Good news for parents with unused Toys R Us gift cards [1] lying around: Bed, Bath & Beyond will buy them in exchange for store credit [2] — but only until April 5 at 11:59 p.m. ET.
Bed, Bath & Beyond announced on March 28 [3] that it would allow customers to cash in their Toys R Us or Babies R Us gift cards as part of its "Card Cash" program [4], which lets shoppers use gift cards from more than 200 vendors as store credit.
When other store's gift cards are used at Bed, Bath & Beyond, they aren't worth as much as their initial value, and this policy applies to Toys R Us gift cards, too. An ABC affiliate reports that "customers would get a $12.84 e-gift card for a $20 Toys R Us gift card [6], or a $32.10 e-gift card for a $50 Toys R Us gift card."
Parents should also be aware that the gift card you want to exchange needs to have a value of $20 or more and not have an expiration date in order to be eligible for the program.
But for busy parents looking to make the most of their Toys R Us credit before the April 21 deadline, [7] the news is a godsend, especially because Toys R Us is officially no longer offering online shopping to its customers.