It's getting close to gift-giving time, and you need to get some gift cards for teachers, favorite waitresses and the next-door neighbor you wave at from time to time.

You could go from store to store and end up paying full price for gift cards. Instead, go to this site and shop from dozens and dozens of merchants at a discount.

Gift Card Granny is an innovative marketplace to buy gift cards online. The site works closely with seven reputable online gift card exchange leaders to provide discount gift cards from hundreds of the most coveted merchants, both online and off.

Gift Card Granny will save you up to 42 percent on other people's unwanted gift cards. You can also sign up to get an alert when a gift card from a specific retailer becomes available.

You can also sell your unwanted gift cards for up to 92 percent of face value. Right now, gasoline gift cards will get you the most return. Target and Walmart cards are also valuable items.

www.giftcardgranny.com