a way to get a discount

is to buy gift cards from ebay.

the current valuation:

• home depot cards are cheap, you can get around 10% discount.
• the hottest is Walmart cards. you get 5% if u r lucky.
• basically every chain store cards are available.

extras:

1. pay through paypal, you get protection. you can distribute and get refund.
2. ebay gives you about 2% rebate to spend in the next quarter.

confusion: some people make the sale guaranteed to loose money - they must have some tricks that i don't know about. i once bought a $100 walmart card at $95. i got the card directly from Walmart with Walmart envelope.

also, i have seen some (especially low value cards) cards are being sold for more than face value. e.g. $25 card is being bid at $26.

with ebay commissions, how did the seller make profit?!!!