Using Card Swap (cardswap.ca)

The other big gift card exchange site in Canada is http://www.cardswap.ca/.  I submitted my cards to these folks and within a few weeks, I had my cheque for payment for the gift cards.

Not only that - cardswap.ca paid me the cost of shipping the cards and tracking the shipment.  On top of all this, they even sent me free movie passes, and a coupon for an additional $10 the next time I use Cardswap.  Great experience - I'll use them again.

Gift card exchange is a big business here in Canada.  As a money-saving tip, the next time you're going to make a big purchase, ask yourself: 'does the store I'm purchasing this product at offer gift cards?'.  If the answer is 'yes', check out cardswap to see if you can get a big discount!

Giftah is a SCAM!! Use Card Swap Instead!

Attention Canadians!  Thank you for visiting this blog.  Let me tell you why I've created this blog.  Months ago, I submitted several valuable gift cards to the online gift card exchange website 'giftah'.  I won't even link to them here because I don't want anyone to lose their money to these crooks.  Several months later, I still have no money for my cards, and have not been offered an explanation.

Well, you might say: what steps have you taken to allow Giftah to rectify this situation?  The first step I did was to sent them an email.  After several days, they did not respond so I sent them another requesting an update on the status of my payment (these emails were sent to info@giftah.ca).  Again, I received no reply.  By this time, I started to realize that I had been scammed.

I went on the website and searched for a phone number to call a customer service rep.  Guess what?  No phone number.  Don't believe me?  Check for yourself.  Google it, and try to find a customer service number for Giftah - it doesn't exist.  So, I thought to myself, this is the digital age.  Perhaps they only communicate via website.  I posted a comment in their forum asking a representative to contact me.  This was weeks and weeks ago.  Again, still no reply.  I also noted that Giftah has a Facebook page on which comments are allowed.  I thought: here's my chance.  I'll contact them through facebook.  Well, I left a few comments and it turns out that other people have had the same problem (surprise, surprise).