Best Buy's Gift Card is a Tiny Audio Speaker

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Who is the consultant that told all of the big boxers that it would be a good idea to turn this year's holiday gift cards into some sort of tangible object? They are raking it in right now. First Target made this year's gift cards into digital cameras, and now Best Buy's are a cheap-o speaker with a 3.5mm jack to plug into whatever audio player you plan on replacing with said gift credits. What could possibly be next?

Clearly there's plenty of cash to go around for said consultants: Best Buy reported $43 million dollars a few Christmases ago from unused gift cards. For that kind of dough, I want to see a gift card do a little bit more than poorly reproduce my 96kbps MP3s; In the gift card Battlemodo that appears to be taking shape, Target's 1.2MP camera with included USB cord and voucher for 40 free digital prints is still in the lead. Who will be the next challenger?

This Is Getting Out Of Hand: Best Buy's Gift Card is a Tiny Audio Speaker (http://gizmodo.com/5083112/best-buys-gift-card-is-a-tiny-audio-speaker)
Best Buy - $15 Speaker Gift Card - $15 Speaker Gift Card (http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=9115058&st=best+buy+gift+card&lp=13&type=product&cp=1&id=1218025522366)
Digital Camera GiftCard : Target (http://www.target.com/Digital-Camera-GiftCard/dp/B001I7Y9QK/qid=1226426256/ref=br_1_10/181-4636662-6244839?ie=UTF8&node=256629011&frombrowse=1&pricerange=&index=tgt-mf-mv&field-browse=256629011&rank=pmrank&rh=&page=2)
USB Puppy GiftCard : Target (http://www.target.com/USB-Puppy-GiftCard/dp/B00168DQ5G/qid=1226426256/ref=br_1_16/181-4636662-6244839?ie=UTF8&node=256629011&frombrowse=1&pricerange=&index=tgt-mf-mv&field-browse=256629011&rank=pmrank&rh=&page=2)

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and they wonder why companies are going out of business :duh:

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This Christmas is supposed to be one of the worst ever financially. Don't be surprised if you see many businesses filing bankruptcy or going out of business.

EDIT on topic - Technology is fantastic. I can't wait to see screens so cheap that they start putting them in newspapers or magazines so they can update the cover story instantly. Like in Minority Report.

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and they wonder why companies are going out of business :duh:

Best buy isn't even close to going out of business:
Best Buy reported $43 million dollars a few Christmases ago from unused gift cards

thats just on gift cards that people didn't use!

[BustedS13]

This Christmas is supposed to be one of the worst ever financially. Don't be surprised if you see many businesses filing bankruptcy or going out of business.

EDIT on topic - Technology is fantastic. I can't wait to see screens so cheap that they start putting them in newspapers or magazines so they can update the cover story instantly. Like in Minority Report.

there was an issue of Esquire like a month ago, and the front cover and a honda ad inside were e-paper. it was rad.