoft did apologize - https://twitter.com/#!/BenThePCGuy/status/184123838949359616
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" :)
Re: "I Won The Windows Phone Challenge, But Lost 'Just Because'"
#23Still 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.
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#24Microsoft has a knack for choosing (and approving) the most boneheaded PR stints in the business... do they pay companies for this nonsense or do they just come up with it themselves? In a nutshell, the campaign is "Watch us humiliate you and the phone you are spending a lot of your hard-earned money on." Why would anyone think that making consumers feel bad is going to lead them to having the warm, fuzzy feelings ne…
Absolutely. The idea is just asking for trouble - there will always be at least some dude who feels that he was treaded unfairly and reallies up the internets. Plus I am not sure how important the "speed" factor for most users really is. There are the fuzzy Apples, the Androids of freedom, the business berrys, but I am not sure if speed is an adequate positioning.
Re: "I Won The Windows Phone Challenge, But Lost 'Just Because'"
#25Still 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 and Surface table locked on to a nonsensical tower defense game. It's like Windows incarnate: an ugly copy of Apple design, with no comprehension of why the Apple design works.
Google should open a store too, and fill it with a bunch of free toys and cover the walls with third-party ads.
Re: "I Won The Windows Phone Challenge, But Lost 'Just Because'"
#26It sounds to me like all of the contests were set to be won by preconfiguration , not phone speed. Having two live-tiles already set up with the winning condition, known in advance only by the employee is hardly a contest. They didn't just not want to pay out. They likely didn't even know how. It was never even considered a possibility.
>They didn't just not want to pay out. They likely didn't even know how. It was never even considered a possibility. There have been previous losses and money was paid. http://windowsteamblog.com/windows_phone/b/windowsphone/arch... This might be a couple of rogue employees doing this instead of a company policy.
That seems like a different and very specific event. But have there been any actual laptops awarded on these window store competitions?
Re: "I Won The Windows Phone Challenge, But Lost 'Just Because'"
#27This reminds me of their Vista PR stunt where they tricked unsuspecting users to give favorable feedback about Vista on camera.
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#28Can't say the ability to see 2 cities weather at the same time has even been important in my choice of phone. These should really be based on things people are actually considering when buying a phone otherwise they seem really pointless.
Re: "I Won The Windows Phone Challenge, But Lost 'Just Because'"
#29Someone 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 the someone involved in the screw-up then it doesn't count.
And while we're busy apologizing, perhaps the person responsible for this stupid PR event should apologies to Microsoft for further damaging an already tarnished brand.
Re: "I Won The Windows Phone Challenge, But Lost 'Just Because'"
#30After you say you won but were told you lost, 'I was then asked to snap a photo in front of a sign that read along the lines of “My Android was smoked by Windows Phone” before leaving the store.' You should have declined.
But how much more fun would it be to get profiled as a "loser", then show people this story. The employees were dumb to even ask: "let's see how much salt we can rub into this".