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The longer gift cards are left sitting around the more likely you are to lose or forget about them. And if you don't want to spend the cards, consider selling or swapping them at sites like Plastic Jungle.
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Plastic Jungle, the Web's leading gift card exchange, and Offerpal Media, the leader in virtual currency payment alternatives, today announced that they have signed an agreement to allow consumers to convert unused and partially redeemed gift cards into a payment method for virtual currencies. Through this agreement, consumers will be able to exchange gift cards for purchasing power within thousands of the Web's top online games, virtual worlds and social networks, tapping the estimated $30 billion unredeemed gift card economy.
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Plastic Jungle and Offerpal Media have announced an agreement to "allow consumers to convert unused and partially redeemed gift cards into a payment method for virtual currencies. Through this agreement, consumers will be able to exchange gift cards for purchasing power within thousands of the Web's top online games, virtual worlds and social networks, tapping the estimated $30 billion unredeemed gift card economy."
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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?
Sell your gift card or buy gift cards online for less than the card's face value. I took PlasticJungle for a test drive and tried three types of cards out. For a gift card with $100 left on it for craft store Michael's, the website offered $62 cash or a $65.10 Amazon gift card.
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Facebook's Deb Liu walked developers through the future of Facebook's official currency, Facebook Credits at the f8. Users could earn credits through credit card reward programs, Chase is already involved in setting up a program. Plastic Jungle is also involved in selling gift cards you don't want for Facebook credit.
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Facebook has partnered with three companies for users to get credits in offer marketing-type arrangements without buying them from Facebook. Chase credit card users will be able to apply their Chase rewards points to get Facebook credits. Users of Plastic Jungle who have gift cards will be able to trade those gift cards for Credits.
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A frequent customer of Plastic Jungle, Kris Choma expresses the benefit of selling gift cards: a gift card has no value if you can't use it.
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Sites like Plastic Jungle have emerged to allow users to buy and sell unused gift cards in the $100 billion gift card market.
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A secondary marketplace for unwanted gift cards, Plastic Jungle, announced on Friday it raised $7.4 million in Series B financing.
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Billions of dollars of gift cards end up unused, stuck in sock drawers, or hidden in wallets. Plastic Jungle allows you to buy and sell gift card, even don't them to charity.
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Pair secondhand gift cards with store sales and print-out coupons or online coupon codes to save. Discounts can be up to 30% depending on brand and seasonality. Combine discounts with other retailer deals for extra savings.
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Plastic Jungle's CEO, Gary Briggs, shares how to exchange gift cards on Plastic Jungle.
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There have been many sites like Plastic Jungle that allow users to buy and sell gift cards.
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In this first update, Plastic Jungle reported that this past holiday season was a record period for buying and selling gift cards online. The site has seen a 250% increase in unique visitors selling their gift cards since Christmas. Leading into the holiday, the increase in average daily unique visitors interested in buying gift cards at discount was also up 180%.
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Since the holidays, Plastic Jungle's site traffic has gone up by 250%. The increase in traffic is due to people unloading their gift cards for cash. Plastic Jungle allows people to sell their gift cards at a discount and then resells the cards at a slightly less-steep discount.
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Donate your gift cards to the relief efforts via the American Red Cross Santa Barbara County Chapter on their givezooks! Campaign page. Plastic Jungle turns those gift cards into much needed aid for Haiti through the American Red Cross International Response Fund.
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PlasticJungle.com lets you sell unwanted gift cards for $25 or greater value for up to [92%] of their balance in cash. Other visitors can buy discounted gift cards (buyers: Shipping is free).
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Gift Cards seem like a great idea when someone just doesn't know what to get you. The problem is, you can't return a gift card, even if it's for a store that doesn't particularly suit you. Now there's a work-around. You can now sell or trade your unwanted gift cards and even buy discounted gift cards from those others have sold or traded through an online resource called Plastic Jungle.
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It's all too easy to lose, misplace, or under-use gift cards, leading to their expiration and the loss of the value on them. Don't let this holiday season's gift card bounty go to waste.
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It happens to all of us. Perhaps you received a gift card to Red Lobster and you're allergic to fish. Or your son received a gift card to Claire's or Justice...and he's, uh, not a girl. As much as we love gift cards, the financial services firm Tower Group estimates that five billion dollars in gift cards go unredeemed every year.
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Did you get a slew of gift cards this holiday season? Gift cards can be a green solution to wasteful gift giving, but it can also be a thorn in your side (pocket). Gift cards are supposed to make it easy to choose something that you would choose for yourself, but it doesn't always work out that way.
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Have you ever gotten a Christmas gift that just doesn't suit you or you simply don't want?
Don't add those gifts to the landfill or give them to charity yet. Turn them into fast cash.
If you received a gift receipt, the item can be returned for store credit for a future purchase. Retail stores have wonderful after-holiday sales in January and February, so that's an ideal time to use those store credits.
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