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.
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.”
The woot writeup is clearly satire and not a symbol of any backlash. Did you not read Steve Job’s iPhone “open letter”?
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.
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)