You don’t must be an avid reader of restaurant trade commerce publications—although I can attest that they’re oddly fascinating—to comprehend that every part’s getting costlier.
The excellent news is that there’s a straightforward strategy to counteract these rising menu costs. By buying discounted present playing cards, you may defray the price of fast-food, fast-casual, and sit-down chains, and perhaps even another retailers that don’t have anything to do with stuffing your face.
All you want is a spot to seek out genuine, low cost present playing cards and somewhat foresight on when to purchase them.
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Reward playing cards for much less? Sure, please!
To purchase present playing cards for lower than their precise money worth, head to CardCash.com. It presently solely handles orders from inside the US.
➜ CardCash connects individuals who wish to promote their unused present playing cards with those that wish to purchase them.
⌚ It takes simply just a few seconds to see what present playing cards can be found, although you’ll want an account to make a purchase order.
✅ Most of CardCash’s present playing cards are digital and arrive through e mail, so you can begin utilizing them immediately.
While you seek for a retailer on CardCash, you’ll see a listing of accessible present playing cards, with the most important proportion reductions showing on the prime. You can too type the checklist by worth and value.
The reductions on CardCash vary from pennies to a number of {dollars}—or generally much more—per card.
In case you’re not on the lookout for something particular, it’s also possible to try CardCash’s Epic 20% Reductions and Offers pages. There you’ll discover playing cards with greater-than-usual proportion reductions.
It can save you your self time and see solely playing cards with particularly important reductions.
When low cost percentages, have in mind any cash-back affords you’d usually get on the retailer by paying together with your bank card. In case your card affords 3% again at eating places, as an illustration, a present card with a 3.5% low cost most likely isn’t definitely worth the bother.
After shopping for a present card, you’ll get a few emails from CardCash: One is your order receipt, whereas the opposite comprises your digital present card as a PDF attachment. The PDF will present the present card quantity, PIN (if vital), and barcode to scan in-store.
All the information you want for any bought playing cards involves you through e mail.
Wait—is CardCash really legit?
I’ve used CardCash on 4 events over the previous few weeks, and on three out of these 4 events, every part went easily.
An issue arose, although, after buying a 5 Guys present card instantly earlier than consuming there. The cardboard, which value $57.65, had an marketed worth of $65.29—however once I tried to pay, it solely confirmed a price of $11.57. Utilizing that quantity drew the stability right down to $0.
After getting house, I contacted CardCash’s customer support and didn’t determine myself as a journalist in order to keep away from getting particular therapy. I acquired a response and a refund for the distinction in stability the following day.
As CardCash notes on its web site, that is an inherent threat with shopping for present playing cards on its platform, which merely serves as a market between patrons and sellers. There’s nothing to inherently cease a vendor from utilizing a present card after promoting it, or from promoting a stolen present card that later will get deactivated.
For these sorts of conditions, CardCash says it ensures the worth of present playing cards for 45 days, so you may contact them and get a refund. However it additionally suggests confirming present card balances your self instantly after the acquisition, which I’ll completely be doing sooner or later.
Both approach, my expertise underscores an vital caveat with CardCash: Don’t spend extra on present playing cards than you count on to spend in a 45-day interval. For one factor, you may find yourself accruing so many playing cards that it’ll be onerous to maintain observe of all of them—however extra importantly, you’ll be out of luck if one thing occurs to the cardboard’s worth.
Whereas I’ll preserve utilizing CardCash personally, I’ll be certain to not stockpile extra present card credit score than I would like.
- CardCash is totally web-based. It’ll work in any browser, on any gadget—no downloads or installations required.
- It’s free to make use of as a purchaser, with the one value being no matter value you pay for a card. The individual doing the promoting pays the positioning’s charges.
- You do must create an account in an effort to make a purchase order. You possibly can both sign up together with your Google account or with any legitimate e mail handle. The positioning’s privateness coverage is obvious that no private information is ever bought or shared in any shady-seeming approach.
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