How to Return a Gift Card

Do you have a gift card that you received to a store that you wish it was somewhere else? Or do you just wish you would have received cash during the time of recession instead of a gift card? Whatever your reason may be for swapping out or exchanging your gift card, these simple steps will get you on your way!

Difficulty: Moderate

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Gift Card
• Computer
• Internet Access

1. 
   Sell your gift card on Ebay!

   Auction off your unwanted gift card. The online marketplace Ebay lists more than 6,500 gift cards for sale. Yesterday a Abercrombie & Fitch gift card for the amount of $150 sold for $148.50 and a Home Depot gift card for $100 sold for $97.

2. 
   Look for a discount to work in your favor!

   Look for retailers offering incentives to trade in competitors gift cards. Brookstone will give you a 15% discount if you give them a valid gift card from any other retail store. This could really work in your favor if you had a small gift card such as a $10 one from Starbucks that you didn't want. You could turn that in to Brookstone and get $45 off a $300 product.

3. 
   Swap or cash out your gift card!

   Go to one of many websites online that will help you exchange an unwanted gift card for one you'd like more or even surrender your gift card for cash. These sites include plasticjungle.com, cardavenue.com, giftcardrescue.com, and swapagift.com

[mangomina]

on 5/8/2009 Thanks for the ideas on how to return gift cards. 5*s

[lijandra]

on 4/19/2009 Thanks for these good tips on trading gift cards.

[chocolate00]

on 3/23/2009 Did not know we could even do this, thanks for sharing! 5*

[soanyway]

on 3/9/2009 Great idea that I never thought of! I just found a few from Christmas pasts. I have recomn'd you

[chenderson00]

on 2/24/2009 eBay is the best place for trading gift cards. Awesome article. 5*