Help me spend my Wal-Mart gift certificate!

[noshenanigans]

My grandmother gave me a $10 gift certificate to Wal-Mart for Christmas. Very nice of her indeed, but I haven't shopped there in a very long time, and refuse to. She's already given them money, though, so I want to find a way to use it somehow, but I don't want to feed the machine any more than I have to.

So, any suggestions from friendly DUers? I know it's a small amount, but I'd still like to do something productive with it.

[eaprez]

1. Buy a toy for one of toy drives! That way something good

comes of it.

[LiberalFighter]

3. Make sure it IS NOT for toy drive sponsored by walmart

[Sanity Claws]

2. Buy groceries

and donate them to a food drive

[shoelace414]

4. buy a hammer

then smash a coconut with it.

[histohoney]

5. The machine HAS been feed

By your grandmother. She probable had no idea your reasons for not patronizing Wally world,(I know you have the kind a heart not to have said anything to her-good for you, it was a gift given in love.)
NOW
How about give it to a womens shelter, group foster home, soup kitchen, or what ever charity you like that might need supplies.

[thom1102]

15. This is what I was thinking.(nt)

[Richardo]

16. I like that idea. Donate it to someone who could really use the $10.

:thumbsup:

[gnofg]

6. never spend it

They can't recognize the revenue

[progmom]

32. Usually they recognize the revenue after a year, I believe. nt

[DustMolecule]

7. Buy two items that equal about $7-8

They'll give you the remaining balance in cash. THEN (at another time) return the two items (make sure you have the reciept) and again they'll give you cash back :evilgrin: Then you can spend the $10 wherever you like.

I know that's a lotta trouble for $10, but I think it would work.

[Fridays Child]

8. Give it to a Walmart clerk but, first, put it in an envelope marked...

"In lieu of decent wages and benefits."

[underpants]

11. Oooh good one

:thumbsup:

[La Lioness Priyanka]

9. buy a liberal book!

[WMliberal]

20. i second that

or condoms...

[underpants]

10. Okay buy something with it and immediately return it

take the cash and go get it in nickels and quarters. Go back and buy the same thing and dump the nickels and quarters on the register. They will end up losing money due to all the time spent selling then returning and then counting the $10.

[Ruby Romaine]

12. if you get cash back- buy the cheapest thing- a pack of gum?

& use the cash back elsewhere.

[LuminousX]

13. If Wal-mart has a photocopy center

Use the card to photocopy thousands of anti-Walmart flyers.

[AllegroRondo]

14. Just return it for cash

why spend the money there?

[noshenanigans]

17. They can't be returned, unfortunately.. n/t

[jmowreader]

18. Wait till 12/26 and buy clearanced seasonal

My store's employee committee gave everyone a $15 Wal-Mart gift card as a Christmas gift. I went over there, found some little snack food-type stuff that was marked down 75 percent, and bought $15 worth of it. Then I took it to my store and left it on the table in the breakroom for everyone to nibble on.

That $15 sale probably cost Wal-Mart $30.

[Bertha Venation]

19. Stand outside a walmart and give it to the poorest-looking person

you see.

Or, put it into a beggar's cup.

[Califooyah Operative]

21. buy plants. nt

[GOPisEvil]

22. Donate to an animal shelter.

$10 will buy some food for the animals.

Donate to a food bank.

[Wcross]

23. Buy gas if they have a station out front.

You can save .03 cents a gallon with a gift card. As you drive off with your 4 gallons of gas you can be assured they lost money on you.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

24. Can you use it to buy a gift card to another store?

Somebody else here sold theirs on Ebay

[DS1]

25. Buy a phone card for the troops to call home on xmas

[derby378]

26. If by any chance they have Michael Moore stuff...

...spend it on that.

[amazona]

27. well my WalMart has a grocery store

So I'd buy groceries or maybe a bottle of Woodridge plus some crackers. But I don't know if WalMarts outside Louisiana have a liquor section.

[shanti]

28. same here

i have one for $50 from mom. the bad part is that she KNOWS that i think wallyworld is the devil!! it's the only store around, but heck, she could have just gottem me a gift certificate from somewhere online instead!!

:grr:

[noshenanigans]

29. I never understood that..

When I lived in Los Angeles (and will very soon again), I never lived anywhere near a Wal-Mart, but I kept getting these. Tower, Sephora, anything like that I would *love*, but I always get Wal-Mart.

[katinmn]

30. Swap it

http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/arizonaliving/articles/1224greatdeal24card.htm

http://www.swapagift.com/

[Deja Q]

31. Condoms! Lots of condoms! And lube! And go to the express aisle with

more goodies than what they allow for!

That's what I'd do.