That gift card you received from a well-meaning relative, the card that will buy you half of something uninteresting from a retailer at a faraway strip mall, has been sitting there since the holidays. It’s time to put it to use. You could sell it to a service like Cardpool at a heavy discount. Or you could use it to pay for something much more exciting: Porn.
That’s the promotion currently being offered by Naughty America, the company behind a stable of adult entertainment websites that feature “multiple daily porn updates with thousands of the hottest Milfs and the newest Porn Stars.”
The idea, basically a sexually explicit form of retail therapy, is both convenient and genius. You simply pay for membership access to Naughty America’s network by trading in your gift card. The larger the balance on your unwanted card, the more time you can buy. A $15.00 Starbucks gift card will get you a 16 day membership. A $40.000 Target card buys you 43 days. A $100.00 card to Best Buy will get you nearly a year (344 days). And so on. Here’s the (safe-for-work) exchange site.
A few minor restrictions apply. For instance, the card must have a minimum balance of $10.00. But the service is 100% anonymous (no further billing information is required, just an e-mail address). And the exchange accepts gift cards from a huge collection of major brands. Here’s the complete list:
Abercrombie & Fitch
Adidas
Aeropostale
American Eagle Outfitters
Ann Taylor
Armani Exchange
Athleta
Babies R Us
Baby Gap
Ballard Designs
Banana Republic
Barnes & Noble
Bass Pro Shops
Bebe
Bed Bath and Beyond
BedandBreakfast.com
Best Buy
Bloomingdale’s
Brooks Brothers
CB2
Chico’s
Christopher & Banks
Coach
Columbia Sportswear
Crate & Barrel
DSW
Dick’s Sporting Goods
Express
FYE
Fandango
Finish Line
Foot Locker
Gap
Godiva Chocolatier
Guess
Guitar Center
Hewlett Packard
Hollister
Home Depot
J. Crew
JCPenney
Jo-Ann Stores
Jos. A. Bank
Kmart
Kohl’s
L.L. Bean
Land’s End
Lids/Hat World
Lowe’s
Lululemon Athletica
MAC Cosmetics
Macy’s
Men’s Wearhouse
Neiman Marcus
New York & Company
Nike
Nordstrom
Office Max
Old Navy
Omaha Steaks
Pac Sun
Payless Shoe Source
Petco
Petsmart
Piperlime
Pottery Barn
Puma
REI
Ralph Lauren
Saks Fifth Avenue
Sears
Sephora
Sony Style
Sports Authority
Starbucks
Sur La Table
Talbots
Target
The Body Shop
The Great Indoors
The North Face
Tiffany & Co.
Toys R Us
True Religion Brand Jeans
ULTA
Urban Outfitters
Victoria’s Secret
Walmart
West Elm
Williams-Sonoma
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