New frontier for bonus whores? gift certs

[memphis57]

Just reading this thread over at fatwallet. Did you guys know there's a whole racket going on with buying gift certificates for like 80% of face value through clubs and special groups? Use 'em for stuff you want to buy at Best Buy, Amazon, Macy's, etc or maybe even sell them at 90-95% if you're lucky.

No play requirements and no changing the rules post facto. And it sounds like quite a few people have made hundreds-to-low-thousands of dollars doing it. Sounds like bonus whore material to me.

I don't know chit about it and I'm not recommending anything, just calling it to the attention of the gang. Anybody have any experience doing it?

I started to label this topic "OT" but on reflection, there's probably enough risk somewhere in the deal to justify topicality on a forum called Internet Gambling.