Comment by LorenPechtel
2 days ago
It comes down to who initiates it.
I've got some gift cards sitting here--her health insurance has rewards for doing certain things, there's no way to get them as cash but you can buy gift cards for certain stores. Nothing scammy about it but I'm annoyed Amazon isn't an option because simply dumping them into my Amazon account would be the easiest solution.
Those coin-counting machines in grocery stores used to offer Amazon gift cards with no fee on their end (vs almost 10% if you wanted cash). Alas, they quit. I could clear my house of coins and ge $60-70 of credit that I would end up using on something anyway. A Walmart gift card would be similar in effect.
Yup, did that once some time ago. Home Depot, though, which was across the street and I was heading there anyway.