[quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'219213\' date=\'Jun 29 2009, 11:20 PM\'][quote name=\'goongas\' post=\'219211\' date=\'Jun 29 2009, 08:02 PM\']I was supposed to get a PC/TV combo, but today was contacted that they don't make it anymore, so I was offered a gift card to either Best Buy, Amazon.com, or Sony Style. I took the Amazon.com one.[/quote]
True story: I was at my Local Outdoor Upscale Mall a couple of months ago, and I walked past the Sony Style store. And I realized I'd never been inside one before. So I went in.
Ghost. Town.
The desire, nay. NEED to look like the iPod purveyor on the other side of the mall oozed from every electron. The Wall of Walkmen was pristine and untouched. The employees were making a game effort, but behind their cheery greeting you could see the dark, soulless pallor of a retailer having their lunch fed to them.
The entire time I was in there, only one other person walked in. His completely serious question: "Hey, can you tell me where the Apple Store is?"
You could SEE that last glimmer of hope fly out the door. It was quite the sobering experience.
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I know GSN is partially owned by Sony, but this must explain why they are giving away the Ipod docks(for one) on a daily basis now.