Microsoft to permanently close nearly all of its retail stores
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I assumed they were more for marketing presence than an actual cash generator. And tbh the stores they've left open are probably good enough for that.
That's a lot of jobs gone. Makes sense as the store didn't make sense to me. There wasn't a lot of lower cost items that the likes of dell, hp provide. Seemed like a glorified Xbox store. I took part in the vive or oculus test there and it was fun.
Most likely we will retain some of it but we havent had any communication on that.
What a shame. I used the Baybrook location here in Houston a TON to get Surfaces and attachments and all sorts of shit for work. It was a hell of a lot easier than trying to find someone at Best Buy to help me out.
Bummer, I like going to the stores for customer service. Had good experiences exchanging a broken xbox One X there about 6 mos ago.
They had a kiosk area at the mall I occasionally go to outside a Macy's. It was pretty rare I saw any customers looking at anything.
I went to the one at Bellevue Square, near Microsoft's headquarters, a few times and that seemed fairly busy and was a large store rather than just a kiosk.
I went to the one at Bellevue Square, near Microsoft's headquarters, a few times and that seemed fairly busy and was a large store rather than just a kiosk.
Which is a shame. Microsoft has some very good products that are right up there with Apple in terms of quality.
I feel sorry for the people losing their jobs but let's be honest, these stores were rarely used.
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oh wow. that is amazing. ( i wonder if they will move to office space at some point or MS just keeps them remote like an apple At home person)
I'm guessing home. wouldn't make sense to rent out office space for them?
My surface pro pooped the bed out of the blue around a year ago. Took it in to the Microsoft Store the same day and they swapped it out, no questions asked. It always sucks to lose options, and for the employees involved but it looks like they're all staying on which is fantastic!
