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[DCpinoy]

$20 promotion is not confirmed by others yet.

Spoiler

Apparently you can take a short lesson/class on Windows 8 and upon finishing it you receive a $20 gift card.

Went to the MS store at 6am this morning to be one of the first 100 people in line to get the $99.99 Xbox Music Pass card and to check out the debut of the Surface tablet.

First time at the MS store because it's at a large mall that's mainly tourists so I try to avoid it all costs. I went early cause Im used to chaotic Apple events but the lines at MS didnt build up til 9am area. After opening they held an approx. 35 minute class on Windows 8, just 3 people and myself sat down to listen to speaker in a store full of people lol, but afterwards I received a $20 giftcard

I think the classes my be going on all week, every hour on the hour.

Old Information about Bing vs. Google challenge.

Spoiler

Went to the Microsoft Store today at Valley Fair Mall, San Jose CA. I did the Bing vs. Google challenge and was given a gift card voucher upon completion. It's worth 25 dollars and no minimum purchase required. The vouchers are good in store only and until the 25th of October.

These are some of the better options I think other than pts or live gold cards. Seems like the South Coast Plaza store wont be "getting" any until friday. That is if they sell them in store.

4 Eneloop AA (AAA same price) $11
16gb flash $20
16gb flash $23
8gb flash (fancy or something) $25
Belkin mini surge $20
comfort mouse $25
confort mouse 6000 $30
wireless keyboard $25
wireless keyboard 2000 $30
Samsung 55" LED HDTV $4000
HP large surge $25
Monster portable surge (3 outlets and usb, interesting) $25
weird usb home/car charger thing $30
Telephone headset for smartphone (girlfriend has been wanting one of these) $30
razer mousepad $35

Edited by DCpinoy, 28 October 2012 - 06:30 AM.

[WTFD4V1D]

You can get Halo Reach for like about $7 after using the voucher and trade it into GameStop for $25.

[Wario64]

Can you preorder X360 games in store and get $10 bonus and 1600 MSP still?

[bzchanboy]

Can you preorder X360 games in store and get $10 bonus and 1600 MSP still?

No this offer was never offered instore. What they did was order on their website in store to get that offer.

Good thing about this Bing challenge is that they are not taking your information afterwards. So you can come back once a day if you wanted to. You can't combine them though.

[joeyshadows]

If only I had a Microsoft store nearby. :(

[sninh]

I can confirm this and that it can be done mult times. I got 1600 ms points with it for free or you can get a 3 month xbl card for free

[breakingcustoms]

got 2 of them today at Christiana Mall, DE

[Bioterror]

Time to make trips to the mall more often, are these like the gift cards they have during the phone challenge? If they're more like coupons can they be stacked?

[pROvIs]

closest store is 30 minutes away in the Mall of America. I don't know if its worth it to take the risk.

[Link2999]

What's the Bing vs Google challenge like? Did they dumb down a lot of the results?

Edit: Nevermind, just took it on http://www.bingiton.com ; I don't know how Bing won 2:1 among people since I just took it and 5/5 searches I preferred Google results over Bing. idk

[bzchanboy]

Time to make trips to the mall more often, are these like the gift cards they have during the phone challenge? If they're more like coupons can they be stacked?

No they are not like the real giftcards they gave out for that promotion. They can not be stacked as well.

[kitsunisan]

What's the Bing vs Google challenge like? Did they dumb down a lot of the results?

Edit: Nevermind, just took it on http://www.bingiton.com ; I don't know how Bing won 2:1 among people since I just took it and 5/5 searches I preferred Google results over Bing. idk

Took it myself, did independent searches off of that page to verify. Out of 3 tests, Bing claimed 4 pages that Google actually found. Have to cheat at a blind test, smh.

[Yigytugd]

So technically I can get unlimited tickets depending on how long I just wait or go. It's a great deal but not worth it since the closest store is 30+ minutes away.

[KtMack23]

Google tells me it'll take me 1 day and 10 hours (if avoiding tolls) to get there, so it's not worth the gas money.

[kitsunisan]

Google tells me it'll take me 1 day and 10 hours (if avoiding tolls) to get there, so it's not worth the gas money.

People believe Bing will give a better time there 2 to 1 in blind comparison tests.

[DeathBringer]

Got 3 of them easy to do.

[kitsunisan]

Got 3 of them easy to do.

3 in one sitting?

[kylerg]

Maybe I can get a buddy that lives next to one go and do it.

[Friend of Sonic]

I need to go down and do that. How do Microsoft Store preorders work? Can I preorder Halo 4 with this voucher and use it to pay down the preorder? Then you'd get a real 25 dollar gift card.

[io]

If only I had a Microsoft store nearby. :(

This. Never even seen one nor knew they even existed. When I saw references in the past to "Microsoft store" on CAG I always just assumed it was Microsoft's online store .

[Alkalinejoe]

Hm. There is a Microsoft store in the Fashion Show Mall here in Vegas. I guess a free $25 voucher is enough to warrant driving through the strip I'll head down there on Tuesday after school.

[EarthBoundX5]

closest store is 30 minutes away in the Mall of America. I don't know if its worth it to take the risk.

I might go tomorrow and check it out; if you get there before me, tell me if its going on so I can save my time and not go; I'll do the same for you if I get there before hearing anything from ya

[Lord Hamm]

What's the Bing vs Google challenge like? Did they dumb down a lot of the results?

Edit: Nevermind, just took it on http://www.bingiton.com ; I don't know how Bing won 2:1 among people since I just took it and 5/5 searches I preferred Google results over Bing. idk

Just took the challenge myself and also got 5/5 google pages

I dont know what kind of scam this is

I searched poop, peepee, shit, penis and the f word

Bing wanted to show me a lot of porn videos so maybe thats why its winning

[JediJames2]

Where in store is this? One just opened in my area (Central Florida); haven't checked it out yet but for this I might.

[UberSwiss]

Hm. There is a Microsoft store in the Fashion Show Mall here in Vegas. I guess a free $25 voucher is enough to warrant driving through the strip I'll head down there on Tuesday after school.

Woo local cager! I'm going to head there tomorrow so ill report my findings

[giantqtipz]

Expires one day before the Surface launch.. Whatt do you guys think of the surface by the way? I hate the fact tthat they've been keeping it on the down low. I don't know much about it other than what I've seen in their reveal presentation 3-4 months ago..

[Vlaphor]

I did the smartphone challenge and lost (Overland Park store) and got a $25 gift card for it. I then asked if they had any sales on games and they said no, but they'd give me another $25 gift card to help me choose. Got Asura's Wrath for $5 that day.

Went back to the mall a few weeks later (live 60 miles away) and got another gift card for doing the same challenge.

[FatherChesz]

The Tysons Corner store is doing the same thing, if you're able to pull the 6+ employees away from playing Dragon Ball Z Kinect long enough to do it. I even got a free shirt too.

Hoping to get back there this week for a discount on 007 Legends.

[kilik64]

No store in Nashville right now but green hills mall is getting a holiday store end of this month.

Anyone know what the hell that is? Guessing a kiosk type thing like you see from dell?

[neocisco]

Google tells me it'll take me 1 day and 10 hours (if avoiding tolls) to get there, so it's not worth the gas money.

You should have Bing'd it.