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Updated · Yahoo · Aug 14

Best Buy Launches 7-Day 60th Anniversary Sale With 10% Rewards and 50 In-Store Gift Cards

Updated

Updated · Yahoo · Aug 14

Best Buy Launches 7-Day 60th Anniversary Sale With 10% Rewards and 50 In-Store Gift Cards

Q: What secret prizes are hiding behind Best Buy's old tech sweepstakes, and is your dusty gaming console the key to winning?

Yes — a dusty old gaming console can qualify, but the prizes are not really “secret” anymore. Best Buy’s 60th-anniversary upgrade sweepstakes asks customers to upload photos of their oldest tech, including old phones, TVs, gaming systems and other aging devices. The photo is a way to enter online; reporting indicates winners are chosen at random, not based on how impressive or rare the device is. So an old console may get you in the door, but it does not improve your odds beyond making you eligible. The prize pool is broad and sizable. Published sweepstakes details show 1,200 winners total, with 60 winners in each prize tier. The top prize is a Samsung 55-inch 4K smart TV valued at about $1,599.99. Other prizes reportedly include a Dell XPS laptop, GoPro MAX2 camera, Nintendo Switch 2, Insignia 55-inch 4K TV, JBL PartyBox speaker, Ninja air fryer, Skullcandy headphones, Lenovo tablet, Whoop fitness tracker, Shokz earbuds, Garmin dash cam, Google Home speaker, DJI wireless mic, a $60 Best Buy e-gift card, and a $60 My Best Buy certificate. The sweepstakes runs through Aug. 23, with daily entry opportunities. It is open to legal U.S. residents 18 and older, and a mail-in entry option is also reported to be available. So if you still have a well-worn console, VCR-era TV or aging phone, it can serve as your ticket to enter — but luck, not nostalgia, appears to decide the winners.

3 articles · Updated · Yahoo · Aug 14

Aug. 17-23, Best Buy will run a 60th-anniversary sale online and in stores, with more offers added during the Aug. 21-23 anniversary weekend.
My Best Buy Plus and Total members will earn 10% back in rewards during the sale, capped at $60, while newly approved cardholders can get 15% back on first-day purchases.
Aug. 22 brings an in-store-only Anniversary Day event with six exclusive offers, including 60th-anniversary gift cards limited to 50 per store.
Best Buy is also tying the milestone to a sweepstakes for customers who submit photos of old tech, a Marques Brownlee collaboration on phone evolution, and a limited run of 3D-printed anniversary shoes.