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GIFT CERTIFICATES
Not sure what to get someone? Not a problem. Try a gift certificate.
There are plenty of online gift certificates available for any number of items from clothing to books to music to electronics. These online certificates work just like regular ones. You visit a store's site, order a certificate and it's either mailed to you (so you can give it to someone in person) or the lucky recipient. Then the certificate can be brought to a nearby store and used for whatever gift he/she wants.
Many sites, however, offer gift certificates for use online. You can use one of the many specialized gift certificate sites which offer certificates for hundreds of online stores, or you can go directly to a merchant such as Amazon.com or eToys and order a gift certificate directly from them that's good only in the store it was purchased from.
After you buy a gift certificate, it's mailed or e-mailed to the person you bought it for, and he or she can go to that online store and buy something directly over the Internet.
Some sites even sell gift certificates that are good at a wide range of online stores, so you don't even have to try figuring out which store's gift certificate to buy. So not only does the person receiving the gift certificate get to choose what to buy, but they also get to select which store to buy it from. Not a bad deal!
A nice alternative to spending hours searching for the perfect gift, online gift certificates can be a quick and fun way to shop.
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