Bulk purchasing of gift cards is a common activity for businesses, to use for rewarding outstanding employees and for en-mass holiday employee gifts.  Despite my frequent rant that gift cards, if misused, can be quite the thoughtless gift, I do think there are good reasons companies can use them to reward employees.

But it might come as no surprise that very few retailers offer discounts on bulk gift-card purchases.  Whether you buy $100 worth or $5,000 worth, you will likely pay full price.

However, one of the gift card secondary marketplaces, GiftCardRescue, is now offering some bulk discounts on gift card purchases.  You have to contact them to get information about what types of cards are available with bulk discounts, and from the sound of the press release, they may not always be available.

To date I have not seen any other secondary marketplaces offer these type of discounts.