Buying Gift Cards on eBay

Gift cards available to be bid on on eBay, and their respective values.

Research on average discounts received from winning bids on various establishments' cards.

As you can see, Walmart gift cards don't yield a high discount.

How many Fajita Poppers, Jose Cuervo™ Nacho Blasters, and Xtreme Celery "Fries" would $32.88 buy me?

Ultimately, i bid on absolutely none of these, but i very much enjoyed obtaining and organizing the data.

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