Comments on: How to Turn Gift Cards into Cash

By: anita

anita — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 17:55:02 +0000

Anyone know if you can buy a visa/amex card using a store gift card at stores that sells them, e.g. grocery stores, target, etc?

By: barbara

barbara — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 07:44:08 +0000

This is a great idea, but I have one question. I have had restaurant gift cards expire on me. So do store gift cards have expiration dates? And if so, how can you be sure you are not buying an expired one off the site? (I guess that was two questions!) Thank you for your advice.

By: Peter

Peter — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 17:47:05 +0000

I’m glad to see more and more solutions to the problems that typically plague gift cards. Let’s reduce the money that goes unused!

I count no less than 28 sites related to buying, selling, swapping, trading, or transferring the balance of your gift card now. You can find a list at http://www.giftcardadvocate.org on the resource page.

My own frustrations with Visa gift cards prompted me to create a service to transfer the balance of Visa, Mastercard, American Express, or Discover gift cards to PayPal instantly. You can find it at http://www.cashfromcards.com.

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By: Richard @ Student Scrooge

Richard @ Student Scrooge — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 21:08:37 +0000

I’m always reluctant to sell my gift cards for less than face value, but I guess if the alternative is not really using them for things I need, perhaps I should consider it.

That being said, your point about how its almost always worthwhile to buy discounted gift cards is interesting… there are probably a lot of applications for that, and I’ll have to keep it in mind.

By: Andys

Andys — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 16:58:26 +0000

There goes by business idea! Actually, I always wondered if this type of thing (outside of ebay) existed. This post saved me doing the research. I’ll check it out and with the holidays coming up in a few months (how the year has flown), I want to get in early and save a few % when I shop.