[markszcz]

The one beautiful thing that cardpool can do that cash cant do is get you a discount without having to bargain. All you need is a little bit of foresight.

When I was going to buy my Droid X, I knew BestBuy was going to be selling it so I went on cardpool and bought two 100$ cards and got 6% off of 200 from the phone. Its a great service if you know your going to spend the money and want to reward yourself for planning ahead.

[jmm]

I hope you realize that the Cardpool marketplace requires sellers who aren't happy (or aren't wanting to redeem) the gift cards they have in hand. And they take a loss, of sorts, for you to get your discount. That doesn't happen with cash.

I'll also say that I'm glad Carpool exists to limit breakage to some extent, but I'd be much happier if gift cards were gone altogether. Your discount notwithstanding...