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Card Details

• No Fee
• No Expiration Date
• Redeemable Online & In-store
• Accepted by Merchant Only
• Replaceable when lost

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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

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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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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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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.

Check out the Free Gift Cards page for the current list of free gift card deals.

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 later. Read the rest of this entry »

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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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 Cards 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 on when and how to use their gift cards. To ask someone with say a $100 gift card to spend another $100 before they can redeem the card is quite excessive. I don’t think this offer by The Sharper Image makes the situation any better. If the goal was to woo back its customers, this offer may even turn them further away.

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.