The Ikea Living Room Event is on again, from November 16th-29th you can earn back Ikea gift cards with your purchases. Anyone who buys a Besta TV/ Storage combination will receive 15% of the purchase price back in Ikea gift cards. With Christmas coming up many consumers are looking to upgrade their living rooms appearance just in time for their holiday events.  The Ikea Living Room is a great way for consumers to upgrade their houses and still have some money left over to buy some Christmas decorations. Or if you have exhausted your budget on home decor items you can sell you Ikea gift card and get turn your unwanted gift card into cash.

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The Ellen Degeneres show is generously giving away a $400 IKEA gift card. While it may fall short of getting you a good IKEA couch, the large amount would certainly get you a large amount of furniture. All you have to do to enter is head over to Ellen’s website (click here) and fill out the entry form. You must be at least eighteen years old and a resident of the United States to enter.

If you have trouble spending all that money at IKEA, consider selling your gift card on Giftah. The site allows you to sell any gift card at auction or you can also sell it directly to Giftah. IKEA gift cards are in high demand so you should be able to get a lot of cash for your gift card.

If you want to check the balance on your Ikea gift card you have come to the right place. Although Ikea does not offer the option of checking gift card balances online there are two alternative ways to check the balance on a Ikea gift card. The fastest ways to check an Ikea gift card balance are as follows:

1) Check Ikea Gift Card Balance By Phone, Call 1-800-558-5961.

2) Check Ikea Gift Card Balance At Any Ikea Location.

If you have had your Ikea gift card for so long that you do not even remember the balance you should consider selling the gift card. You can sell any gift card online with Giftah – a online marketplace for gift cards. Simply list your gift card for sale on the site and Giftah’s dedicated user base will bid up the value of the card. It’s a fast, easy and fun way to get cash for your gift card.

Ikea Canada is having a promotion right now for customers looking to buy some new bedding. The Ikea Bedroom Event gives consumers 20% of their spending back on a Ikea gift card when they buy any Sultan mattresses or box-springs.  The promotion runs from May 11 – 31, 2009 which leaves a couple weeks to get in on this promo.

Many companies have been offering promotions involving gift cards this spring, Canadian Tire and Shoppers Drug Mart have similar gift card promotions happening now. However, Ikea gift cards are much more valuable then many of the other promotions. If you end up with a Ikea gift card you don’t plan on using sell the gift card on Giftah. Ikea gift cards are very popular and always command a high selling price.

Its that time of year again, where the latest class of college students are finishing up exams and attending their convocations. Most of us know at least one student graduating this year, and we are aware that they are launching into one of the toughest economies in North American since the depression. Thats why graduation gifts this year are more likely to be cold hard cash or a gift card. Although many people frown upon giving cash and gift cards in this economy it is usually exactly what a graduating student needs.

Cash or a nice check makes the best gift, but if a graduating student lives far away and you are planning on mailing the gift a gift card is a better option. The best gift cards to give are the prepaid Visa’s or American Express gift cards, these can be used at any location the credit cards are excepted. If you still want something more personal electronics store gift cards, itunes gift cards or clothing gift cards are always popular with the college crown. Try to figure out what the students plans are for after gradation. If they are traveling then buy a travel gift gift card, if the student is moving into a new apartment an Ikea gift card may be in order.

Cash or gift cards in the best gift for grads in the uncertain economy. The last of their concerns right now is another College sweater or a special fram for their diploma, the current trend for students is survival.