Oh, that sneaky sister-in-law ... thinking that gifting you with a Pottery Barn gift card might get you to spruce up that dingy den which you call home.
She probably didn't know that you can convert that card to bitcoins before she's even sobered up from the egg nog.
The online gift card exchange
http://www.plasticjungle.com accepts gift cards from hundreds of retailers. Normally, you need to mail-in the card and wait before eventually getting about 75% of the card's value returned to you through PayPal.
They now have instant fulfillment
https://hms.plasticjungle.com/pjtopup/?merchant=20000000006 for a select list of 50 retailers where payment is made immediately. Even if you don't have a PayPal account, you can still use this to buy bitcoins -- simply have Plastic Jungle send the payment to the bitcoin seller's PayPal address. #bitcoin-otc /
http://bitcoin-otc.com/vieworderbook.php shows many sellers who will trade bitcoins for PPUSD.
Following are the 50 retailers whose cards are eligible through Instant Funding:
- American Airlines
- Babies R Us
- Barnes & Noble
- Bass Pro Shops
- Bed Bath and Beyond
- Best Buy
- Best Western
- Body Shop
- Cabelas
- Container Store
- Crate & Barrel
- DSW
- Fandango
- Foot Locker
- Gap
- Gap Brands
- Gap Kids
- Godiva Chocolatier
- Guess
- JC Penny
- Kohls
- L.L.Bean
- Marriott
- Neiman Marcus
- New York and Company
- Nordstroms
- Office Max
- Old Navy
- Omaha Steaks
- Overstock
- PacSun
- Petco
- Petsmart
- Pottery Barn
- Pottery Barn Kids
- Pottery Barn Teen
- REI
- Sams Club
- Southwest Airlines
- Sunglass Hut
- Target
- Toys R Us
- US Airways
- Victoria's Secret
- Walmart
- Walmart & Sam's Club
- Williams-Sonoma