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What To Do With Your Unwanted Gift Cards

It happens every Christmas or birthday. You inevitably receive a gift card or two to a place that you never shop at. Or, even worse, your relative from out of town sends you a gift card to a place that does not even have a local outlet in your town.

The hard part is deciding what you are going to do with those unwanted gift cards. Luckily, you are not the only one in this situation by a long shot, and there are several alternatives that you can use to get rid of those unwanted gift cards and either earn cash or exchange them for gift cards that you do want.

Sell Your Unwanted Gift Cards

The first thing you can do is sell your unwanted gift cards or trade them in. There are a lot of different websites on the Internet that specialize in selling or exchanging unwanted gift cards such as Gift Card Mall, Cardcash.com, Giftcardlab.com, Cardpool, or several others.

On these sites, you can sell or exchange your gift card for another brand of gift card that you would prefer to have. However, you may not quite get the face value for your gift card, but you will get close.

It all depends on how popular the store whose gift card you hold. There are many gift cards that are selling for a 5% to 10% discount or more. Buying discounted gift cards like this can also work in your favor if you are on the hut for saving money on gifts for friends or even yourself.

At Gift Card Mall, customers can buy, sell, or trade these gift cards. You can buy gift cards at a discount averaging 15% off the card’s face value, and in some cases 30% off or even higher. There is no risk since Plastic Jungle verifies and guarantees the balance on each card before they offer it for sale on their site.

Their gift card inventory can include discounted gift cards from stores such as Amazon.com, Best Buy, Walmart, Home Depot, Macy’s, Lowe’s, Sears, Applebees, Cabelas, NFL Shop, T-Mobile, & MANY more!

Top 5 Websites To Sell Your Unwanted Gift Cards

Top 9 Great Gifts You Can Give that Will Keep on Giving

by Hank Coleman

It is one thing to give a gift to our loved ones, but it is an entirely different thing to continue to show how much you care about someone with a gift that keeps on giving. We often joke about the gifts that keep on costing us money. My father-in-law bought my mother-in-law a new cell phone last year upgrading her to a smartphone finally. It was a great idea until he realized afterward that the price of her cell phone plan would significantly increase. It was a gift that kept on costing him despite his good intentions initially. A wonderful gift is one that continues to add enjoyment to our loved ones’ lives long after we have given that … Read more

The Dangers of Leasing A Car In Today’s Market

by Hank Coleman

For most people, leasing a car is a bad deal. Once again, I say most people, because there are certain circumstances when it could make sense, but that doesn’t usually apply to individual car buyers. Here are the main dangers of leasing a car in today’s market. Dangers of Leasing a Car Leasing Is More Expensive Than Buying Leasing is more expensive than buying, plain and simple. Your monthly payment may be a lot lower than your car payments if you purchased, but your total payment will be higher. If you plan to buy a car, you should be planning on holding onto it for as long as possible. You should aim for it to either die or be too costly … Read more

How A $2 iPhone Covers Can Bring Back Your Youth

by Hank Coleman

What if you can get a flash from the past? What if you can recapture your youth for as little as $2? That’s what these iPhone covers did for me. I recently saw a few of these on J. Money’s Pinterest page. There are some really cool things on that site. You can check out a few of my favorite things as well on my Pinterest page. Follow me on Pinterest! In the meantime, below are several of the coolest iPhone covers that I found.

Cassette Tape

This case keeps your iPhone 4 safe and protected in style. Snap-on case is designed to offer all-around external surface protection to your phone without compromising usability. Provides easy access to all functions without having to remove the case.

Leather Book iPhone Cover

Wallets and phones go hand in hand. You rarely leave home without the two of them. Now you can carry both in one BookBook made exclusively for iPhone 4. This little book has a convenient ID window and slots for your debit/credit cards, reward cards and cash. Instead of grabbing your wallet, phone and keys when you walk out the door, simply grab BookBook and your keys.

Nintendo Gameboy

Car Salesmen Tricks They Do Not Want You To Know

by Hank Coleman

As a car buyer, you are typically at a significant disadvantage when it comes to understanding the process and how the car dealership earns money. When you purchase items at the grocery store or most other retailers, you understand at the buyer how the store earns a profit. They purchase items at wholesale and then resell those items at a higher price to the consumer taking into account their overhead and needed profit margin. But, do you know the car salesmen tricks they use to earn a profit?

But, things are a little different at the car dealership where there are many car salesmen tricks to squeeze you out of more money. There are so many other factors that go into their business model such as financing, your trade-in, holding inventory, loans from their bank, and a host of other things that are combined into how they price their cars and what price they ultimately sell them for.

My wife and I are considering buying a new car, and I dread it. I always feel like I’m getting taken advantage of by the car salesman and the dealership. Understanding more about the behind the scenes of a car lot arms you with more knowledge, better pricing power, and a chance of earning a fair deal. Here are some things behind the veil about car dealerships you may not know.

Strategies To Stretch The Travel Budget

by Guest Contributor

This Yakezie Blog Swap post is from Kay Lynn Akers who writes about money and life on the way to retirement at Bucksome Boomer. Head over there to read my best travel budget tip.

Do you love to travel? Me too but the costs can add up. I don’t want to be limited to camping trips or couch-surfing in order to travel. Fortunately, my family has found a way to stretch our vacation dollars regularly by utilizing two strategies.

Travel off Season

One way to save money is to travel to destinations when the weather is less desirable to most visits otherwise known as shoulder or off seasons. This tip made our last vacation to Alaska much cheaper.

Most people want to visit Alaska during warm, sunny weather which is why June through August commands higher prices. We went on the last cruise of the season in September and saved hundreds per person. The risk for bad weather is increased, but we decided we wouldn’t let rain stop us.