Best Buy wants the head of a 25-year-old employee who created an expletive-laced viral video hit using xtranrml.com that portrays a generic store employee trying to convince an iPhone 4 shopper to buy
an HTC EVO 4G instead. To date, the
iPhone 4 vs. HTC EVO video has been viewed nearly 1.7 million times on YouTube.
"They felt it disparaged a brand they carried (iPhone/Apple) as well as the store itself and were fearful of stockholders & customers being turned off to Best Buy Mobile," Maupin tells
TechCrunch.
But, "What's ridiculous is that nowhere in the video does Maupin have anything indicating the fictitious
store the iPhone buyer is walking into is a Best Buy," TechCrunch adds. News of Best Buy's decision to suspend Maupin, however, has clearly linked its brand to the video. Good job, Best Buy!
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