I recently had a horrible experience with Plastic Jungle (plasticjungle.com). I had a large number of gift cards to sell and was looking for a reputable company willing to purchase them. I went to their website and saw that they would purchase the cards. Since I had many cards at stake and I had never dealt with Plastic Jungle before, I did everything I could to ensure myself that they were an honorable website. I called them on 3 separate occasions and spoke to 2 plastic jungle employees. On the phone they were very courteous, ensured me that they are a very reputable company with rave reviews, and on top of that they were well funded. So I surely should trust them with selling my gift cards to them. I was walked through the website, shown exactly how and what to input into each field on their automated website and afterwards I received a receipt with a confirmation #. A couple hours later, I got a phone call from them stating that there was a mistake and they would pay less than their automated website said I would get. I really needed the money so I agreed to take the lower dollar amount. I sent them the cards through USPS registered mail and since and I insured the package for safe measures. Anxiously awaiting my check, I called them everyday until the package arrived. That’s when things started going sour. 3 days after the package arrived I called them to find out when I would be receiving my check and was told they made an error and they no longer wanted to buy the gift cards they had agreed to buy. As of now, I have not received the cards back, If and when I get them back - I will have to sell them at a much lower price (44 cents on the dollar). Its important to know that these websites are out to make a buck. They will agree to purchase the cards from you in order to get you to send your cards to them. When they get the cards, they will cancel the agreement if they think the cards have gone down in value or if they don’t think they can make a profit on them.
The secretary gave me several excuses - my cards are not good sellers so they can no longer buy them, there was a technical error on their website, the person who walked me through the web form on their website was filling in for someone else so he didn’t know what he was doing, and they don’t have the manpower to verify my gift cards.
This experience has led me to believe that PlasticJungle.com is a false advertising scam and I would stay away. As always BUYER BEWARE!!!

If you have a similar experience with any gift card site, please email me at Hostess4themostess@gmail.com and be sure to file a complaint with the Better Business Bureau. I’ve read plenty of horror stories ranging from buyers being misled to flat out gift card fraud. Hopefully through sharing of info, we can stop others from making the same mistake.