Jan 21st, 2008
Gift Card Inventory
Two of my friends got me a new bag for the holidays; I think that at least one of them thought my little messenger bag that I bought years ago in New York City for $1.99 was overstuffed. Unfortunately, while the high tech looking bag appears larger than my old messenger bag, it actually holds less stuff. So now I’m carrying both bags, if that makes much sense.
While doing whatever the opposite of consolidating bags is, I decided to go through my gift cards:
Circuit City: $24 (not a gift; rather a “reward” for their not having my online order that was listed as in stock ready in 24 minutes–it ended up not being ready for about two weeks);
Jamba Juice: $10 (I never go there; this will likely be given to one of my friends who does);
The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf: $10 (ditto Jamba Juice);
Outback Steakhouse: $25 (fat chance of my going there with my vegetarian partner);
Barnes & Noble: $25 times three (although one has only about $10 left; this is interesting in that I’m much more likely to go to Borders than Barnes & Noble, only because of distance);
The Home Depot: $100 (most of which has been used);
Borders: $25 (more likely to go there than Barnes & Noble, yes, but still not used);
Gap: unknown amount (credit from returning some clothes that were the wrong size; I also never shop there);
iTunes: $50 (I just used a $25 there and have about $5 left in credit at the online store);
Chiles/Macaroni Grill: $25 (won at a company function for my part time job);
Checker: $10 (received as a mail in rebate);
Jack in the Box: $20 (I think about $17 left; I used the rest of a $10 today);
Visa: $50 (I think about $30 left);
Longs: $10 times two (only about $3 left on one of them).
That’s a lot of money tied up in gift cards!
My my! I though I had a lot of gift cards. You can register them all on leveragecard.com to keep track of what you have. You could even trade them all in for one $400 gift certificate and get something nice.