This year, gift cards go beyond just plastic as companies add features to lure you into buying the profit-filled gifts.
New card ideas include Target, which has added a small digital camera to their card, and Best Buy, which chose to go with a speaker that can connect to any MP3 player and play music through the included mini headphone jack.
While the Target card makes sense, because you can use it to capture holiday memories, send thank you pics to the gift giver, and even use it as a camera stand-in on your way to buying a real digital camera of your choice, the Best Buy one seems a little strange, since I can’t imagine the tiny speaker sounding any good as it attempts to keep up with the enthusiastic gift recipient.
Either way though, it’s an interesting idea, and it will be interesting to see what gets attached to a gift card next.
[Target Gift Card, Best Buy Gift Card]
Think you can do it better than Apple?
iLounge wants you to prove it, and is offering up next gen iPhones and iTunes gift cards to the people with the most creativity and artistic talent as part of their Design the Next iPhone contest.
To enter, just submit a brand-new artistic rendition of what you think the next iPhone should look like. Originality is encouraged, and they will be picking winners in the “advanced”, “simplified” and “funny” categories.
Let’s see what you’ve got.
[iLounge - Design The Next iPhone]
Are you the type of person that likes surprises?
Then you’re probably the type of person that would like the SomethingStore, a website that sends you “something, an item selected randomly among many things from our inventory, for $10 (free shipping) and you will find out what your something is when you receive it”.
What could this something be?
It may be something you need, something you want or something you desire. (Though it also may be total crap.)
Yours may be a cool gadget, rare book, table game, handmade necklace, reverse clock, box of gourmet chocolates, set of shiny shower curtains, popular video game, big-box retailer gift card, the latest version of a software, a set of kitchen knives, a pair of designer jeans, garden tool, kitchen appliance, unique home decor item, electronic equipment, magazine subscription, office supply item, or…
Your something will most likely be brand new, though it may also be refurbished or antique.
So SomethingStore can send you anything?
Well, besides “items or services that are illegal to trade in United States”, yes!
Sound good?
Then discover your something is today.
[SomethingStore]
[Via: FreshArrival]
Last week I announced the launch of the DidntYouHear.com Facebook Page, and since then, 25 people have already signed up to be fans, which is fantastic, so a big thanks to everyone who joined!
I also announced that I would be picking out one fan at random and giving them a $10 Amazon Gift Card, so thanks to the magic of Excel’s =rand() function, Alice Chang has been selected. Congratulations!
If you haven’t already done so, then check out the Facebook Page and click “Become a Fan”. I’ll be doing exclusive content and contests there just for the Facebook Fans, as well as adding games and more to interact with on the page, so it should be fun.
See you there!
[Facebok - DidntYouHear.com]
…It’s TGI Friday: Facebook?
DidntYouHear.com is now on Facebook!
In an effort to find new, fun, and creative ways to promote the site, I’ve created a Facebook Page for DidntYouHear.com, and I’d love for you to check it out.
On the page, you’ll find a Facebook version of each post, along with a Discussion Board, a Wall, and a Graffiti area.
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