gift cards

Gift Card Registry Can Simplify Weddings and Graduations

by Guest Posting May 11, 2011

The following is a guest post by Odysseas Papadimitriou. Around the country, soon-to-be graduates are picking up their caps and gowns and engaged couples are finalizing their wedding plans. About 3.3 million high school students are expected to graduate in the 2010-2011 school year and colleges and universities are expected to award about 1.7 million [...]

Be Smart With Your Gift Cards

by Christina Brown December 27, 2009

I know quite a few people who can’t bear to keep a gift card around for long.  As soon as they receive a gift card, they’re off to the store to spend that thing as if their lives depended on it. While gift cards may not have cost you any money, they did cost somebody [...]

Do Gift Cards Make Good Gifts?

by Christina Brown November 20, 2009

Gift cards are popular ways to spoil your loved ones during the holiday season. But do they make for good gifts? Here are some of the pros of giving gift cards: Gift cards are easy to obtain. You can buy gift cards just about anywhere for any merchant, and it only takes a few minutes. [...]

Save the Receipts for Your Gift Cards

by Christina Brown March 13, 2009

My husband loves obscure music.  For his birthday, I bought him a $10 iTunes gift card so that he could pick out whatever he wanted and I wouldn’t have to listen to it! Rather than gently scratching off the code on the back of the card with a coin (as suggested on the card), he [...]

5 Ideas for Spending Gift Cards

by Christina Brown January 26, 2009

If your gift cards haven’t already burned a hole in your pocket, you may be wondering what to do with them after the holidays. Maybe you got a gift card you didn’t like. Maybe you got one for a store that’s not near you. Maybe you got a gift card from a store that is [...]

Gift Cards: The Thought Counts

by Christina Brown December 10, 2008

A lot of folks think gift cards are kind of tacky. And in light of all the various companies who are going bankrupt, various fees, and the risk of having them lost or stolen, giving a gift card can even be a bit risky on several levels. But I think gift cards can be a [...]

Free Caribou Coffee money

by Christina Brown January 28, 2008

If you have a Caribou Coffee gift card, be sure to register it online between January 28 and February 24 to get a $4 credit added to your account. If you don’t have a Caribou gift card, you could go buy one and then register it and still get the $4 credit. Go to this [...]