The Only Asset We Haven't Spent

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In an era when people have cashed out home equity and raided their 401(k)s, it’s hard to believe there’s an asset left untapped. But there is, even if a small one per capita. In Deloitte polling in September and October, 47 percent of respondents said they have at least one unused gift card.

Among such consumers, the average number of unused cards is 5.9, up from 3.7 last year. Fourteen percent said they have “too many gift cards”; the same number said it’s unlikely they’ll ever redeem all the cards they’ve got; 24 percent said they’ve had at least one card expire before they got around to using it.

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