A reader named Izzy (hi, Izzy!) sent me an email a while back asking about discounted gift cards.
I didn’t know, so I asked around among my frugal blogging buddies. One name kept coming up: Plastic Jungle.
Plastic Jungle is a secured gift card exchange. You can buy, sell, exchange, and even donate gift cards. With their selection of discounted gift card inventory, you can buy gift cards at a savings of up to 35% – or sell off gift cards you don’t plan to use, earning up to 92%.
All gift card transactions on Plastic Jungle are guaranteed, plus there are no additional fees nor expiration dates. And shipping is always free.
I signed up for Plastic Jungle and just got a notice that today only, they are offering a special 10% off on Lands End Gift Cards. I know many of you love LE as much as I do, so I wanted to share the details!
Get a $50 Electronics Lands End Gift Card for $45 or a $100 Electronics Gift Card for $90
Get a $50 Lands End Gift Card (also good at Sears and KMart) for $45, or a $100 Gift Card for $90
Plastic Jungle also has availability on The Gap Gift Cards (7% off), Home Depot (7% off), Kohl’s Gift Cards (12% off) and others.
Have you ever bought or sold gift cards? Seems like a great way to save a bit more on planned expenses.
Thanks Mara much appreciated. Happy Channukah!
With pleasure. Sorry it took me a while to track down all the information!
This is interesting. Do you know how they handle returns? I often order and then return to Lands End for a full refund to my credit card. I wonder what would happen with a gift card? I’m not sure I will take the risk since eBates gives me a 6% discount… But thanks for sharing.
If you purchase using a gift card you can still shop through shopathome or ebates. Returns are usually given back the way you paid, so if you purchase with a gift card, you will get a gift card back.
Exactly! Thanks for answering while I was away! (Lesley should really start a blog, doncha think? She’s so smart about this stuff!)
Ditto Leslie. LE will give you a new card with the amount on it. They might also hand you cash – as has happened to me once before (not with a Plastic Jungle gift card, but that shouldn’t matter).
And you know I *heart* my cash-back.. I wouldn’t give that up for anythin’! 😉
I’ve sold through Plastic Jungle! Very easy, and I was able to trade three gift cards that I wasn’t using (and which were sitting in my desk drawer for YEARS) for enough Amazon credit to get my Kindle for free!!!
Caroline,
Do you know how long it takes to get a gift card once you purchase it?
They send it regular mail, so I think it’s 3-5 biz days, but I’ll check with my contact there to confirm that. Unless of course it’s an ecard, and then you get it immediately!
Thanks! If you can let me know that would be great. I always get our babysitter a giftcard for Christmas and if I can get it at a discount that would be even better 🙂
Oops. Meant to end with …it seemed like a pretty good deal to me!
I sold cards, so I wasn’t on the buying end, but this was my experience: I had to mail the physical cards to plastic jungle.they received the cards and then processed my payment and sent me the code for my amazon credit (which I selected instead of cash). The whole process took about a week.
If you are interested in selling cards, I will tell you that plastic jungle paid me about 70% of the cards’ value, and since a) I didn’t buy these cards and wasn’t out the money, and b) they were sitting in a drawer doing nothing for me,
Super Thrifty Caroline, I’m gonna call you from now on! Yay for a FREE Kindle! 🙂
Thanks!! Literally just made an order today, called Lands’ End customer service and was told I can apply the giftcards to my already processed order (so I didn’t lose the 40% off sale they had this weekend!) Love Lands’ End! Love Plastic Jungle! Love, love, love KOAB!!!
Yay – I am smiling from ear to ear. What a happy update 🙂 Enjoy all those savings!