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October 14, 2009

Give your scary technology to Best Buy

best buy spooky technology As a retail reporter, I get lots of corny pitches this time of year for Halloween deals and campaigns.

I ignore most of them, but Best Buy actually has an interesting "scary technology" promotion going on right now. The retailer is searching for people's scariest, most outdated technology. The retailer will give a free home theater makeover to the person with the most outdated gear.

The retailer gives a VCR that eats tapes or a screeching dial-up modem as examples.

People can submit photos of their scary technology, along with a short caption describing it, to http://www.scarytechnology.com/EnterTheContest.aspx through Oct. 26. Winners will be announced on Halloween.

The grand prize winner will get a $3,500 Insignia Home Theater System. The first runner-up will get a $1,500 gift card and the second runner up will receive a $1,000 gift card.

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Posted by Andrea Walker at 11:34 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)
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