Gift cards - love 'em or hate 'em? - Page 3

karl_1052 · 12-05-2009, 09:10 AM

You guys do realize they have been around for a long time in the form of gift certs right?

It is just a marketing ploy to get people to buy fancy gift certs.

BTW, I am with Lee, I don't mind getting them, but I don't like buying them for others.

derf · 12-05-2009, 12:03 PM

I just dont like how much money i always loose on them. I find that either I am gonna spend extra money (my money) to use all the cash on the gift card or I leave a balance on it and the store keeps it.

I dont like them nor do I want them. Gimme cash, it works everywhere.

Flexin · 12-05-2009, 09:57 PM

I like them. There isn't much I want that is cheap so I like having cards. I like pick a thing or two I would like to have but wouldn't want someone to pay for 100%, then I just ask for gift cards to the store I want to buy the item for. I just tell them that I want that item and will pay the difference between what I get in cards and the price.

I did that with weights last year.

I might not like them in some stores but I don't mind getting them.

James

Flexin · 12-05-2009, 10:00 PM

BTW read the back of the Visa type gift cards. Some have crazy fees that they charge you. I was going to buy one for someone else and when I read about the fees i said fuck that and bought a store gift card.

James

marko138 · 12-05-2009, 10:12 PM

I hate buying gifts, period.

12-05-2009, 09:10 AM	#1
karl_1052 sergeant hatred Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Ottawa Moto: The bus Posts: 2,723	You guys do realize they have been around for a long time in the form of gift certs right? It is just a marketing ploy to get people to buy fancy gift certs. BTW, I am with Lee, I don't mind getting them, but I don't like buying them for others. __________________ My wife was afraid of the dark...then she saw me naked and now she's afraid of the light.

12-05-2009, 12:03 PM	#2
derf token jewboy Join Date: Nov 2008 Moto: CBR 900, KLR ugly ass duckling, Gas Man Posts: 10,799	I just dont like how much money i always loose on them. I find that either I am gonna spend extra money (my money) to use all the cash on the gift card or I leave a balance on it and the store keeps it. I dont like them nor do I want them. Gimme cash, it works everywhere. __________________

12-05-2009, 09:57 PM	#3
Flexin AMA Supersport Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Halifax, Nova Scotia Posts: 2,698	I like them. There isn't much I want that is cheap so I like having cards. I like pick a thing or two I would like to have but wouldn't want someone to pay for 100%, then I just ask for gift cards to the store I want to buy the item for. I just tell them that I want that item and will pay the difference between what I get in cards and the price. I did that with weights last year. I might not like them in some stores but I don't mind getting them. James __________________ "Bust a nut inside your eye, to show you where I come from" "f youre horny, lets do it, Ride it, my pony, My saddles waitin, Come and jump on it, If youre horny, lets do it" "I'm not a playa I just fuck a lot" "Round two, I'm down to Do, what it takes to make you Understand I'm the Candyman And I melt in your mouth, not in your hands Hard as rock, yes I'm no sucka The boots I knock make me one bad mutha"

12-05-2009, 10:00 PM	#4
Flexin AMA Supersport Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Halifax, Nova Scotia Posts: 2,698	BTW read the back of the Visa type gift cards. Some have crazy fees that they charge you. I was going to buy one for someone else and when I read about the fees i said fuck that and bought a store gift card. James __________________ "Bust a nut inside your eye, to show you where I come from" "f youre horny, lets do it, Ride it, my pony, My saddles waitin, Come and jump on it, If youre horny, lets do it" "I'm not a playa I just fuck a lot" "Round two, I'm down to Do, what it takes to make you Understand I'm the Candyman And I melt in your mouth, not in your hands Hard as rock, yes I'm no sucka The boots I knock make me one bad mutha"

12-05-2009, 10:12 PM	#5
marko138 DefenderOfTheBuelliverse Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Parts Unknown Moto: Buell XB12R Posts: 18,585	I hate buying gifts, period.