On Nov 26, 2008, at 11:06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
A gift card is a gift to a specific store, not so much the
recipient. I believe they also gave the statistic that 27% of gift
cards are
not redeemed.
Which is one way the store hopes to profit. But, even if you do redeem
the card, it's very hard to buy something for the exact amount the card
gives you. As the store isn't likely to return the rest in cash, you
invariably end up shelling out of your own pocket to cover up the
difference between the value of the card and the price of the
item/items you want.
The only time I enjoyed getting a gift card to a particular place was
when it was to a store which had very few actual outlets (none in our
area) and operated mostly through a catalogue. Both my husband and I
sat down together and made our -- general -- picks. I then adjusted the
list this way and that for days, until, including shipping, I was only
3 cents under the card's value and called it in (toll-free). The
order-receiving clerk at the other end of the line was dumb-struck at
how perfectly I managed to fit things in.
--
Tamara P Duvall http://t-n-lace.net/
Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland)
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