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How to sell a Zune: Give away an iPod gift card

by Erica Sadun Feb 8th 2007 at 11:00AM

http://www.tuaw.com/media/2007/02/compusazunethumbnail.jpggHere's a chuckle from the forums over at MacRumors. Poster GFLPraxis, who works at the Spokane CompUSA, scanned this advertisement tag for the new Zune special. For only $249.99, you'll not only get a spankin' new Zune but also a $15 iTunes Gift Card. Now that's an inducement to buy the Zune! If only Apple would license FairPlay.

Although these tags should reflect what's printed in the circulated advertisements, this one didn't quite match. It was caught by the store manager, who passed it around the store for laughs.

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Tom Robinson

Yeah, audiophiles will buy $500 POWER CABLES instead.

February 09 2007 at 8:25 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
john russell

And they certainly wouldn’t be shopping at CompUSA.

February 09 2007 at 1:40 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
matt

nor would they be buying a zune! ;-)

February 08 2007 at 10:58 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
mripley

Audiophiles wouldn't be buying itunes tracks in the first place :)

February 08 2007 at 6:41 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Tony Roberto Zorzi Silva

ow is it illegal to buy songs from iTunes, burn them, and re-encode them? The iTunes TOS explicitly allows you to burn music (not video), and as far as I can read, you're only subject to standard copyright law beyond that.

Granted, audio quality will suffer, for audiophiles, but there's nothing illegal about buying a song from iTunes, burning it, ripping it, and using it on Zune, unless Microsoft has placed restrictions on imported music.

(iTunes TOS: http://www.apple.com/legal/itunes/us/service.html )

February 08 2007 at 2:17 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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Yeah, I definitly need to pick up one of those iPod cards :-)

The only thing I can imagine better than this will be the free HD DVD when you buy s PS3...hey, as we can see, stranger things have happened.

February 08 2007 at 2:01 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
John Butler

Wow, an iPod gift card! Can you tell me where I can get one? : )

February 08 2007 at 12:07 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Brady J. Frey

If that's not a compliment to Steve Jobs arguement, I don't know what is!

February 08 2007 at 11:54 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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