What to get...

June 28, 2009 5:24 PM

$75 dollars to spend at best buy, what to do?

I recently received a $75 gift card to best buy and am at a loss over what to get. Anything big is out of the price range (I'd be willing to kick in ~$25) and I've seen/watched most of the movie/tv stuff that I want to either via bittorrent or otherwise.

I have an iphone (and an ipod shuffle for working out) and a laptop - those are really the only gadgets I use. So what I'm looking for is an iphone accessory/small gadget/anything else cool I can get at bb. In the alternative, if you have some great obscure dvd I can get I'd be interested in that (i like pretty much everything from entourage, the office, dexter, the wire, planet earth, and the this american life tv show).

Thanks all

posted by jourman2 to shopping (19 comments total)

Best Buy is super overpriced for most stuff I've ever wanted to purchase. Flash drives, ipod speakers, video cards, hard drives.... they're all significantly marked up from their actual value.

I sold my $50 gift card on eBay and got nearly full value (around $45) even with shipping charges. Then, I went on Newegg and got what I wanted for much, much cheaper than I would've from Best Buy.
posted by pyrom at 5:41 PM on June 28 [1 favorite has favorites]

I'm in the same situation, actually - only with a larger dollar amount. I'm wondering if Best Buy sells iTunes gift cards...?
posted by blaneyphoto at 5:41 PM on June 28

They sell candy there (to go with movie purchases). So you could get a bunch of candy bars and popcorn and whatnot. Share some junk food with officemates and friends. At least with food you don't have to be stuck with some dinky gadget forevermore.
posted by cowbellemoo at 5:45 PM on June 28

Buy a nice mouse.
posted by joni. at 5:45 PM on June 28 [1 favorite has favorites]

They do sell itunes gift cards.
posted by jschu at 5:47 PM on June 28

Or, I recommend the DVD for the tv show Chuck. I think the second season is about to be released. I think you might like it since you said you like The Office.
posted by jschu at 5:52 PM on June 28

Buy all those little things that, when you need them, you can never find. The USB cable, the audio cable, the dohickey this, dohickey that.
posted by foooooogasm at 6:00 PM on June 28

I love my Seinheisser wireless headphones. Great for work. I have the SD-130, bb currently has 'em for $150, but sadly you can get it much cheaper. The SD-120's are closer to yer $75 range if you want to put in more money.
posted by miasma at 6:17 PM on June 28

Wait for a sale item - please don't buy cables from them, they are ridiculously expensive there.

Blank optical media is usually a fairly good bet when its on sale, and often times there is always a brand on sale.
posted by wongcorgi at 6:30 PM on June 28

It's not cool but how about a drive for backing up your files? It's not fun but it might save you future headaches.
posted by crustix at 6:30 PM on June 28

External hard drive. I have 2: one for my computer backups which gets plugged in on a monthly basis and it does all the backing up automatically (and also allows drag and drop too!) , and another for various large files such as tv shows and the like. (Mine are both Seagates, but those don't fall under $75 at the moment.) Here's a 320 gig external.

Or if that doesn't float your boat, why not pick up some ink cartridges?

(Note: I don't know much about iPhones other than that are shiny.) How about a car charger? Shiny new case?
posted by sperose at 6:38 PM on June 28

iTunes giftcard idea is perfect. I always want to buy the random $2 apps in the iTunes store and hold back from trying them out. That combined with a few movies from the store will round it out. Didn't know they sold iTunes cards. Thanks for the suggestion. Kinda strange though, buying a gift card with a gift card.
posted by jourman2 at 6:39 PM on June 28 [1 favorite has favorites]

Sometimes places won't let you buy gift cards with gift cards. So be aware and be prepared to go look for something else if they don't let you get another gift card.
posted by silkygreenbelly at 6:44 PM on June 28

Sell it on Craigslist for $70 cash. You can probably get something that's of greater value to you that way.
posted by winston at 7:02 PM on June 28

Audiobooks.
posted by Eumachia L F at 7:12 PM on June 28

if the itunes gc doesn't work out I'd suggest a really nice keyboard/mouse/pair of headphones.
posted by Autarky at 7:20 PM on June 28

Just ordered the iTunes gc with my bb gc. No problems, even free shipping. Thanks for the help all.
posted by jourman2 at 7:51 PM on June 28 [1 favorite has favorites]

Sell it on eBay.
posted by beingresourceful at 1:00 AM on June 29

If you're into graphic design at all, you can get a Wacom tablet for less than $75.
posted by Rykey at 4:13 AM on June 29