The Social needs to stop being anti-social! (it hates the world)

Okay, One thing you could do to improve the social-

This part is typical whining (skip to the next paragraph if you want)
even if you're not releasing the player outside of the US, at least let people buy music from the marketplace/try a zune pass that aren't in the US.
It's nice if you can work around most of it and get to the option to finally buy your zune pass online...wait...what? I need to have an american credit card?...darn. | PAYPAL/International card payment notices |
If you guys were worried people would be stupid and buy a subscription for the device without actually owning one or having the software, hell...add a thousand warning messages in at least size 24 bold text (verdana/impact to really get their attention) Also these people have "US" accounts to have been able to get this far...so why not sell it to them?

Still whining, but now some praise

So, I got a zune HD, I live in the UK and have owned a first gen zune, zune 80 and tried a zune 8 as well. I've loved the product, the sound quality, the build quality and above all, the interface
I've bugged people i know and work with (i work in a tech store) and they came to accept the zune.

Two days ago, i got my zune HD, and well...it lived up to the hype if i had to score it out of ten -9.8 The screen flickers when playing video (probably just my sensitive eyes since i notice a lot flicker) and no volume rock, but my god is it perfect

Strange as it is, I have friends who now want a Zune HD, and have fallen in love with it too, What puts them off? well...They love the idea of the Zune Pass, hell, they don't even care about being out of warranty...
Well, they're put off by the Social --- or rather...the complete lack of UK support storeside/a normal way to pay for it. It takes about a minute to think of alternative ways to pay and to problem solve...(as stated above)


What the Zune really needs? To step out of it's shell and be more social.

Sorry for the rant...I really do love the zune, and I also know you can get a zune pass etc from prepaid cards on ebay etc/zunepassanywhere, however...but why pay more for the same thing?

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I'm in the U.S. & even though I'm not experiencing any of those issues I agree...

Hopefulle they'll fix this issue soon.

I agree, they need to go international, at least with the store itself if not the device.  One thing that has me irked is that servicemen over in Iraq and Afghanistan have complained that they can't use their Zunes over there.  Not cool.