Home Depot Gift card - No home - ideas

[Anonymous]

You can use one of those gift card resale companies online.
I'm assuming you live in an apartment. Don't you need plants or rugs or lamps? Light bulbs? They also sell cleaning supplies.

A friend gave me a $100 gift card who lived in an apartment. She couldn't figure out how to use it and I found that sooo strange.

Are you moving soon? They sell boxes too.

[Anonymous]

You can sell them online for less than what they are worth. There is a website that bids them out. They have to verify them first which takes a few days but eventually they sell them and send you the cash.

https://www.cardcash.com/sell-gift-cards/

THere are a bunch of reddit threads on the best way to do this on the best website. So I'd research before jumping in.

[Anonymous]

Offer to sell them to someone for $80 for each $100. You get more than 0, and whoever buys gets $100 for $80.

[Anonymous]

NP. All those suggesting selling, it’s tougher than you think and you lose a lot.


I have cards I don’t use and would like to sell. eBay takes a huge cut, then PayPal. I researched card buying sites and they took more. You would get less but you have middlemen taking care of the buyer-seller issue.

I posted on Facebook and got dozens of irritating messages. How would one sell? They need to trust me as I could be a scammer. I need to trust them that after I sell to them, they don’t come after me saying value was zero when they used it. Even if you see history there is no way to tell who used it. Facebook identifies you. So you would meet at a random place and show the balance on each card to the potential buyer? Too complicated.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

OP. I am on a very tight budget. Actually even the dying phone I was thinking of replacing with an older model, used from Ebay so don't have the bandwidth for seasonal items, luggage or furniture etc.

Aunt wanted to help out as it's not been a great couple of years for me and she was likely re-gifting. She is of limited means herself. We met after 1.5 years. I tried saying no but she felt offended so I took them. I now have 5 X $100 GC.

I am on my sister's Costco membership so get home supplies there. I was just wondering if there is stuff at HD that may be cheaper. I guess paper towels, TP it is for the next 5 yrs.

I tried looking at sites to sell the GCs but with fees didn't think that was a great idea. Thanks all.

So let me recap: You don't want to sell it for cash. You don't want to buy anything useful or decorative for your place. You don't have any need for home improvement supplies. You prefer to buy paper goods at Costco.

Stop asking for help if what you really want to do is pout that your aunt didn't buy you a new phone.

You seem to have missed the point that they are strapped for cash. Things people are suggesting here are not essentials. Save the paper products which OP seems to understand will meet their needs.

My parents are now in a condo and gave me Home Depot cards as they didn’t use them anymore. I understand. I hadn’t. Stepped foot in a home improvement store when I was in an apartment. Like a PP said then people don’t know what to do with it.

And who would suggest buying those phones from HD.

Also when you are strapped for cash you try to make it stretch. So getting $80 for $100 or buying items there that are cheaper elsewhere doesn’t sit well. I understand.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:2 pages of good ideas Op, but seems like you're rejecting all of it.

Curious - what is your living situation? Condo? Apartment? Renting?

Just wondering why you would never need to buy HD stuff like a grill, appliances, ceiling fan, plumbing items, paint, windows, or need a contractor for something or rent a pickup truck for the day.

Seems like you're desperate for cash - SO buy something at HD and re-sell it on FB Marketplace - obviously at a discounted price/way lower than what you "paid" for it - but it didn't cost you anything and you'll have cash in your pocket.

People on a tight budget do not buy grills, ceiling fans, or windows, and wouldn't buy a new appliance unless the old one was dead.

A lot of clueless people on this thread.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:2 pages of good ideas Op, but seems like you're rejecting all of it.

Curious - what is your living situation? Condo? Apartment? Renting?

Just wondering why you would never need to buy HD stuff like a grill, appliances, ceiling fan, plumbing items, paint, windows, or need a contractor for something or rent a pickup truck for the day.

Seems like you're desperate for cash - SO buy something at HD and re-sell it on FB Marketplace - obviously at a discounted price/way lower than what you "paid" for it - but it didn't cost you anything and you'll have cash in your pocket.

People on a tight budget do not buy grills, ceiling fans, or windows, and wouldn't buy a new appliance unless the old one was dead.

A lot of clueless people on this thread.

But OP seems determined to not find any value. Says they need a new phone, but HD sells phones. Says they need cash, but can’t resell the gift certs to one of those places that exchanges them for cash because the fees are too high. Even if they only get 75% of the value, isn’t that more than what OP started with?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:2 pages of good ideas Op, but seems like you're rejecting all of it.

Curious - what is your living situation? Condo? Apartment? Renting?

Just wondering why you would never need to buy HD stuff like a grill, appliances, ceiling fan, plumbing items, paint, windows, or need a contractor for something or rent a pickup truck for the day.

Seems like you're desperate for cash - SO buy something at HD and re-sell it on FB Marketplace - obviously at a discounted price/way lower than what you "paid" for it - but it didn't cost you anything and you'll have cash in your pocket.

People on a tight budget do not buy grills, ceiling fans, or windows, and wouldn't buy a new appliance unless the old one was dead.

A lot of clueless people on this thread.

But OP seems determined to not find any value. Says they need a new phone, but HD sells phones. Says they need cash, but can’t resell the gift certs to one of those places that exchanges them for cash because the fees are too high. Even if they only get 75% of the value, isn’t that more than what OP started with?

Yeah I don't get OP. There are options but she seems intent on acting like she can't do anything. $375 is a good chunk of cash. Buying a phone with gift cards is then money you don't need to spend. I don't get it.

[Anonymous]

OP. I am on a very tight budget. Actually even the dying phone I was thinking of replacing with an older model, used from Ebay so don't have the bandwidth for seasonal items, luggage or furniture etc.

Aunt wanted to help out as it's not been a great couple of years for me and she was likely re-gifting. She is of limited means herself. We met after 1.5 years. I tried saying no but she felt offended so I took them. I now have 5 X $100 GC.

I am on my sister's Costco membership so get home supplies there. I was just wondering if there is stuff at HD that may be cheaper. I guess paper towels, TP it is for the next 5 yrs.

I tried looking at sites to sell the GCs but with fees didn't think that was a great idea. Thanks all.


So let me recap: You don't want to sell it for cash. You don't want to buy anything useful or decorative for your place. You don't have any need for home improvement supplies. You prefer to buy paper goods at Costco.

Stop asking for help if what you really want to do is pout that your aunt didn't buy you a new phone.



You seem to have missed the point that they are strapped for cash. Things people are suggesting here are not essentials. Save the paper products which OP seems to understand will meet their needs.

My parents are now in a condo and gave me Home Depot cards as they didn’t use them anymore. I understand. I hadn’t. Stepped foot in a home improvement store when I was in an apartment. Like a PP said then people don’t know what to do with it.

And who would suggest buying those phones from HD.

Also when you are strapped for cash you try to make it stretch. So getting $80 for $100 or buying items there that are cheaper elsewhere doesn’t sit well. I understand.

But if you are strapped for cash and can sell something that you got for free for $400 or $450, even if it has a value to someone else of $500, isn't that better than holding onto it and getting $0? OP seems determined to get sympathy, not solutions.

[Anonymous]

Do you have a friend you could sell it to?

[Anonymous]

Sell it

[Anonymous]

Post a throwaway email and let us contact you. I’d buy it for $350

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Do you have a friend you could sell it to?

This. Family, friend, coworker or neighbor. You won't cheat them and they won't cheat you.

[Anonymous]

They have garden stuff and plants.

[Anonymous]

If OP is so strapped for cash, there has to be something she could buy at HD for FREE. I’m positive free paper and cleaning items are cheaper than Costco. They also sell dish and clothes detergent.