Comments on: Lazy Man’s Gift Guide 2009 http://www.lazymanandmoney.com/lazy-mans-gift-guide-2009/ Saving, Earning, and Investing Money Sat, 11 Feb 2012 03:58:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Andy Hough http://www.lazymanandmoney.com/lazy-mans-gift-guide-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-160181 Andy Hough Fri, 11 Dec 2009 17:19:49 +0000 http://www.lazymanandmoney.com/?p=2557#comment-160181 Loved the quote from SMDS on Twitter. He is probably my favorite thing about Twitter. Loved the quote from SMDS on Twitter. He is probably my favorite thing about Twitter.

]]> By: kosmo @ The Casual Observer http://www.lazymanandmoney.com/lazy-mans-gift-guide-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-160114 kosmo @ The Casual Observer Fri, 11 Dec 2009 03:10:13 +0000 http://www.lazymanandmoney.com/?p=2557#comment-160114 One caveat about buying gift cards on eBay - there is a seedy underbelly. That are groups that shoplift from stores, then return the items for store credit (since they don't have a receipt) and then flip the gift cards on eBay. Selling the cards at a small loss is still more profitable than fencing the goods. Of course, not everyone who sells gift cards on eBay is doing this. If the seller has sold two gift cards, a furby, and a pair of footie pajamas in the last six months, they're probably legit. If they've sold 3,789 Wal-Mart gift cards, not so much ... One caveat about buying gift cards on eBay – there is a seedy underbelly. That are groups that shoplift from stores, then return the items for store credit (since they don’t have a receipt) and then flip the gift cards on eBay. Selling the cards at a small loss is still more profitable than fencing the goods.

Of course, not everyone who sells gift cards on eBay is doing this. If the seller has sold two gift cards, a furby, and a pair of footie pajamas in the last six months, they’re probably legit. If they’ve sold 3,789 Wal-Mart gift cards, not so much …

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