Radio Shack gift card ideas

[The_Powa_of_Seiji_Ozawa]

I have about $100 in a Radio Shack gift card credit from a holiday return, not sure what to do with it since the company is in bad shape and talking bankruptcy. I was going to hold onto it until the next iPhone comes around and use it with a trade in deal and any other promotion that they sometimes do, but now I'm not sure if I want to wait that long and risk not being able to get anything with it. Any generic suggestions on what to get, since I am no longer familiar with what Radio Shack stocks. Do they sell things like Amazon gift cards that I could get with the credit so I can actually pick something useful? I suppose I could apply it toward an ipad but I think RS charges full retail and one could find them cheaper elsewhere.

 

[Comfortably Lomb]

Get some rechargeable battery gear if you are still using disposables? They have them on their website (which isn't great to navigate).

 

[Just a bit outside]

I think they have iTunes cards.

 

[Omar's Wacky Neighbor]

If you can stack it with a coupon, Roku and AppleTVs are flippable/make nice gifts.
 
Just use it ASAP.  The Shack isnt long for this world.

 

[ypioca]

Oops.

 

[Doc Zero]

Buy the company.

 

[Doc Zero]

Alternatively, they sell Radio Shack graphic tees for like 18 dollars.

 

[Doc Zero]

There's also that sick RC car from Home Alone 3.

 

[NortheasternPJ]

They probably have some of these still in stock collecting dust in the back.
 

 

[The_Powa_of_Seiji_Ozawa]

I suppose I could stock up on some breadboards

 

[canderson]

Pick up an external hard drive.

 

[TimNJsoxfan]

A nice Universal remote

 

[Couperin47]

Whatever you do.. DO IT NOW:
 
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/01/16/radioshack_close_to_bankruptcy/

 

[Comfortably Lomb]

Whatever you do.. DO IT NOW:
 
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/01/16/radioshack_close_to_bankruptcy/

 
Where will I buy odd sized batteries the day I need them? I'm really asking. I don't want to have to order one tiny watch sized batter on Amazon.

 

[LoweTek]

Where will I buy odd sized batteries the day I need them? I'm really asking. I don't want to have to order one tiny watch sized batter on Amazon.

Batteries Plus or similar retail battery store?

 

[Couperin47]

 
Where will I buy odd sized batteries the day I need them? I'm really asking. I don't want to have to order one tiny watch sized batter on Amazon.

 
Battery Junction online is most of the time as cheap as you can find, except for direct-from-china merchants at eBay.

 

[Comfortably Lomb]

Batteries Plus or similar retail battery store?

 
None in Boston. There are some on the 95 loop but that's not convenient.
 

 
Battery Junction online is most of the time as cheap as you can find, except for direct-from-china merchants at eBay.

 
I'm talking about a physical store.

 

[Marceline]

 
Where will I buy odd sized batteries the day I need them? I'm really asking. I don't want to have to order one tiny watch sized batter on Amazon.

CVS or Walgreen's.

 

[Couperin47]

 
None in Boston. There are some on the 95 loop but that's not convenient.
 
 
I'm talking about a physical store.

 
The way the world works now, you can find some place to sell you a single CR1632 or similar size lithium button battery for $5 or buy a strip of 10 on eBay for $2.78 with free shipping.

 

[NortheasternPJ]

https://twitter.com/textfiles/status/564062001883000833

 

[Harry Hooper]

 
Where will I buy odd sized batteries the day I need them? I'm really asking. I don't want to have to order one tiny watch sized batter on Amazon.

 
There's still a few camera shops open on Bromfield Street, yes? MicroCenter in Cambridge or You-do-it Electronics in Norwood are other possibilities. 

 

[NortheasternPJ]

 
There's still a few camera shops open on Bromfield Street, yes? MicroCenter in Cambridge or You-do-it Electronics in Norwood are other possibilities. 

 
On the North Shore, I'm not sure if there's anything unfortunately. the last couple times i needed cables etc. in a pinch I had to go to You Do It or Microcenter. Pain in the ass.

 

[SumnerH]

CVS or Walgreen's.

 
They often have more than you'd expect.
 
The best idea is to order it with whatever your next Amazon purchase is and keep it in the freezer until you need it.

 

[HriniakPosterChild]

 
They often have more than you'd expect.
 
The best idea is to order it with whatever your next Amazon purchase is and keep it in the freezer until you need it.

 
Trouble with Amazon 3rd party batteries is that they are sometimes cheap Chinese counterfeits.
 
Batteries Plus Bulbs has never failed to have what I need in stock. Home Depot often has odd-sized batteries in stock.