I'm surprised nobody asked about Rob's purchase of the PBA (Professional Bowlers Association) along with a few of his tech-sector friends. Over the past few years they have gained a lot of ground in increasing the popularity of bowling and legitimizing it as a professional sport. Wired had a great article on it this month at http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/12.09/kingpin.h tml.
After watching the re-emergence of poker, I think that the PBA has a real shot of revitalizing bowling with the right marketing. Regardless of how I feel about Real, I'd like to see the PBA venture succeed.
In addition to the 10% from the Target Visa discount, you also get a giftcard for 15 bucks this week. So that basically knocks $45 off of the price, as long as you can find something else at Target to use the $15 on. Not a bad deal, although iPods are still a liitle too much for my budget.
Target has the 10GB iPod advertised this week for $299, but it is listed as "low price" instead of "sale." I work for Target, and I know that Target only advertises something as "sale" if it is actually discounted. I don't know if the same can be said for Best Buy or any of the other retailers. The "low price" distinction is similar to Wal-Mart advertising their "everyday" low prices. Just like in all advertising, you gotta read the fine print:-)
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I'm surprised nobody asked about Rob's purchase of the PBA (Professional Bowlers Association) along with a few of his tech-sector friends. Over the past few years they have gained a lot of ground in increasing the popularity of bowling and legitimizing it as a professional sport. Wired had a great article on it this month at http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/12.09/kingpin.h tml.
After watching the re-emergence of poker, I think that the PBA has a real shot of revitalizing bowling with the right marketing. Regardless of how I feel about Real, I'd like to see the PBA venture succeed.
--Josh
In addition to the 10% from the Target Visa discount, you also get a giftcard for 15 bucks this week. So that basically knocks $45 off of the price, as long as you can find something else at Target to use the $15 on. Not a bad deal, although iPods are still a liitle too much for my budget.
Target has the 10GB iPod advertised this week for $299, but it is listed as "low price" instead of "sale." I work for Target, and I know that Target only advertises something as "sale" if it is actually discounted. I don't know if the same can be said for Best Buy or any of the other retailers. The "low price" distinction is similar to Wal-Mart advertising their "everyday" low prices. Just like in all advertising, you gotta read the fine print :-)