The week after Christmas and all throughout the mall, everyone was stirring and returning their gifts just because the holidays are done and you have exchanged gifts with your loved ones. 

Let's be honest, the work is just beginning.  Now you must compete with the crowds heading back to the stories getting rid of those ugly sweaters you got. 

Now there is a way to get rid of those gifts without being stuck back at the stores. 

Check this site out.  It is called toyswap.com and it is an online toy exchange. 

You can trade buy or sell those unwanted toys.  After you register at the site, you can post information and photos of the toys.  Once a deal is struck, they are paid for via pay-pal transfers and shipped to the new owners. 

Membership on the site is free and there is no limit of how many toys you can post to buy or sell.  It will cost you one dollar for every swap you make.

The cool thing here is they have every kind of toy you could want at much cheaper prices than you will find in a store.  Besides just avoiding the crowds, some people have other reasons to avoid returning gifts.

Retail Expert Lorene Uyue said, "People could be surprised, you know, in January and February when they are exchanging gifts if they come to that store too often to return other things, they may be turned down."

Want to skip that trip to the mall but still not insult grandma?  e-Bay is one of the hottest places online to swap gifts with more than 1.6 million people supplementing their income on e-Bay.  It is a good way to make some extra cash off those holiday returns and then buy what you want.

Another site worth checking out is called ViaTrading.com. Here you can buy in bulk, the returns from department stores 75 percent of the returns to department stores are normally in excellent condition making them right for repurchase. 

Perfect for you to sell on your e-bay store, making money and avoiding a trip back to the mall all in one. 

That's your Technology,
Kurt the Cyberguy, Central Florida News 13.