I think I got this from someone here last year but wanted to repost since I just used it again with success! Anyone have those gift cards that you use up until there is a couple of bucks here or there and you just can't figure out what to do with them? This goes for those generic Visa/Mastercard/AMEX/Discover gift cards of course (not merchant cards.)
If you do any shopping online it might be worth it to consider cashing them at Amazon. Amazon will issue a gift card directly to your email and you can redeem the gift cards on your account and accumulate a balance that you can spend at checkout. As long as you have a minimum of 15 cents you should be able to redeem the card there. I just did it on a Vanilla Giftcard that only had a balance of $2.54 and I got my Amazon giftcard email immediately. It's only $2.54 but I'll take it.
Instructions: When you get to the home page on Amazon click on "Gift Cards" at the very top. Then click on "Email" under the ways to send option on the left of the screen. Then chose the card you want under email delivery(I just chose the first one). Under "enter your gift card details" put in your amount of the gift card and then fill it out so that you are the recipient (putting your email address in the Recipient e-mail field.) Then click "Add to order" and then proceed to checkout. While you're checking out it asks you for the card number you want to use. Put in the gift card number and the expiration of the gift card if it has one. Under name put your name (that worked for me.) Then finish checkout. You should get two emails. One showing the purchase and then a follow up one with the gift card number and the amount.
I hope this helps! I'm adding that $2.54 to my monthly snowflakes 
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