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Tuesday, December 27, 2011

The Two-Way

$41 Billion In Gift Cards Unclaimed Since 2005

A gift card display at a Target store in Mayfield Hts., Ohio., last month.

December 27, 2011 They're enormously popular — an estimated $27.8 billion worth have been given this holiday season. But many also never get fully used. What to do? Swap them. Regift them. Invest them. Or, perhaps, give them to charity.

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