Gift Card Exchange

Gift card sales continue to climb with a projected spending of $24.78 billion, based on the National Retail Federation's 2010 Gift Card Consumer Intentions and Actions survey. Although NRF estimates that Americans spent an average of $145.61 on gift cards, up 4% from 2009, and approximately 55.2%...

Gift cards are one of the most convenient presents you can give. They're a snap to buy, even easier to wrap and you never have to worry that the recipient will return it because it's the wrong size or color. The down side is that if you stick a gift card in a drawer and forget about it for years,...

If you're like the rest of us, you've got a few gift cards laying around, collecting dust and, in some cases, losing money month after month as they continue to go unused. Want a better option? You may be able to get something for those unwanted gift cards if you try to sell them at the new gift...

Getting rid of gift cards you don't want is a losing proposition. You can re-gift the card, spend it on something you don't want or need, or sell the card through a site that will effectively charge you 20% to 40% of the card's value. Now there is a much better option. An up-and-coming company...

As gift cards have risen in popularity over the years (a whopping $87 billion of them were bought last year, according to research firm TowerGroup), you could be forgiven for assuming that they're the perfect, one-size-fits-all holiday gift. Apparently some of the people you gave those...

Even though more people were feeling OK about giving cash as a gift this holiday season (if the envelope contents at my family gatherings are any indication), people still gave out a lot of gift cards this year. If you were lucky enough to have an aunt who knows you love Outback, like me, then you...