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BestBuy

I have twenty bucks left on a Best Buy gift card. What should I buy?
01-27-2009 09:53 AM
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Re: BestBuy

Donate it to SoulRiser?
Donate it to charity?

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01-27-2009 10:03 AM
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Donate it to the church of satan.

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Well, whatever is the most useful thing you can buy with 20 dollars at bestbuy.

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Re: BestBuy

depends what do you do like if you do online stuff maybe a head set. if you listen to lots of music maybe something for that

life is just blah blah blah. we hope for blah, and sometimes we find it. but mostly its blah. and waiting for blah. and hoping you were right about the blahs you made. and when you think you just got the whole blah damn thing figured out, and your surrounded by the ones you blah. death shows up and blah blah blah.
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01-27-2009 11:29 AM
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The logo. Seriously. Haven't you always wanted a giant plastic yellow price tag? If not, you can buy some headphones. Or 20 candy bars.

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01-27-2009 12:17 PM
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john tuttle Wrote:The logo. Seriously. Haven't you always wanted a giant plastic yellow price tag? If not, you can buy some headphones. Or 20 candy bars.

Headphones. Definitely. Probably the best thing you can buy for 20 bucks. Make sure they're good quality.

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01-27-2009 12:21 PM
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20 candy bars Laugh I have so many best buy gift cards but I never go there. I could probably get a 50" TV with all of them Biggrin
01-27-2009 01:07 PM
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Wow, you have enough left to buy like half a CD.

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