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With spring around the corner, many parents will be reassessing their finances to plan a family vacation. So how can you still enjoy eating at restaurants, getting stuff for around the house, and going to the movies?

DFWbid.com is an auction website that offers one-hour auctions each night with gift cards to well-known venues like AMC, Macy's, Best Buy, Visa and the Olive Garden (among over 100 other places) to be won for a penny. The site just underwent a restructuring to make it even easier for new joiners to win.

It's like pennies from heaven.