Buy a Zune, Fight Breast Cancer

[iMav]

Billy G rulz .... now with the story:

Get yourself a 30GB limited edition pink Zune, and fight breast cancer at the same time. Unlike some other charitable music-player-selling schemes that only donate a measly 5% of their proceeds to charity, when you buy a 30GB Zune from Warriors in Pink, 100% of the purchase price goes to Susan G. Koman For the Cure, thanks to the generosity of Ford and Microsoft.

PS: bande ka dil bahut bada hai

[gxsaurav]

100% to cancer research & charity....WTF...u must be joking....

how much does Product Red iPod pays to charity

[amitava82]

$249.99 for a pink Zune!! WTF
I can buy normal Zune 30GB for $99..

[alsiladka]

I love this initiative MS has taken in the past one year with charity. You already have the IM Initiative on Windows Live Messenger. I hope all of you are part of it.

[The_Devil_Himself]

lol man 250$ for a 30gb Zune?I would rather give all 250$ to charity instead of buying Zune for 250$.

[QwertyManiac]

Originally Posted by The_Devil_Himself

lol man 250$ for a 30gb Zune?I would rather give all 250$ to charity instead of buying Zune for 250$.

Amen, 100% is a bad tool of marketing again. They surely won't do a 100% unless we count the 'Pink Zunes' to be um, 1...3... 5 units in all?

[Gigacore]

another such tricks to boost the sales. . . did microsoft didn't have any other idea?
well i do agree it will help ladies suffering from such cancers.

BTW, SOURCE IS MISSING! Mr. Virus

[goobimama]

Well you can look at it this way:

Number of Zunes sold = 2
Number of iPods sold = 2 million.

I wonder which one actually benefits the 'cause'.

[ravi_9793]

Originally Posted by goobimama

Well you can look at it this way:

Number of Zunes sold = 2
Number of iPods sold = 2 million.

I wonder which one actually benefits the 'cause'.

I wonder where U get this figure.

[Gigacore]

only 2 Zunes ?

[goobimama]

Heheh... I'm a board member of both Apple and Microsoft... Balmer answers to me

But on a less serious note, where's the source to the original post?

[ravi_9793]

Originally Posted by goobimama

Heheh... I'm a board member of both Apple and Microsoft... Balmer answers to me

Lozzzzzzzzzz..........

[anand1]

I do not ko why Microsoft's Zune is selling very much low. Puzzled !!!!

[The_Devil_Himself]

^^they are selling it for just 99$ now.The 30gb model.

anybody getting it?

[iMav]

for all those who want source ... steve ballmer called last week and told me abt this cause i had told him to inform me abt MS charity work progress ....

[The_Devil_Himself]

lol man its iMav's supernatural connection.

[goobimama]

Well if he told you this last week, then this is old news and doesn't deserve to be in this section...

[Help~Is~Here]

lol... what a way to sell something that people don't want to buy.. lol.. it's a last ditch effort to get the zune into the hands of the people before it dies a horrible death which I think it already has.. lol..

[amitava82]

Think this way:
MS is donating less than the customers.
Actual Zune costs: $99
Manufacturing costs: Less than $99
Selling price: $249
Customer donating: $150
So if MS really wanted to do charity, why don't they just donate that amount they invest in manufacturing... Instead of playing some dirty trick in the name of charity..

[Sukhdeep Singh]

^^ atleast they are doing something....and something is always better than nothing

In my childhood school days, there was teacher who used to say same thing when some kid did incomplete homework...."kiya, kuch too kiya..na karne wale se too acha hain na"

100% maybe not(bcoz profit is still the main objective of any biz)...but yeah...they are still taking the inititive...I am not saying Microsoft is good or bad...but had some other orgainization done it...most of the replies would have been "WOW"...."Awesome" ...."Great"... and this being Microsoft..."Damn, if they do it...Damned if they dont"

[gxsaurav]

Source

[Gigacore]

^ thanks for source

[iMav]

@amitava - zune v1 mrp is 99$ ... dude get ur facts right before lambasting some1 or something ....

and Bill Gates' charity work is well known and appreciated

@help~is~here: zune v2 is a player here to stay and thats not as a MS supporter but as pmp user

[Gigacore]

^ i think you should put that source in that first post

[iMav]

arre but my source was a phone call from steve ballmer and sorry i cannot put his phone no. on the forums

[Gigacore]

lol. . . why did he call you? are you breast cancer specialist

[iMav]

no we were discussing the future of MS in India it was a casual call hi-hello types ...

[Gigacore]

^ lol . . . wont JOBS get upset from this coz you are mac fan too

[iMav]

actually im expecting a call from him too .... he wants some tips about making his products more acceptable

[Gigacore]

^ really funny. . . so he wants you to reveal the plans of microsoft, so that he can go one step further