Gift Certificates are purchased just like any other item in our store. You can pay for them using the stores personal Gift Certificate account. If you have funds in your Gift Certificate Account, you will notice that the amount now shows in the Shopping Cart box, and also provides a link to a page where you can send the Gift Certificate to someone via email.

How to Send Gift Certificates

To send a Gift Certificate you need to go to out Send Certificate page. You can find the link to this page in the Shopping Cart Box in the right hand column of each page. when you send a Gift Certificate, you need to specify the following. The name of the person you are sending the Gift Certificates to, the email address of the person you are sending the Gift Certifcate to, the amount you want to spend. You can send a short message in the email. Please ensure that you have entered all of the informaiton correctly, although you will be given an opportunity to change this as mush as you want before the email is actually sent.

Buying with Gift Certificates

If you have funds in your Gift Certificate Account, you can use those funds to purchase other items in our store. At the checkout stage, and extra box will appear. Checking this box will apply these funds in your Gift Certificate Account. Please note: you will still have to select another payment method if there is not enough in your Gift Certificate Account to cover the cost of your purchase. If you have more funds in your Gift Certificate Account than the total cost of your purchase the balance will be left in your Gift Certificate Account for the future.

Redemming Gift Certificates

If you recieve a Gift Certificate by email it will contain details of who sent you the Gift Certificate, along with possibly a short message by them. The email will also contain the Gift Certificate Number. It is probably a good idea to print out or save this email for future reference. You can now redeem the Gift Certificate in two ways.
1. By clicking on the link contained within the email for this purpose. This will take you to the store's Redeem Certificate page, and you will be requested to create an account before the Gift Certificate is validated and placed in your Gift Certificate Account ready for you to spend it on whatever you want.
2. During the checkout process on the same page that you select a payment method there will be a box to enter the Redeem Code. Enter the code in the box and click the redeem button. The code will be validated and added to your Gift Certificate Acount. You can then use the amount to purchase any item from our store.