![]() ![]() ![]() (I did use a Scotty Peeler and barcode scanner to move a little quicker.) The Math If you factor in research and ordering time, let’s just say the whole process took about an hour. For 50 cards it took me about 20 minutes of prep plus another 20 minutes to submit them to a company I sell to. The total came to $2,000 in Discover Cash and the cards were at my door within a week.Īfter receiving the cards it took awhile to peel them off of the backing they came on and to remove the glue and the strip above the PIN code. After searching the Discover site to find which gift cards were available, I settled on purchasing 50 of the $50 Nike gift cards for $40 in Discover Cash each. One of my Discover cards recently received its year end doubling and I had over $2,000 worth of Discover Cash sitting there. The $25 iTunes cards at 20% off is a good example of a card that might be a winner. But then there are the occasional good cards. If you cashed in for those, then you would do a lot of work for nothing and other cards would be huge money losers. Athleta cards can be sold for about 80% these days if your lucky. For example, look at the screenshot above. The key though is that all gift cards are not created the same. ![]() Why take gift cards instead of straight cash? Because they often give you a discount of 20% or sometimes even more! One nice thing about Discover Cash is they give you an option to redeem it for gift cards. But what if there was a way to make it worth 10% more? Well, there is and I just did it with $2,000 worth of Discover Cash. You can get them to mail you a check or simply redeem your Discover Cash as a statement credit. For example, Discover Cashback earned is worth the equivalent amount of U.S. Of course cashback rewards are a bit different. Over time they become LESS valuable due to devaluations. In fact, rewards generally go the opposite way. ![]() We do that with money by investing it and children by feeding them, but rewards are a different beast. One of the greatest joys in life is taking something and making it grow. Note: I owe a huge hat tip to PDX Deals Guy for telling me over and over why I should do this instead of just cashing in my money! Discover Cash Gift Card Reselling Someday/maybe Ill add worksheets for the contents of my other cabinets in my office.This post may contain affiliate links please read our advertiser disclosure for more information. Six months later I might ask myself, "Where did I put the health insurance plan analysis?" So I'll hit Ctrl-F to search "health insurance". So, if I add a new document to a folder, and I think there's any chance that I might not remember that it's there, I'll add to column B a description of that document. (Off-topic fyi: I also follow the advice of many here and keep an Excel spreadsheet of all my folder names in column A, and anything important I want to say in column B. Now, with my handy-dandy labeler in my desk drawer, I make new labels daily. I used to studiously avoid ever making new folders. I keep my Dymo in my draw and use it all the time.įrom a broader perspective, DA's advice was spot on. My phone and Palm, and PC and printer cables are in enough of a tangle already. I am glad I don't have another gadget on my desk that needs wires. It needs 6 AA batteries and I always have plenty of batteries in the office. I've been using mine since July and I have been very happy. I knew that DA stressed the importance of being able to plug the labeler in so that you never run out of electricity. He said that he gave my son the Dymo and that he had one at work that he never used. The next day I mentioned to my father that I need a labeler. Then I saw that my son had a Dymo LetraTag ( at home. This past summer, when I first read GTD, I got all hyped up to find a labeler. ![]()
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