Customers with successful trades get a Best Buy gift certificate for their trade on the spot.

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Customers in those countries will have the ability to purchase DLC with any form of payment including trade credits, gift cards and cash.

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Declutterers can send usable books, DVDs, video games and music to third-party merchants in exchange for gift cards through the Amazon Trade-In Program.

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Indeed, economic thinkers of the World War II era understood that free trade was a growth-enhancing gift for promoting economic individual specialization and cooperation among global producers, and that a lack of unfettered trade in the 1930s arguably gave us the horror that was World War II.

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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg ought to consider adding members of the Federal Trade Commission to his holiday gift list.

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Consumers Union, Consumer Federation and other advocacy groups asked the Federal Trade Commission in September to help prevent gift card losses by requiring retailers to put money from card sales in a separate trust fund that would be affected by a bankruptcy.

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Online service Nextworth.com also allows in-person trade-ins at some Target stores for a Target gift certificate.

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FareTrade Fare Trade NYC is a collective of New York artisans who are offering gift sets that feature compatible products from members.

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The shares don't trade on an exchange, and they aren't transferable, except to family members, by gift or in the event of death.

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