How would you like to save 12% on iTunes purchases, 15% at the Gap, or 9% at Toys”R”Us with very little extra effort? These are just some of the great deals that can consistently be had by using Raise.com.

Raise.com is a gift card reseller. But Raise differs in an important way from other sites that enable you to buy discounted gift cards. (more…)

Receiving a gift card to a store you’ll never go to is like being given a treasure chest without the key to unlock it. You know there’s value there, but you don’t know how to get at it.

If you’ve received such a gift card, you know what I mean. If you’ve given such a gift card, well, someone else knows what I mean. 🙂

Over $1 billion of gift card funds go unredeemed annually. Neither the giver nor the recipient desires such waste.

So the question becomes: How can you extract value from unwanted gift cards? Here are four suggestions:
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