If you’ve ever received a gift card you couldn’t use or found an old card with a few bucks left on it, you might have ...

Gift cards are a convenient way to make purchases, but sometimes converting them into cash is a more practical option.

Nobody ever wishes they were given a gift card instead of cash. Credit: Mashable composite; Peter Dazeley/ The Image Bank / Epoxydude / Stockbyte / Thinkstock / Hill Street Studios / DigitalVision ...