# What can I buy for $4.24? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 22, 2002, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-i-buy-for-4-24/99638 "2002-03-22T23:54:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Danalan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/76d3ee/32.png) [@Danalan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Danalan)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2002, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-i-buy-for-4-24/99638/1 "2002-03-22T23:54:28Z")
I have a Visa gift card with only $4.24 left on it. Does anybody have any ideas for what to buy with this card? I want to spend it online, but whatever I buy must cost less than $4.24, including shipping. I’m open to any reasonable suggestions. Hell, I’m open to unreasonable suggestions too… ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2002, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-i-buy-for-4-24/99638/2 "2002-03-23T00:00:53Z")
at the little mexican food joint down the street, you can get a monster-sized carne asada burrito. anywhere close? or…you can sign up for paypal, using that credit card, and any balance over the $4.24 comes out of your bank account. (assuming you have money in THAT!) ---
**Author:** ![interface2x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@interface2x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/interface2x)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2002, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-i-buy-for-4-24/99638/3 "2002-03-23T00:46:44Z")
Well, assuming you can pay your phone bill with a credit card and applying the formula oft seen on television (".99 gets you 20 minutes of long distance, with .07 for each additional minute!): You can talk long distance on the phone for approximately 66 and a half minutes. Colin ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2002, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-i-buy-for-4-24/99638/4 "2002-03-23T02:52:55Z")
Buy [this](http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1713162815) on ebay or may be [this](http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1715848118)? ---
**Author:** ![Violet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/ebca7d/32.png) [@Violet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Violet)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2002, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-i-buy-for-4-24/99638/5 "2002-03-23T05:58:27Z")
You can buy certain books on [Half.com](http://Half.com), including media mail. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![chique](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4491bb/32.png) [@chique](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chique)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2002, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-i-buy-for-4-24/99638/6 "2002-03-23T05:58:31Z")
Hrm. How about, Sunday morning, buying two local papers (at a buck fifty each) and a bottle of diet Dr. Pepper? ---
**Author:** ![Violet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/ebca7d/32.png) [@Violet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Violet)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2002, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-i-buy-for-4-24/99638/7 "2002-03-23T06:02:26Z")
Hijack: Yes! to diet Dr. Pepper! It’s 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![voguevixen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5ac83/32.png) [@voguevixen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voguevixen)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2002, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-i-buy-for-4-24/99638/8 "2002-03-23T19:47:02Z")
You can buy a bar of Kitchen Vixen Homemade soap. (But not the shipping, sorry!) ---
**Author:** ![ResIpsaLoquitor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b3f665/32.png) [@ResIpsaLoquitor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ResIpsaLoquitor)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2002, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-i-buy-for-4-24/99638/9 "2002-03-23T19:56:55Z")
Borrow another two bucks from a friend and buy a copy of **Star Wars: Jango Fett** from Dark Horse comics.