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Featured Gift Card: Wal-Mart 2008-03-07 06:47:28
Card Details:
No Fee
No Expiration Date
Redeemable Online & In-store
Accepted by Multiple Merchants
Not Replaceable When Lost
Note: Sam’s Club members can use Walmart Gift Cards at Sam’s Club locations. Lost or stolen Gift Cards cannot be refunded or replaced. However, if you have stored your Gift Card information, you may still use that Gift Card to make online purchases.
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Gift Card Nightmare: Sharper Image makes U-Turn 2008-03-07 06:30:49 In what may be an acknowledgment of customer anger towards the company’s decision to suspend the redemption of gift cards after it filed for bankruptcy last month, and attempts by rivals to woo its customers, The Sharper Image
announced yesterday that it will resume redemption of all Gift Card
s for their full value after Bankruptcy Court approval.
However, there is a caveat: Gift Cards will be honored for their full value with two conditions – (1) they must be redeemed in full in one transaction; and (2) customers must purchase an item that costs double the value of the gift certificate or merchandise certificate.
For customers holding The Sharper Image gift card, this is a mixed baggage. While the company is providing some relief, they are clearly restricted o Read more:Nightmare
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ThePurePro.com offering $50 credit to Sharper Image gift card holders 2008-03-06 21:31:31 ThePurePro.com, a leading provider of air purification products announced yesterday that it will offer a $50 credit
to holders of The Sharper Image
gift cards towards the purchase of the PurePro® Professional air purifier. Only one gift card will be honored per order. The offer is valid online for purchases made between March 5, 2008 and March 31, 2008.
With a similar announcement by Brookstone earlier this week, it appears that rivals of The Sharper Image are trying to take maximum advantage of the recent misfortune of the company by snatching away its customers. For holders of The Sharper Image gift cards, these offers may be your only chance of getting some of your money back. Read more:offering
Gift Card Alert: $75 million gift cards worthless? 2008-03-05 22:19:59 According to a story in the march 4th edition of the Chicago Tribune, an estimated $75 million
worth of gift cards are at risk of becoming worthless as the companies that issued them file for bankruptcy.
With 2008 retail bankruptcies and liquidations expected to reach the highest levels since the 1991 recession, consumers holding on to gift cards may soon find some of them worthless should the card issuers go under.
As explained in a previous post, when you purchase a gift card, you are essentially giving the card issuer an unsecured loan, which makes you a creditor to the company until you redeem the full value of the card. When the company files for bankruptcy, gift card redemptions are usually suspended and all creditors of the company must file their claims through the bankruptcy cou Read more:Gift Card
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Featured Gift Card: Barnes & Noble Gift Card 2008-03-04 12:42:00
Card Details:
No Fee
No Expiration Date
Redeemable Online & In-store
Accepted by Multiple Merchants
Not Replaceable When Lost
Note: Barnes
& Noble
gift cards can also be redeemed at any B. Dalton Booksellers.
To see more Books & Music gift cards, including reviews and ratings, click here Read more:Featured
Gift Card Nightmare: Brookstone to the rescue? 2008-03-03 06:24:55
As a follow up to the previous story on the suspension of gift card redemption by bankrupt Sharper Image, Fox News is reporting that competitor Brookstone
is offering current Sharper Image gift card holders an instant 25 percent savings off a Brookstone purchase. Customers who accept this offer must relinquish their Sharper Image gift card to Brookstone.
Brookstone would honor any valid Sharper Image gift card, regardless of value, and includes Sharper Image rewards cards, gift certificates or merchandise certificates. However, the real disappointment is that the discount does not apply to Sony, Celestron, Bose, Panasonic and Tempur-Pedic products.
But given that holders of Sharper Image gift cards may end up getting next to nothing through the bankruptcy process, a 25% discoun Read more:Nightmare
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Gift Card Nightmare: When the gift card issuer goes bankrupt 2008-02-25 22:43:30
Remember that $100 gift card you are still holding on to? What if you find out tomorrow that the gift card issuer is going out of business? What would happen to your card? Would you still be able to redeem it?
Consumers holding gift cards issued by The Sharper Image were given a rude awakening when the company suspended the redemption of gift cards and certificates after it filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection last week. According to a story by the Consumerist blog, some gift card holders were having trouble redeeming their gift cards online and when they called customer service, they were informed of the suspension. Read more:Nightmare
Gift Card Tip: Compare gift cards before you buy 2008-03-12 07:15:32 I am excited to share with you a new and exciting feature on this blog - The Gift Card
Guide.
The Gift Card Guide will make your next gift card shopping a breeze by helping you make an informed decision. With the Gift Card Guide, you can search for the perfect gift card by card name, category, or feature. For example, under the search by category, you can select Restaurant, Electronics, or Entertainment and only gift cards that fall under each category will be displayed. Under the search by card feature, you can search for gift cards with no fees or cards that are accepted at multiple stores as an example.
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Free $200 Circuit City Gift Card from Verizon FIOS 2008-03-10 22:55:49 Check out this great deal from Verizon
.
Verizon is offering a free $200 Circuit
City gift card when you sign up for Verizon FIOS Internet, TV, and Phone service together (Triple Play Bundle) or you can choose a $100 Circuit City
gift card when you sign up for new service in one of the product categories (FIOS Internet, TV, or Phone service). Services must be installed by 04/30/2008. Click here for details.
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Gift Card Alert: USPS may have lost the gift card you mailed 2008-03-09 22:33:47 That Target gift card you plan to mail to your niece in college may never get there if the envelope containing the card is not properly sealed or sturdy. According to the U.S. Postal Service (USPS), often times during the mail sorting process, gift cards are forced out of their envelopes, and onto the Post Office floor.
A Mesa, Arizona woman recently lost a $100 Best Buy gift card she mailed at a local post office. She found out when a check that was mailed with the gift card was returned to her in a postal service envelope. When she followed-up with the post office, they showed her the original envelope with a slit on the side, apparently roughed-up by the conveyor belt used in sorting the mail. And the $100 gift card? Nowhere to be found. The full amount was used up by someone a week la Read more:Gift Card
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Gift Card Fraud Update - Money Laundry Using Gift Cards 2008-03-14 22:13:27 Over the last several weeks, there has been a number of stories about gift card fraud, including this one from Missouri and this story from New Jersey. These stories have one thing in common: Stolen credit cards being used to buy gift cards, which are sometimes resold online for cash (a form of money laundry). In some cases, like the Missouri story above, the credit cards are stolen from another state and used to buy merchandise, which are then shipped to the home state of the perpertrators. This is all done to make tracing the transactions more difficult for law enforcement.
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Have a Gift Card Question? 2008-03-13 21:48:25 Have a gift card question you would like answered? Submit your questions to editor@giftcardblogger.com. I will respond to your question within 24 hours. All gift card questions are welcome, including questions about gift card buying tips, fraud, holders/packaging, exchange, or what gift card to buy for what occasion etc. Read more:Gift Card
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Featured Gift Card: iTunes 2008-03-15 19:02:49
Card Details:
Redeemable Online Only
Accepted by Merchant Only
Note: iTunes
Gift Cards can be redeemed for songs, albums, audiobooks and videos on the iTunes Store. They cannot be used to buy Apple products. The Apple Gift Card may be used to purchase other Apple products outside the iTunes Store. For the Apple Gift Card, click here
To see more Books & Music gift cards, including reviews and ratings, click here Read more:Featured
Gift Card Scam – 5 Tips Everyone Should Know 2008-03-19 06:37:42 Gift cards are more popular than ever, and with their increased acceptance comes a surge in gift card fraud. Over the last few years, a secondary market has sprung up targeted at unused gift cards, providing several options for customers to unlock the value in their gift card. These sites allow customers to swap gift cards, sell them for cash, or donate them to charity. Before you buy a gift card from one of these sites, here are five (5) tips you should know.
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Featured Gift Card: Target 2008-03-17 20:44:02
Card Details
No Fee
No Expiration Date
Redeemable Online & In-store
Accepted by Merchant Only
Replaceable when lost
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Photo by OhGizmo!
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Free $20 Gift Card from Best Buy 2008-03-21 15:31:48 For a limited time, Best Buy is giving away a $20 gift card when you buy 5 select DVDs priced at $9.99 each. This means you get $20 back for spending $50. That’s 40% of your money back. Sounds like a good deal to me. Click here for details. Read more:Gift Card
Free $50 Gift Card from Best Buy to Customers Who Purchased HD-DVD Players 2008-03-20 11:29:05 Now that the high definition movie format war is over and Sony’s Blu-ray won, Best Buy is trying to appease customers who bought the HD-DVD players, the format that lost. To do this, the company is offering a $50 dollar gift card to customers who purchased an HD-DVD player or HD-DVD attachment from its U.S. stores before February 23, 2008. The company estimates that it will distribute more than $10 million in gift cards through this offer.
Most Best Buy customers won’t have to do anything to receive their gift card. The company will begin mailing cards to all customers they can identify as having purchased an HD-DVD player. You can also call 1-888 BEST BUY to get your gift card if you qualify or visit the company’s website for details. You will have to show proof of purchase Read more:Gift Card
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Gift Card Alert: Borders going Bankrupt? Gift Card Holders Beware 2008-03-20 06:37:06 According to this story on Bloomberg, Bookseller Borders
is in trouble and may be on its way to bankruptcy. If you hold a Borders gift card, you may want to redeem it now before you become a victim to what happened recently to gift card holders of The Sharper Image or Bombay Company after both declared bankruptcy and suspended redemption of all gift cards. Read more:Gift Card
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Top 10 most popular gift cards 2008-03-23 22:12:51 Curiosity got the best of me today so I decided to find out what the 10 most popular
gift cards are. I figured the best way to do this was to see which gift cards feature the most on searches. Since I am biased towards Google and Yahoo, i decided to use a keyword research tool to find out which gift cards are popular on these two sites. It turns out the 10 most popular gift cards according to Google and Yahoo Search results are:
Visa
Walmart
Target
Home Depot
American Express
Lowe’s
iTunes
Best Buy
MasterCard
Simon Gift Card (Visa)
The result was surprising to me. I was expecting to see more department store and clothing store gift cards. I am not sure why i had that thought. It is interesting that the bank issued gift cards (Visa, American Express, and MasterCard) feature promine
Exactly How Mad is Your Wife/Girlfriend? 2008-03-28 15:54:52 If you are reading this, you are either in trouble with your wife/girlfriend, plan to get in trouble, or are prone to getting in trouble and want to see what this article is about. Well, it’s about great gift card ideas that will help you smooth things over with that special lady.
On my way to work yesterday, I saw a billboard for a local florist with a big caption: “Exactly how mad is she?” Below the caption were three flower vases of different sizes filled with red roses. The vases were arranged from left to right from the smallest to the biggest. I guess the message is: the madder your wife/girlfriend is, the bigger your flower size should be. I thought the message was creative and effective. Then it got me thinking, we men always gravitate to buying flowers when we are in trouble Read more:Girlfriend
Free $40 Amazon.com gift certificate for participating in 30 Min Research Study 2008-03-26 22:55:05 Get a free $40 Amazon
.com gift certificate for participating in a research survey.
Survey Requirements:
- Must have high speed internet connection
- Must have free telephone line - land line or cell
- 30 minutes to spare
- Survey Period : March 26th - April 2, 2008
If you are interested, go to Read more:Research
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Featured Gift Card: The Gap 2008-03-26 21:37:32
Card Details
No Fee
No Expiration Date
Redeemable Online & In-store
Accepted by Multiple Merchants
Not Replaceable When Lost
Note: One of my favorite cards due to the flexibility it offers. Gap gift cards can be redeemed online and in-store. They can also be redeemed online at oldnavy.com, bananarepublic.com, and piperlime.com.
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Featured Gift Card: Forever 21 2008-03-30 22:24:29
Card Details
No Fee
No Expiration Date
Redeemable Online & In-store
Accepted by Multiple Merchants
Not Replaceable When Lost
Note: Forever
21 gift cards can also be redeemed online at Heritage1981 and TwelveByTwelve.
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GiftCardBlogger™ on Yahoo Answers 2008-03-31 22:48:01 During the past week or so, I have been on Yahoo
Answers responding to user questions about gift cards. I must say that it has been an exciting and interesting experience. It has also given me a good sense of what questions are on people’s minds when it comes to gift cards. I am seeing some questions asked over and over again and as a result, I have started to compile a list of the most frequently asked gift card questions which I will be featuring on this blog.
I have not yet figured out how this will be presented but I should be posting the first question and answer in the next couple of days so stay tuned. If you have your own gift card questions, you can email them to me at editor@giftcardblogger.com and I will respond directly to you in 24 hours and also post your question on th Read more:Yahoo Answers
iTunes Gift Card Questions & Answers 2008-04-03 22:31:35 Can I use a prepaid Visa gift card to open an iTunes
account or pay for music on iTunes?
No, you cannot use any bank issued gift card (Visa, MasterCard, Discover, or American Express) to open an iTunes account or pay for music on the iTunes store. To open an iTunes account, you need one of the following: an iTunes gift card, a valid credit card, or a PayPal account. You can however use your prepaid Visa gift card or other bank issued gift card to buy an iTunes gift card from a retail store and use that to purchase music on the iTunes store.
Is a credit card required to purchase music on iTunes?
No, you do not need a credit card to purchase music on iTunes. You can use an iTunes gift card or a PayPal account connected to your bank account.
Can I redeem a US iTunes gift certificate or gift c
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How important is Gift Card Packaging to you? 2008-04-07 02:55:20 A March 2008 survey released by Seastone, a leading manufacturer of gift card packaging found that 84% of consumers would purchase a gift card if it came with free packaging. The survey also found that 62% of consumers were more likely to purchase a gift card if multiple packaging options were available.
According to the survey, the most popular form of gift card packaging is a tin box, followed by paper pouches, greeting cards, and stuffed animal designs. Those surveyed also indicated that they are most likely to purchase gift card packaging for birthdays, followed by the holiday season.What gift card packaging do you use? Which one is your favorite? Share your thoughts with us in the comments section below. Read more:Packaging
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