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Vincent Van Goatse posted:Microsoft has retail stores? I also had no idea this was a thing.
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Those stores were great. The best part was all computers sold there were not allowed to have bloatware. I'm sorry to see it go.
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Jun 27, 2020 02:09
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SO DEMANDING posted:Microsoft of course is not a company circling the drain...but, they are closing all but 4 of their retail stores I misread the first line as "all 4 of their retail stores".
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Jun 27, 2020 02:12
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I once bought a Surface RT at a Microsoft retail store. Soon both of these things will be forgotten.
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Jun 27, 2020 03:16
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Randaconda posted:I also had no idea this was a thing. I used to go and play with the VR sets they had there. It was actually a pretty good store to go in, you could just sit and play around with all their computers, and Xboxes, and the Kinnect/VR stuff. The sales people were never that pushy or anything either. Granted, I think I bought a whole one thing there in the past five years, but I did like checking stuff out.
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Jun 27, 2020 04:08
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I bought my Xbox one from their store when they were doing some crazy trade in deal so I paid like $150 for it. This was in Glendale though and it was more of a kiosk not like an actual store.
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Jun 27, 2020 04:32
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My mall has (had?) a Microsoft store, and it was exactly the same as the Apple store. Very brightly lit minimalist interior that makes it stand out among the other storefronts from afar. Clean, plain wooden tables with all the current products on display. If it didn't have the Windows logo instead of the Apple logo, I never would have known it wasn't a secondary/new Apple store. I'm not sure how they didn't get sued.
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Jun 27, 2020 07:17
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From everything I heard Microsoft Stores were usually close to Apple Stores, making the similarities blatantly obvious, and embarrassingly empty of customers. Presumably Apple was too busy laughing.
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Jun 27, 2020 08:50
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WITCHCRAFT posted:My mall has (had?) a Microsoft store, and it was exactly the same as the Apple store. Very brightly lit minimalist interior that makes it stand out among the other storefronts from afar. Clean, plain wooden tables with all the current products on display. If it didn't have the Windows logo instead of the Apple logo, I never would have known it wasn't a secondary/new Apple store. Yep, it was basically a knock-off Apple store.  Cover up the logos and you'd have a hard time guessing which store was which.
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Jun 27, 2020 12:02
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90s Solo Cup posted:Yep, it was basically a knock-off Apple store. Forget Microsoft, CASPER has physical stores?
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Jun 27, 2020 12:11
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AceOfFlames posted:Forget Microsoft, CASPER has physical stores? Wasn't there a whole thing about mattress stores?
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Jun 27, 2020 12:25
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Ghost Leviathan posted:Wasn't there a whole thing about mattress stores? I hear they fell flat.
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Jun 27, 2020 13:48
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Solice Kirsk posted:I hear they fell flat. boooo
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Jun 27, 2020 13:57
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One of my local malls had a Microsoft store almost right next to the Tesla store. It was always pretty busy.
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Jun 27, 2020 13:58
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Ghost Leviathan posted:Wasn't there a whole thing about mattress stores? The mattress industry is always fun to read/listen about. https://freakonomics.com/podcast/mattress-store-bubble/ There’s a few links on the Casper online mattress war with an online blogger. I think? This is the original article , but I just did a quick google search. https://www.fastcompany.com/3065928/sleepopolis-casper-bloggers-lawsuits-underside-of-the-mattress-wars It’s amazing. Long story short, Casper went nuts because this online blogger kept a link on his Casper review saying “Lisa is the best mattress click here.” The good with money was that blogger, he made a killing being the first blogger to review mattresses (especially during said internet bubble) , and however the exact details of the settlement ended, I think he exit it’s a millionaire or close to it. I remember using his online video reviews when I last looked at mattresses 4ish years ago, and they were pretty good.
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Jun 27, 2020 14:29
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90s Solo Cup posted:Yep, it was basically a knock-off Apple store. At the Mall of America the Microsoft store was directly across from the Apple store.
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Jun 27, 2020 14:47
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kdrudy posted:At the Mall of America the Microsoft store was directly across from the Apple store. I don’t recall that. I thought MS took over the Wizards of the Coast space on the 2nd or 3rd floor, and Apple is somewhere on the first. Edit: OK, I think they were on an upper floor originally and appear to have moved to the first floor around the corner from the Apple store. Doesn’t matter anyway, why the gently caress go to MOA anyway!? Boywhiz88 has a new favorite as of 15:47 on Jun 27, 2020 |
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Jun 27, 2020 15:43
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Boywhiz88 posted:I don’t recall that. I thought MS took over the Wizards of the Coast space on the 2nd or 3rd floor, and Apple is somewhere on the first. Mall of America is like having a store near Times Square, you do it for bragging rights (not saying it’s as expensive as New York for the cost of store rent though).
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Jun 27, 2020 17:52
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Duckman2008 posted:Mall of America is like having a store near Times Square, you do it for bragging rights (not saying it’s as expensive as New York for the cost of store rent though). Never been to MoA and can't imagine traveling 1000+ miles just to see a mall, no matter how gigantic it is. The mall where I took that shot (Green Hills in Nashville) was practically a ghost town with 2/3rds of the shops either closed or very limited in capacity. The Williams-Sonoma a few shops down was closed unless you actually called the clerk/manager on duty to let you in. COVID's a hell of a mall killer.
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Jun 27, 2020 20:30
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NY isn’t putting malls in the phase 4 reopening for a while, and I’m wondering if it’ll kill the mall near me. I hope not, I enjoy going there to kill some time on occasion.
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Jun 27, 2020 20:37
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Microsoft could have made money on that real estate by just admitting that they were minecraft daycares and charging admission.
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Jun 27, 2020 21:12
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Talking of shopping centres Mall operator already in high debt enters administration. BBC article posted:The owner of some of the UK's biggest shopping centres, Intu, has called in administrators.
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Jun 27, 2020 21:45
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I'm actually kinda surprised they didn't leave the Toronto Eaton Centre Microsoft store open, you'd think that they'd still want a marketing footprint in the busiest mall in North America. Although I don't know anyone who's going down to the Eaton Centre right now, even though the stores have reopened. I was actually super surprised to find out how popular the Toronto Eaton Centre is when I googled it just now, more people visit it each year than Central Park or the Toronto Airport 
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Jun 27, 2020 22:12
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ellspurs posted:Talking of shopping centres Trafford Centre is loving hideous.
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Jun 28, 2020 01:57
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If Simon somehow went out of business that would be awesome because they are some of the most evil fucks around. Like oil company and private security levels of evil. But that would be seismic, they're absolutely too big to fail.
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Jun 28, 2020 02:15
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Teriyaki Hairpiece posted:If Simon somehow went out of business that would be awesome because they are some of the most evil fucks around. Like oil company and private security levels of evil. But that would be seismic, they're absolutely too big to fail.
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Jun 28, 2020 03:06
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Ofecks posted:Kings Dominion in VA got a couple of the rides from Geauga, the big one being Dominator. Great coaster, even though they put it in the parking lot. carrowins is fun but get fast past no poo poo i saw a 5hr line in oct of last year at noon. they have alot of non rollercoaster stuff to.
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Jun 28, 2020 05:05
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Kevin DuBrow posted:Time to repurpose all Chuck E. Cheeses into Five Nights at Freddy’s horror houses I've been talking about this with my kids: If CEC bought the rights to be FNAF, and made it a, "hey 5-10 year-old kids it's a kinda edgy pizza joint, also parents here's a nudge-wink that taking your kids out to a kids theme restaurant is a brand-recognition horror show," we'd be going at least twice a month. It's like when 1980s sesame street went all "let's parody hitchcock et al"
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Jun 28, 2020 06:05
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Sesame Street has had shorts parodying Game of Thrones, Mad Men and such when they were on. Kids are aware of what their parents watch, makes sense to me. (Game of Chairs is also hilarious)
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Jun 28, 2020 06:08
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Just drove by the old site for Metcalf Mall in Kansas, which is now a Lowes (the mall closed down pre-pandemic), I had forgotten that one store on the Mall had bought it's own space so when they tore the mall down that store was left standing. That store was a Sears. Was.
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Jun 28, 2020 09:07
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Ghost Leviathan posted:Sesame Street has had shorts parodying Game of Thrones, Mad Men and such when they were on. Kids are aware of what their parents watch, makes sense to me. (Game of Chairs is also hilarious) It's 90% something to keep the adults at least vaguely engaged, like having Will Arnett have a bit on there as a magician.
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Jun 28, 2020 16:24
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Ghost Leviathan posted:Sesame Street has had shorts parodying Game of Thrones, Mad Men and such when they were on. Kids are aware of what their parents watch, makes sense to me. (Game of Chairs is also hilarious) Hadn't seen Game of Chairs, so thanks for that. Noticing what the chairs are made out of cracked me up. Also "You choked, Joffrey!"  I liked their Stranger Things parody, Sharing Things. That was spot on.
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Jun 28, 2020 18:02
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Teriyaki Hairpiece posted:If Simon somehow went out of business that would be awesome because they are some of the most evil fucks around. Like oil company and private security levels of evil. But that would be seismic, they're absolutely too big to fail. Any examples of this? Simon owns my local mall and I haven't heard anything bad.
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Jun 28, 2020 18:32
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For some insider information into the store closings: One of my friends was a repair tech for Charles Ensolvent Cheese. They were all told there wouldn't be any store closings for months and then three days later got a loving text message that the store closed that day. They offered him a new position with twice as long of a commute and a 25% pay cut. Understandably, he told them to eat poo poo.
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Jun 28, 2020 19:51
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I am also surprised that C.E.C. owns Peter Piper. I had a boss whose poor decisions in regards to our funds included monthly staff meetings at restaurants and Peter Pipers was in the rotation. It seemed silly to have meetings there but we were able to do it and the food was decent enough. I remember as a child the atmosphere inside Chuck E Cheeses was way more wild.
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Jun 28, 2020 20:55
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Rick posted:I am also surprised that C.E.C. owns Peter Piper. I had a boss whose poor decisions in regards to our funds included monthly staff meetings at restaurants and Peter Pipers was in the rotation. It seemed silly to have meetings there but we were able to do it and the food was decent enough. I remember as a child the atmosphere inside Chuck E Cheeses was way more wild.
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Jun 28, 2020 22:20
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Charles Entertainment Cheese
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Jun 28, 2020 22:30
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After 47 years, in Phoenix AZ, the mall Metrocenter is closing for good. I think they gutted every anchor store years ago, and Walmart put in a large store where Macy's used to be, but even that couldn't save it. drat. 20 years ago I remember going there after school or on weekends and there was no parking, the food court was crammed, no store didn't have customers crammed inside. 15 years, less. 2008 started the death bell.
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Jun 29, 2020 01:39
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FlamingLiberal posted:Is that a regional chain I think so, it's at least in Phoenix and Tucson.
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Volmarias posted:It's 90% something to keep the adults at least vaguely engaged, like having Will Arnett have a bit on there as a magician. It’s those bits that make me hate the show less when I hear “Plan the play then play the plan, if you can do it anyone can...” for the 30th time.
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