Me: Oh look, they’ve released a pink Zune. Would you like one for Christmas?
Her: I’d rather stick my head on a pike.
Although on closer reading of the article, it seems that the pink Zunes are a very rare limited edition and they are not marked as such. Consequently the guy who bought it thought he was getting a white one, didn’t like the pink, saw an opportunity and promptly put it on eBay.
Honestly, that’s a stroke of genius only matched by releasing a brown Zune in the first place.
You can just see little Jimmy’s parents in some electronics shop going:
Parent: Oh look, there’s one of those Zune things Jimmy wants. Excuse me, Mr Shop Assistant, we’d like to buy a Zune.
Shop Assistant: Wonderful, here you go.
Parent: Excellent, he’s going to be so pleased.
Of course, the parents left it to the last minute and the black/white Zunes sold out a long time ago - something the shop assistant neglects to mention lest it should damage his chances of making a commission and/or missing his sales target.
Little Jimmy then spends the next six months being bullied at school for having a poo coloured Zune before it’s finally stolen and destroyed by muggers on the bus who can’t bear to suffer it’s existence any longer. Little Jimmy is secretly thankful.
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November 28th, 2006 at 1:48 pm
My usual respect for the colour brown needs clarifying. Brown is good on clothes, shoes, bags and hats. It is strictly not allowed for gadgetry, oh, and computer programs - same goes for orange…
November 30th, 2006 at 3:45 pm
Would anyone want one??
: P
December 1st, 2006 at 2:34 pm
Apparently not. Look at amazon.com’s sales rankings. Seems that they are not only being outsold by iPods and the other main competitors (Creative, etc.), but that the Brown Zune is outselling the White Zune.. Madness.