Better than a calling card, more useful than a disposable cell phone, Skype Gift Cards are the way to tell your family and friends to ditch that land-line, and start calling you through their computer!
For those of you who haven’t experienced the joy of Skype, it’s approximately six cents a minute for calls anywhere in the United States, and not that much more expensive for international calls. You just plug in a number (there’s an easily savable contact list), call, and you’re good to go. There’s no loss of quality on the calls, you can easily keep track of how much it’s costing right in your Skype calling window, and all you need is a working internet connection.
One of the best features of Skype that I’ve been enjoying lately is conference calling. Yes, yes, I know. I don’t even need to explain why conference calls are fun. But let me explain anyway. Skype sets it up like an IM chat, so you can add (and subtract) callers from the conference as needed. And, as mentioned above, there’s no loss in quality, so unlike most conference calls, which are 20% actual information, and 80%, “I’m sorry, can you repeat that," a Skype conference call is actually just like a regular phone call.
Gift Cards start at $25, or you can pick up a bundle of 10 $5 cards for, you guessed it, $50. It’s probably the only way of non-subtly telling people you want them to call you, and also seeming totally cool for introducing them to emerging technology. (skype.com)