gift certificates

There are approximately $30 billion in unused gift cards sitting in kitchens, wallets, car doors, and sock drawers. Don't be a statistic: Here's how to get cash for, or otherwise make productive use of, your unwanted gift cards.

The latest Restaurant.com coupon code, SPORK, nets you 70% off the site's $25 gift certificates. Seeing how those certificates start at only $10 a pop, this coupon code makes then $3 each. Not too shabby! The code expires Sunday, Sept. 19, 2010. The coupon also works on Restaurant.com's Dinner of...

Get 70%-off gift certificates at Restaurant.com today through Monday, August 9, 2010. Use coupon code SAVE to get a $25 certificate for $3. (A $25 certificate is normally $10.) The coupon code is also valid on gifts for others and the dinner of the month club. To get the discount, just click on the...

The new discount at Restaurant.com is for 70% off gift certificates to hundreds - pardon me, thousands - of restaurants across the country. A $25 gift certificate starts at $10. Use coupon code FRESH to get the discount. Expires Thursday July 15, 2010. Restaurant.com claims to have added new...

Outside the grocery store the other day, a teen-age boy tried to sell me $50 in gift certificates at local restaurants -- restaurant meals, a fast-food taco, a margarita -- for $5. The money, he said, would go to fund high school athletics. I declined the offer, figuring I'd spend much more money...

The New York Yankees have a creative way to separate their fans from their money. It's called Bomber Bucks -- a cute name for gift certificates that are really hard to use.On the face of it, it appears to be a great gift idea for a fan of the Bronx Bombers. It's not until the person actually wants...