Woot Joins The Social, Gets Beaten Up
- September 21st, 2007
- 4 Comments
Woot, purveyor of all that is discount gadgetry, is receiving a healthy amount of backlash from its customers because it continues to slash the price of Zune media players. The white Zune first showed up a month or so ago and $150 was a great deal on a sub-par device. I have one and it’s not that great, which is how I feel about my iPod, too, so don’t think I’m hating on MS for fun.
Anyhoo, the current price of today’s Woot is $130, which is $20 less than when it first showed up and because enough Wooters wrote nasty e-mails to Larry he’s decided to give the early adopters a $10 credit. There is one stipulation to the credit, though. It has to go towards the purchase of any item greater than $40. That’s easy enough. So if you purchased a Zune on August 22 or during the last Woot Off then enter Bumpyroad the next time you make a purchase.
Tuesday Night Tech Staff (Who am I?)
11 months ago
I don’t normally comment on these things, but, why is Microsoft still selling this thing? As Tuesday Night Tech said on a recent show, “The Zune is dead. There is no way they can compete with the iPod anymore, even if they turn it into a phone or toaster. Give up.”
sw (Who am I?)
11 months ago
The woot writeup is clearly satire and not a symbol of any backlash. Did you not read Steve Job’s iPhone “open letter”?
Peter Ha (Who am I?)
11 months ago
Woot Joins The Social, Gets Beaten Up. I’m pretty sure that sums it up.
Do I really need to put in disclaimers when I’m being sarcastic. Tough crowd.
Gabey8 (Who am I?)
11 months ago
Good for Woot, finding a way to tweak both MS and Apple simultaneously.
And good on ‘em again because I now have a $10 coupon to use. :o)