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Gift cards?

What is your opinion of gift cards?


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Re: Guft cards?

I'm not buying it. It rained during most of the Winter Olympics two winters ago - I'd rather have snow in winter. Rain is supposed to be refreshing not chilling and making you miserable.


WHAT?

Most of the games in Vancouver it was sunny. Whistler had rain at the base of the mountain...the biggest complaint was it was too warm. I was at some event every day and barely recall being rained on
 
Ok, not political, but it's Christmas day, so let's do something a bit lighter.

What is your opinion of gift cards? Getting and/or giving as gifts (for any occasion). Great? Ok? Another tool for the lazy? Somewhere in between?

ETA: Multiple choice is allowed.

ETA 2: How the eff do I misspell "Gift" in the title? I swear, some people...

I know "its the thought that counts" but when I give a gift, I want it to be something the recipient will enjoy. Gift cards and cash ensures this. However, somewhat similar to giving lingerie; giving gift cards and especially cash isn't always the right gift for the right person.

Always a bad idea are gift cards the have:

- a fee to purchase above the value of the card
- a dormancy fee/declining balance
- a single use "up to dollar amount" feature where the user losses the value of any balance not spent on the first and only transaction.
- an expiration date or if there's one, its less than a year away.

The best kind are the gift cards that you can buy for a promotional discount. In my city, there's a marketing business that sells gift cards for 50 cents on the dollar on the value of the card. The business gives them to the marketing business for free. The business sells them to the public and keeps the money as their fee for their advertising services than includes introducing the advertiser to new customers.
 
Re: Guft cards?

Along with actual gifts that I selected for each individual, I gave everyone on my list (no children on my list) a Google Play Store gift card because we all use Android devices. I was also careful to give a strategic hint to the right person and, as a result, I got one, too.

:2dance:
 
Re: Guft cards?

WHAT?

Most of the games in Vancouver it was sunny. Whistler had rain at the base of the mountain...the biggest complaint was it was too warm. I was at some event every day and barely recall being rained on

It's always fun teasing a Vancouverite about rain. Have a great New Year F&L!
 
Re: Guft cards?

I will get even!
Even with the yardstick-length rain gauge you have outside?

Not that I have any place to talk, it was raining and like 50 degrees here on Christmas eve and probably Christmas too.
 
Ok, not political, but it's Christmas day, so let's do something a bit lighter.

What is your opinion of gift cards? Getting and/or giving as gifts (for any occasion). Great? Ok? Another tool for the lazy? Somewhere in between?

ETA: Multiple choice is allowed.

ETA 2: How the eff do I misspell "Gift" in the title? I swear, some people...

Generally I dislike the idea of gift cards.Its like you are just handing out money,but not really.. Basically you took that money that was good practically anywhere on the planet and made it good only in one business.Although if it is a business you frequent a lot or love then it is not that bad. One year I did get a prepaid credit card.Those are way better than gift cards because you can use them online and anywhere else that takes a credit card and you can have some sort anonymity when purchasing things online.
 
Those are my gift of choice.
 
I put money in a card and give it to it's recipient. No expiration dates or fees. Wonderful and guaranteed all the time. :thumbs:
 
Gift cards make no sense. Send money. Gift cards are just a person declaring loyalty to a particular company - and paying a premium for it.
 
Gift cards make no sense. Send money. Gift cards are just a person declaring loyalty to a particular company - and paying a premium for it.


What premium? No company that I'm aware of charges anything extra for giving one of their gift cards. Further, you are aware that you can get a Mastercard or Visa gift card that can be spent anywhere, right? It's exactly like sending money, without the risk of sending cash through the mail.
 
Gift cards make no sense. Send money. Gift cards are just a person declaring loyalty to a particular company - and paying a premium for it.

It makes great sense for me.

My son who's in college doesn't have money for much besides his school expenses, but he has a Samsung S5. Giving him a Google Play Store gift card lets him get stuff he otherwise wouldn't be able to get. And a $10 card only cost me $10. No premium.
 
Ok, not political, but it's Christmas day, so let's do something a bit lighter.

What is your opinion of gift cards? Getting and/or giving as gifts (for any occasion). Great? Ok? Another tool for the lazy? Somewhere in between?

ETA: Multiple choice is allowed.

ETA 2: How the eff do I misspell "Gift" in the title? I swear, some people...
Great for those who are picky when it comes to gifts and for children so they can pool them for larger gifts
 
depends. If they are so place I go, that is fine, but often I get them from places I either do not go or do not want to go.
 
I love getting them. I love giving them to the right people (like my husband and my hard to buy for older son, who adores them).
 
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