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IN THE MEDIA
This is a sample of the stories about GiftCardBuyBack.com and GiftCardsAgain.com we have been in over the last year, excluding all the radio and TV News stories.
12/27/06 Chicago Tribune Story
Gift cards may redeem retail sales: "... GiftCardBuyBack.com are just a few of the online sites that have sprung up recently to meet what is expected to be a $100 billion gift card market by 2008, according to TowerGroup.
12/24/06 Wall Street Journal (weekend edition)
Tip of the Week: GiftCardBuyBack.com is another service where you can sell cards to the company rather than other individual shoppers.
12/11/06 First for Women on the Go Story (vol 18, issue 50)
Be a Gift-Card Genius: You can peruse the inventory at GiftCardsAgain.com to find unused cards at up to 20 percent off. For instance, you can buy a $100 gift card to Bloomingdale's for $88 - and the recipient will never know how much you paid.
9/10/06 CBS Channel 5 San Francisco, Oakland, San Jose
The Real Deal with Jeanette Pavini
5/13/06 Smart Shopping Story (vol 1, issue 2)
Gift Card Shuffle: Have a Circuit City gift card you're unlikely to use ... exchange it via websites such as GiftCardsAgain.com and GiftCardBuyBack.com. Cards are sold tax-free at discounts of 10 to 20 percent.
5/13/06 Glamour Tip (June 2006)
Money Quickie: "Got a gift card you don't want? Trade it for another at giftcardsagain.com."
5/9/06 Woman’s World Tip
Money Tips Clip: "Got a gift card for a store you don’t like? ...trade it in for cash at www.giftcardbuyback.com."
2/19/06 Columbus Dispatch Story
" ’No one loses when gift cards are sold or traded in the secondary market’, said Phil Rist, vice president of strategy for BIGresearch."
2/1/06 About.com Los Angeles Story
"Buy gift cards at less than face value. Save on the average 10-25% and the gift cards are shipped free to your door."
1/5/06 Gannett News Service Story
"This is the place for people who don’t want to hassle with the chaotic world of sites such as eBay and Craigslist ... it’s a better bet here that the card you buy will have been verified."
12/27/05 Pittsburgh Tribune Story
"For the most part, stores won’t accept returns of gift cards, but new companies have sprouted online for the exchange of unwanted gift cards.
Jeff Kister, of Columbus, Ohio, started two Web sites this year that allow shoppers to trade in unwanted gift cards, and buy ’used’ cards at a discount."
12/17/05 New York Times Story
"Shelly Cheng, 35, recently bought a $20 T.G.I. Friday’s gift card for her neighbors and a $25 Barnes & Noble card for her father on GiftCardsAgain.com. ’I didn’t have to drive around and pick it up ... Each was just $2 off, but arrived in the mail within days.’"
12/3/05 Washington Post Story
"We’re not selling gift cards,’ said Jeff Kister, president of Giftcardbuyback.com and Giftcardsagain.com. "We’re actually selling savings."
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