{"id":8497,"date":"2023-11-02T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-11-02T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/?p=8497"},"modified":"2023-11-03T09:31:29","modified_gmt":"2023-11-03T15:31:29","slug":"the-manufactured-spend-superbowl-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/index.php\/2023\/11\/02\/the-manufactured-spend-superbowl-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"The Manufactured Spend SuperBowl, 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>As we&#8217;ve discussed in the past, the holidays present a rare opportunity for manufactured spend because:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>It&#8217;s normal to buy lots of gift cards during the holidays<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Opening new credit lines is pass\u00e9, perhaps even normal<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Some cashiers are care-free when you&#8217;re wearing a turkey or Santa hat<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Stores are busy, so cashiers have more to worry about than a gift card at self check out<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The holidays also typically mean plenty of gift cards go on sale at relatively steep discounts, hot merchandise commands a huge resale value, and plenty of stock everywhere.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you&#8217;re playing the third party or gift card resale game, you&#8217;ll need buyers, naturally. The best rates will come from sourcing buyers directly, but there&#8217;s also plenty of value in letting a specialized broker take a cut of your spoils, also known as the Homer garbage man philosophy: &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/giphy.com\/gifs\/season-9-the-simpsons-9x22-3o6MbtSl023x90TM1q\" class=\"ek-link\">can&#8217;t someone else do it?<\/a>&#8220;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So, let&#8217;s talk about some generally well respected goods and gift card buyers, in randomized order. <em>Note: I&#8217;m not endorsing any of these buyers, but generally speaking I&#8217;ve had a good experience with all of them. Please do your own research and make sure you&#8217;re comfortable before engaging. <a href=\"https:\/\/milestomemories.com\/plastic-merchant-bankruptcy\/\" class=\"ek-link\">Sometimes things go wrong<\/a>. My general advice applies: Never float more than you can stand to lose if everything goes pear-shaped.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Gift Card Buyers (Gift Card Arbitrage)<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The Card Bay:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/thecardbay.com\/\" class=\"ek-link\">Sign-up at thecardbay.com<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Gift Card Arbitrage Club:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/EugeneWeinstein\" class=\"ek-link\">Contact Eugene on Telegram to onboard<\/a>&nbsp;(or&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/chat.whatsapp.com\/DzBXChxQbeEABjKqlTPjCj\">WhatsApp<\/a>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>QCGC:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.qcgc.io\/\" class=\"ek-link\">Join at qcgc.io<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>DCB:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/chat.whatsapp.com\/Bj3EnrdGBW6EYo9cTuO9uT\" class=\"ek-link\">Join the WhatsApp group<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Duck Deals:&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/duck-deals.com\/\" class=\"ek-link\">Sign-up at duck-deals.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Goods Buyers (Retail Arbitrage)<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/buyformeretail.com\/\" class=\"ek-link\">Buy for me Retail<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mysbuyinggroup.com\/p\/home\/_version\/TE9HT1VU.1637528935.1637528938.0.0.0.0.en\">MYS Buying Group<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pointsmaker.com\/\">Points Maker<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedealbuyer.com\/p\/it@deals\/_version\/TE9HT1VU.1637528935.1637357649.0.0.0.0.en\">The Deal Buyer<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Some of these will also offer opportunities for cashing out Visa and Mastercard gift cards. Keep those eyes open, and good luck!<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-editorskit-rounded\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/image-19.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8498\" style=\"width:420px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/image-19.png 1024w, https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/image-19-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/image-19-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/image-19-768x768.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\" style=\"font-size:14px\">An example of a smartphone resale deal going pear shaped, leaked from internal Android patent documentation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As we&#8217;ve discussed in the past, the holidays present a rare opportunity for manufactured spend because: The holidays also typically mean plenty of gift cards<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_editorskit_title_hidden":false,"_editorskit_reading_time":0,"_editorskit_is_block_options_detached":false,"_editorskit_block_options_position":"{}","footnotes":""},"categories":[53,14,15,66],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8497","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gift-cards","category-housekeeping","category-reselling","category-scaling"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8497","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8497"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8497\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8526,"href":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8497\/revisions\/8526"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8497"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8497"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8497"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}