Comments on: Cash in Your Gift Cards http://www.fivecentnickel.com/2010/01/21/cash-in-your-gift-cards/ personal finance tips, tricks, and commentary Mon, 13 Feb 2012 15:56:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Ryan @ IQ Test http://www.fivecentnickel.com/2010/01/21/cash-in-your-gift-cards/comment-page-1/#comment-138950 Ryan @ IQ Test Thu, 21 Jan 2010 21:57:04 +0000 http://www.fivecentnickel.com/?p=3808#comment-138950 Gift cards are the way forward. I got a ton of them for Christmas and that has been pretty much what I have been living off of. I cannot say enough about them. Although a bank gift card is so much better because I don't have to have 10 different cards for all the different places. Gift cards are the way forward. I got a ton of them for Christmas and that has been pretty much what I have been living off of. I cannot say enough about them. Although a bank gift card is so much better because I don’t have to have 10 different cards for all the different places.

]]> By: Evan http://www.fivecentnickel.com/2010/01/21/cash-in-your-gift-cards/comment-page-1/#comment-138948 Evan Thu, 21 Jan 2010 21:49:42 +0000 http://www.fivecentnickel.com/?p=3808#comment-138948 Mark, If I have a visa/mc/amex with a random low ammount I always use it on a recurring online paid cost: http://www.myjourneytomillions.com/articles/unwanted-semi-gift-cards/ Mark,

If I have a visa/mc/amex with a random low ammount I always use it on a recurring online paid cost:

http://www.myjourneytomillions.....ift-cards/

]]> By: BG http://www.fivecentnickel.com/2010/01/21/cash-in-your-gift-cards/comment-page-1/#comment-138942 BG Thu, 21 Jan 2010 21:16:20 +0000 http://www.fivecentnickel.com/?p=3808#comment-138942 Let's just make a pact right now that we will no longer purchase these cards as gifts for now on. Just write checks. Let’s just make a pact right now that we will no longer purchase these cards as gifts for now on. Just write checks.

]]> By: Aryn http://www.fivecentnickel.com/2010/01/21/cash-in-your-gift-cards/comment-page-1/#comment-138940 Aryn Thu, 21 Jan 2010 20:30:06 +0000 http://www.fivecentnickel.com/?p=3808#comment-138940 Not only do they have to give you cash back on a balance less than $10, but the cards can't expire (unless they're bank gift cards.) Not only do they have to give you cash back on a balance less than $10, but the cards can’t expire (unless they’re bank gift cards.)

]]> By: Mark http://www.fivecentnickel.com/2010/01/21/cash-in-your-gift-cards/comment-page-1/#comment-138938 Mark Thu, 21 Jan 2010 19:36:46 +0000 http://www.fivecentnickel.com/?p=3808#comment-138938 "The ability to do this likely depends on both state laws and retailer policies..." Actually this is a relatively new CA law that requires all retailers to provide cash back on store gift cards with balances below $10. If the store refuses, they are breaking the law. It doesn't work for gift cards that work at multiple merchants like MC/Visa logo gift cards, though. “The ability to do this likely depends on both state laws and retailer policies…” Actually this is a relatively new CA law that requires all retailers to provide cash back on store gift cards with balances below $10. If the store refuses, they are breaking the law. It doesn’t work for gift cards that work at multiple merchants like MC/Visa logo gift cards, though.

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