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Buy a Zune, Fight Breast Cancer

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iMav
iMav Original post #1
Oct 19, 2007 at 10:33 AM
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
Oct 19, 2007 at 10:39 AM
100% to cancer research & charity....WTF...u must be joking....

how much does Product Red iPod pays to charity :rolleyes:
amitava82
Oct 19, 2007 at 11:31 AM
$249.99 for a pink Zune!! WTF
I can buy normal Zune 30GB for $99..
alsiladka
Oct 19, 2007 at 12:14 PM
I love this initiative MS has taken in the past one year with charity. You already have the IM Initiative on Windows Live Messenger. I hope all of you are part of it.
The_Devil_Himself
Oct 19, 2007 at 1:50 PM
lol man 250$ for a 30gb Zune?I would rather give all 250$ to charity instead of buying Zune for 250$.
QwertyManiac
Oct 19, 2007 at 2:04 PM
The_Devil_Himself said:
lol man 250$ 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? :lol:
Gigacore
Oct 19, 2007 at 7:27 PM
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
Oct 19, 2007 at 8:58 PM
Well you can look at it this way:

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

I wonder which one actually benefits the 'cause'. :)
ravi_9793
Oct 19, 2007 at 9:06 PM
goobimama said:
Well you can look at it this way:

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

I wonder which one actually benefits the 'cause'. :)
I wonder where U get this figure.
Gigacore
Gigacore #10
Oct 19, 2007 at 9:09 PM
only 2 Zunes ? :shock:
goobimama
goobimama #11
Oct 19, 2007 at 9:15 PM
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
ravi_9793 #12
Oct 19, 2007 at 9:16 PM
goobimama said:
Heheh... I'm a board member of both Apple and Microsoft... Balmer answers to me :)
Lozzzzzzzzzz.......... :D
anand1
anand1 #13
Oct 19, 2007 at 9:17 PM
I do not ko why Microsoft's Zune is selling very much low. Puzzled !!!!
The_Devil_Himself
Oct 19, 2007 at 9:18 PM
^^they are selling it for just 99$ now.The 30gb model.

anybody getting it?
iMav
iMav #15
Oct 19, 2007 at 9:42 PM
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
Oct 19, 2007 at 9:50 PM
lol man its iMav's supernatural connection.
goobimama
goobimama #17
Oct 20, 2007 at 12:19 AM
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
Oct 20, 2007 at 4:06 AM
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.. :D
amitava82
amitava82 #19
Oct 20, 2007 at 7:44 AM
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
Oct 20, 2007 at 7:59 AM
^^ 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" :D
gxsaurav
gxsaurav #21
Oct 20, 2007 at 9:54 AM
Source
Gigacore
Gigacore #22
Oct 20, 2007 at 10:09 AM
^ thanks for source :)
iMav
iMav #23
Oct 20, 2007 at 10:10 AM
@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
Gigacore #24
Oct 20, 2007 at 10:13 AM
^ i think you should put that source in that first post :)
iMav
iMav #25
Oct 20, 2007 at 10:16 AM
arre but my source was a phone call from steve ballmer and sorry i cannot put his phone no. on the forums ;)
Gigacore
Gigacore #26
Oct 20, 2007 at 10:24 AM
lol. . . why did he call you? are you breast cancer specialist :shock: :D
iMav
iMav #27
Oct 20, 2007 at 10:27 AM
no we were discussing the future of MS in India :D it was a casual call hi-hello types ...
Gigacore
Gigacore #28
Oct 20, 2007 at 10:34 AM
^ lol . . . wont JOBS get upset from this coz you are mac fan too :D
iMav
iMav #29
Oct 20, 2007 at 10:38 AM
actually im expecting a call from him too .... he wants some tips about making his products more acceptable
Gigacore
Gigacore #30
Oct 20, 2007 at 10:42 AM
^ really funny. . . so he wants you to reveal the plans of microsoft, so that he can go one step further :D
iMav
iMav #31
Oct 20, 2007 at 10:43 AM
no he wants to know how to make his products as acceptable ... i aint no back stabber
Gigacore
Gigacore #32
Oct 20, 2007 at 10:46 AM
so you mean now his products are not much acceptable :D
if he asks you to give an idea to create a OS that can kill vista . . . whats ur answer
iMav
iMav #33
Oct 20, 2007 at 10:51 AM
Gigacore said:
so you mean now his products are not much acceptable
we know the truth
Gigacore said:
if he asks you to give an idea to create a OS that can kill vista . . . whats ur answer
a simple 1 - be realistic dude
Gigacore
Gigacore #34
Oct 20, 2007 at 10:55 AM
^ lol . . . even i can gave those answers to him in Voice chat the other day. ;) now i dont know why he is not able undertand simple things :) :D
gxsaurav
gxsaurav #35
Oct 20, 2007 at 11:17 AM
Gigacore said:
^ lol . . . even i can gave those answers to him in Voice chat the other day. ;) now i dont know why he is not able undertand simple things :) :D

Thats cos Steve Jobs is a smug mac grand daddy
narangz
narangz #36
Oct 20, 2007 at 12:10 PM
Sukhdeep Singh said:
^^ 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" :D

Agree.... "Damn, if they do it...Damned if they dont." Correct... Can't be more true.
amitava82
amitava82 #37
Oct 20, 2007 at 10:49 PM
iMav said:
@amitava - zune v1 mrp is 99$ ... dude get ur facts right before lambasting some1 or something ....
May be you should get your facts right... Both the Zunes are V1. So whats your point?:rolleyes:
*www.engadget.com/2007/10/18/ford-sells-pink-30gb-first-gen-zune-donates-100-to-breast-canc/
iMav
iMav #38
Oct 20, 2007 at 11:23 PM
:lol: newsflash: zune v2 has been launched :lol: :lol:
shady_inc
shady_inc #39
Oct 20, 2007 at 11:52 PM
Lol....
Buy pink zune...fight breast cancer.
Buy red zune...fight blood cancer.
Buy brown zune...fight lung c.ancer

:lol: :lol: :lol:

By the way.MS has got one thing wrong here.Guys just won't buy PINK zunes!!
The_Devil_Himself
Oct 21, 2007 at 12:26 AM
^^don't buy any Zune....no fights!!!

lols.
RCuber
RCuber #41
Oct 21, 2007 at 1:42 AM
I want to take a course (medical consultant? ) which will help me diagnose that cancer in women. My services to that field after that course will be "FREE" :))
iMav
iMav #42
Oct 21, 2007 at 1:53 AM
buy urself zunes in bulk u will get a lot of good will and maybe (in the words of gx) "mountains" around u :D
goobimama
goobimama #43
Oct 21, 2007 at 2:52 AM
Sick, sick, sick. Disgusting.