You should just go to the Microsoft store at the Eaton Centre: they have a pile of sales people in there with nothing to do all day.
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Johnny Au
Senior Member
You have done an excellent job stitching both photos.
vini007
Active Member
well FYI... there is no such thing in eaton.. google and all wrong.. checked myself ..
and asked security guard there
ChesterCopperpot
Senior Member
Are you sure you know how to Google? Maybe you were using Bing?
And that security guard doesn't sound knowledgeable
https://www.microsoft.com/en-ca/store/locations/on/toronto/toronto-eaton-centre/store-1074
And that security guard doesn't sound knowledgeable
https://www.microsoft.com/en-ca/store/locations/on/toronto/toronto-eaton-centre/store-1074
vini007
Active Member
sorry my bad you're right there is one but still it's strictly for gaming and they dob't carry accessories i asked one of their staffers..,
mburrrrr
Senior Member
I should have taken a picture of the Microsoft store on my last visit (months ago) to the eaton centre. It seemed like 10 employees and no customers. Apple was full of people. Probably a lot for service.
Welcome to the neighbourhood Microsoft. Anyone else following on the wagon downtown?
Welcome to the neighbourhood Microsoft. Anyone else following on the wagon downtown?
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innsertnamehere
Superstar
I'm sure you'll see more of it as more office stock comes online. Given how tight the market is right now it wouldn't surprise me if a lot of potential downtown tenants are in holding patterns in the burbs until vacancy rates increase.
Stefan
Active Member
To be fair, their location in Eaton is not helping either. Not saying if Microsoft had a storefront on the main floor beside Apple would bring in the same amount of people but it would most definitely help compared to their current basement spot.
The store at Square 1 is vastly more popular as it's in a prime location in the mall, though still doesn't bring in the same amount of foot traffic as Apple.
I'm hoping they can open a flagship store in the concourse here.
The store at Square 1 is vastly more popular as it's in a prime location in the mall, though still doesn't bring in the same amount of foot traffic as Apple.
I'm hoping they can open a flagship store in the concourse here.
Kingscourt
New Member
Hmmm yeah that must be it, not the fact that Microsoft products are vastly inferior to Apple products, or the fact that millennials outside of XBOX community do not care about Microsoft products.
Midtown Urbanist
Superstar
I mean, that is just like your opinion, man.
Exactly, there's never people pouring through the PATH level of the Eaton Centre, moving to and from the super-busy food court, or accessing the subway, or going to Starbucks, or watching the fountain, or going to the 50 other stores including Forever 21. It's dead down on that level.
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Kingscourt
New Member
Nope, it is not my opinion but obvious reality. This is not an EC location problem. "Microsoft's won't say how many people visit its stores, but It's not uncommon to see workers outnumber customers at the San Francisco location"
https://www.recode.net/2016/5/10/11645510/microsoft-retail-stores-empty
AlvinofDiaspar
Moderator
More damningly, I haven't seen anyone leave the store with products - much less MS products each and every time I was there.
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Michael62
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Westside Story: It's mostly rinse and repeat now, every week we're one level higher and more steel has been added. At some point in time, Crane#1 and Crane#2 are going to have to move upwards. Right now the operator can't see inside the core where the workers are assembling the rebar.
A closer look at the core interior
Eastside Story: They've been actively pouring the ground floor level of the bus depot. It's been slow but meticulous work. The slow work may have had something to do with the space needed for the portable crane that was lifting steel earlier in the week.
Close up of the work being done on the ramp that will be the exit ramp from Level 02 of the bus depot
Westside Story: It's mostly rinse and repeat now, every week we're one level higher and more steel has been added. At some point in time, Crane#1 and Crane#2 are going to have to move upwards. Right now the operator can't see inside the core where the workers are assembling the rebar.
A closer look at the core interior
Eastside Story: They've been actively pouring the ground floor level of the bus depot. It's been slow but meticulous work. The slow work may have had something to do with the space needed for the portable crane that was lifting steel earlier in the week.
Close up of the work being done on the ramp that will be the exit ramp from Level 02 of the bus depot
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