Some of the unused £250m represents change on the card. For example, a £20 card may be used to buy something for £18.99 - leaving £1.01 to spend later.

Software is able to scan websites for gift card numbers and balances - then sell them. By Jason Murdock Published 03 May 2017, 5:17 PM BST The dark web marketplaces are often a hive for criminal ...

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Once it verifies the value of the card, CardCash buys it for up to 92%, then sells it. The platform also lets you trade a gift card for another, which can net you 11% more of the value on average.

Nearly half of Americans are holding onto an unused gift card - with a collective balance of a whopping $23 billion, experts have warned. Some 47 percent of people in the US have at least one ...

Those unused cards add up to an average of about $244 per person, up 30% from 2023, according to the Bankrate survey. That’s nearly what a minimum wage worker earns in a week, Bankrate said.

Gift cards are a popular choice when people are unsure what to buy as a gift People in the UK waste £250m per year on store gift cards they do not use, according to industry figures. Annual sales ...

Once it verifies the value of the card, CardCash buys it for up to 92%, then sells it. The platform also lets you trade a gift card for another, which can net you 11% more of the value on average.