The Shaved Head Challenge

I thought it was kind of funny to read the challenge sent out earlier in the week from ZDNet and SanDisk folks (sometimes I miss being in marketing). In case you didn't see it, the challenge was that if Zune was #2 in the market after Christmas, the folks at those organizations would shave their heads. They specifically challenged Robbie to accept the challenge and do the same if we were not #2.

I doubt if they'll get any response from the team since this is really comparing apples (pardon the pun) to oranges. The problem is that we don't compete (or compete very little) in the same pricepoints. SanDisk mainly concentrates on the sub $100 pricepoint where the volumes are much higher. Whereas we'll compete at the $149+ pricepoints.

But in the spirit of good fun, I'll make a counter proposal. I know I'm not as visible as Robbie, but what the heck - I'll propose it anyway. Let's take two similar products and at the end of the Christmas selling season determine the winner. So, my proposal is to compare sales from the Sansa Connect to the Flash Zunes. Since the Connect has been out some time and has a head start, we just flat out compare our Flash line (4 and 8) with theirs.

What's the bet, you may ask? Well, if you haven't noticed by my picture, I already shave my head. So that won't work. But, I look pretty silly when I grow my hair out. So, I'll grow my hair out for 6 weeks and post a photo on my blog if I lose. If I win, they shave their heads and post a photo. Any takers?