Amazingly it is possible to buy high street gift vouchers online at a discount to their face value, typically saving you between 10% & 20%.
GiftCardGranny.co.uk allows you to buy high street gift vouchers at a discount. This site is very popular in the US and has now come to the UK. Essentially the site alerts you to people selling their unwanted gift cards at a discount through the likes of ebay. The seller of a discounted gift card gets cash to spend where they please while the buyer gets the vouchers at a discount to its face value. For example, as I write this you can buy £40 M&S voucher for £30. A saving of £10.
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