And so it came to pass that the mighty kingdom of RadioShack formulated a new diabolical plan to keep it’s draw bridge unhinged and open for the plebes of surrounding strip-mall communities. The people came forth bearing craptastic gadgets in exchange for store credit and walked away from the kingdom with new and improved thing-a-ma-jigs they would one day return again for even more store credit. The cycle was unending as the kingdom had the corner on the market of odd gadgetry, and it was written in the electronic Magna Carta, “RadioShack will sell record player pre-amps and line-in to mic-in dB equalizers. It shall be so.” And all the people rejoiced, waving their digital voice-recorder 2 Gig memory cards in the air.

Sigh. I love that story.

Yes, apparently it’s true. The vaguely depressing walls of my favored RadioShack are now receiving your odd and not-so-odd items in exchange for store credit. So run to ye olde ‘Shack with your two pound iPod and your new Zune you realize is a piece o’ doodoo, and buy that female-end to female-end 6 ft. mic chord you’ve been pining for. I know I will.

Visit the RadioShack site to see what your stuff is worth.

4400 Radioshacks Now Accepting Old Gadget Trade-Ins [Gizmodo]

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