Whether you have shopped all Black Friday morning long or you find it entertaining to see your friends’ Black Friday posts on Facebook, we all know that while turkey (or ham, or duck, or tofu) is digesting, millions of people across our nation find stellar deals at wee-hours of the morning on the day after Thanksgiving.

Isn’t Black Friday in November?  Yes.

What’s all the hype about?  Particularly for big ticket items, Black Friday is one of the best days of the year to buy a television, tablet, refrigerator, washer, dryer, etc.  You can make the deals even sweeter by stocking up now on gift cards for your favorite retailers including Best Buy gift cards, Target gift cards, Sears gift cards, and Walmart gift cards.

So why think about Black Friday weeks in advance?  Now is the time to shop the Plastic Jungle discount gift card inventory so you can stack Black Friday discounts later.

If you are planning to buy Bath & Body Works lotions, Wallflowers, or anti-bacterial PocketBac® sanitizing hand gel as stocking stuffers, buy discounted Bath & Body Works gift cards now.

What if the brands of gift cards I want are out of stock?  That’s okay.  Don’t fret.  Sign up for a notification and be alerted as soon as they are available again.

Seriously?  Yep.  And if you think I’m kidding, wait just a few weeks when I share last-minute Black Friday tips and you’ll wish you had stocked up on discounted gift cards well before November.

Check out what’s new at Bath & Body Works and stock up on personal care items.

Bath & Body Works consistently ranks as one of our most popular gift cards (it’s currently #23 out of 400+ retailers year-to-date), so no doubt there are plenty floating around the marketplace.

Wondering what to do with yours?

Start by checking the balance. Just call 800-640-6052 and follow the prompts. They will ask for your 19-digit card number as well your PIN, which is located underneath a scratch-off field on the back of the card.

Redeem your gift card. Bath & Body Works has these top offers happening now:

• Buy 3, Get 2 Free Signature Collection
• 4 for $20 or 6 for $24 Mix & Match Home Fragrance
• 5 for $15 or 7 for $20 Fall Anti-Bacterial Soaps

And – if you can believe it – Bath & Body Works just launched their new Halloween Collection. Scary!

Buy a gift card. Plastic Jungle has over 50 discounted Bath & Body Works gift cards available for 12% off! They are available in denominations as low as $25 and as high as $280, with everything in between. Get yours now while supplies last!

Sell your gift card. Would you rather sell your Bath & Body Works gift card in exchange for cash? Plastic Jungle buys unused gift cards for up to 92% of the verified balance! You can swap it for an Amazon.com gift card, PayPal credit, a cashier’s check, or you can even make a donation to the charity of your choice! We pay for shipping and all transactions are guaranteed.

No refund this year? Looking for extra savings for the foreseeable future? May I share the top deals on Plastic Jungle at the moment? The following discounted gift cards should offer some relief for your tax-hit wallet.

Get a Kohl’s Gift Card at up to 14% off >>>

Get an Olive Garden Gift Card at up to 10 % off >>>

Get a Bath & Body Works Gift Card at up to 13% off >>>

Get a Bass Pro Shops Gift Card or Bass Pro Shops eGift Card at up to 15% off >>>

Even better, have you thought of making some income to refill your wallet by selling a gift card carrying an unused balance? That’s right, the gift cards in your wallet that carry a balance (on average) of $25 or more are exchangeable on Plastic Jungle for cash, an Amazon.com Gift Card, credit toward a PayPal account, or even as a donation to a selected nonprofit or charity. Now’s the time to gather up those gift cards to see what they’re worth if you trade them on Plastic Jungle.

Check Out Our Selection of Gift Card Giveaways to Enter to Win (As Soon As Today!)

$250 Target Gift Card Giveaway – Join Coupons and Freebies mom and MyCoupons.com and you can win a $250 Target Gift Card. Sign up for Coupons & Freebies Mom free email updates or updates via RSS feed & then fill out the entry form on the link above! You must check your email account for a verification email & click the link in it. Giveaway takes place on April 27, 2011 at 11:59 pm Pacific Time, with the winner chosen at random.

LAST DAY TO ENTER!

$100 Visa Gift Card Giveaway from Cheep! – Normally I wouldn’t post a giveaway expiring the date of the blog publication, but Cheep is an Internet shopping tool you just might be interested in regardless of the gift card giveaway. It works in your browser to locate the best price for products you search for. Go to the SimplifiedSaving.com link above to enter the giveaway, which ends April 27, 2011 at 9 pm Eastern, and get details on the Cheep! shopping tool.

iNetVideo Gift Card Giveaway – Win a $75, $50, or a $25 iNetVideo.com Gift Card good for a purchase of computer or console games on iNetVideo. That’s right, you’d be able to satisfy your Wii, PS2, PS3, Nintendo DS, Xbox, PC CD-Rom or handheld games jones on the iNetVideo site. Contest ends April 30, 2011; see details at the link for entry.

Fathead’s Bounty of Baseball Sweepstakes – You could win one of six drawings for a cool Fathead wall image, valued at $99.99, and it doesn’t have to be a baseball image. Fathead has tons of licensed sports images for the walls on your man cave (or maybe breakfast nook?). Sweepstakes holds drawings weekly and ends on May 20, 2011. See contest rules by clicking the link on the entry page.

$100 Dick’s Sporting Goods Gift Card Giveaway – BlogHer and Gatorade are sponsoring this giveaway tribute to Soccer Moms and Sporting Moms on SundayBakerReviews.com. If you’ve ever geared a kid up for a season of soccer, baseball, softball, skating, water polo… well, you know that a $100 Dick’s Gift Card is a HUGE win. And Sunday Baker reports via a new site, Gatorade Moms: 70% of moms are raising teens or tweens who participate in a sport (13 million sports moms!). Sweepstakes ends 5:00 p.m. (PST) April 30, 2011.. Check out the official rules for details.

American Dad! DVD giveaway – Moviescribes.com posts an American Dad! Volume 6 DVD set giveaway. THREE random winners will be drawn on April 23rd, at or around 6PM ET/5PM CST. Please include your email address with your entry registration in order to be contacted if you win. Learn more about the Movie Scribes complete giveaway rules. American Dad! Volume 6 is an April 19th DVD release from Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment.

Hopefully we’ve given you hope for useful post-tax day savings. What are you doing with your refund? OR What are you doing after making out your tax check? Well, at least it’s Friday! Happy Weekend.

Gift Card Deals from Their Favorite Stores Save You Hassle, Make Teachers Happy

Most schools let out this Friday: scrambling for a gift to get to your child’s teacher in time might be a stress-point. Browsing through Plastic Jungle will get you on your way, and at less than retail price.

Any parent will tell you that finding the right balance between meaningful teacher gifts (something written or created by your child specifically for the teacher) and thoughtful teacher gifts (straight-on cash for poorly paid teachers) is an annual quandary.

Teachers love gift cards – they don’t require watering, or display, or even add empty calories to their diet. Here are some ideas from GiftCardGirlfriend.com.

Plastic Jungle saves parents the hassle of even perusing the gift card mall at the grocery store. Right here is an aggregate of top-brand gift cards that run the gamut from Starbucks to Bath & Body Works to Walmart to Sony Style, and iTunes retail and online stores*. With an eCode, or an online gift card, you can shop as late as Thursday night, and get your teacher’s gift in by Friday. Plus, these are discounted gift cards, sent to you with free shipping, offering a price break without any hassle. (Sometimes, when you get a gift card directly from a retail outlet online, you have to pay for shipping… actually adding cost!)

One idea for presentation is to have your child make a card, and include a slot for the gift card, or a print-out of the code. You could even do a collage with items you have in mind for the teacher, or a list of songs you think the teacher might like to download.

You’ve got to save time. You’ve got to save money. And, you have to say “Thanks so much!” Plastic Jungle offers parents, and anyone gift giving this holiday season, just that.

*Remember, gift card offerings on Plastic Jungle change all the time. Check back frequently, or sign up for email notifications, for offers from the store of your choice.

Need some extra cash for your summer vacations? Sell gift cards you’ve had tucked away in your sock drawer for even more!

See our full updated list below. Note, we will give you additional value if you exchange your gift card for an Amazon.com Gift Card.  And, as always, we provide you with a prepaid shipping label (it’s on us!).

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