Do you like to get gift cards?
By savypat
@savypat (20216)
United States
December 24, 2008 10:22am CST
I don't like them, It's very hard to spend the exact amount of money so they always end up costing me more. I also have to go to stores I don't usually go to because I spend to much. I guess these are two great reasons why the stores love them.
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@Marie5656 (336)
• United States
24 Dec 08
I, for one, love to get them, especially if they are for a place that sells books, as people never seem to buy a book I like.
My granddaighter is 16, and her mom already told me to buy her a gift card for Christmas. She gave a few suggestions of which stores she likes to shop at. So that helps. Kate loves having her own money to spend and buying her own things.
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@cobrateacher (8432)
• United States
24 Dec 08
There are a few people for whom finding the right gift is next to impossible. I bought gift cards a couple of years ago for those people, and I felt terrible about it. Was it enough? Too much? A store they'd want to shop at? A sign that I didn't try hard enough to find the right thing?
They're just so very impersonal!
@gaylalou690 (361)
• Philippines
25 Dec 08
well if thats ur opiopn but for me i would love to get a gift cards coming to those people who i love. in my experieced i always collect those cards that my friends gave to me. it was one of my hobbies.
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@Shar19 (8231)
• United States
24 Dec 08
I like getting gift cards but I wish you'd get cash back instead of still having money left on the card. I find that even though I have a gift card I stil try to get the best price. I don't know why I do that. It's free money that was given to me. I should just buy what I want with it and not worry about the price.
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@fasttalker (2796)
• United States
24 Dec 08
I don't mind gift cards as long as it comes from a place that I normally shop. I don't like buying them for people because I think it is somewhat impersonal but on the other hand I did get two this year for two tenagers on my list. They gave me a list of all of these groups that I never heard of that they wanted CD's of so I went to FYE and bought two gift cards so they can pick out their own! LOL
So I guess they are ok in some circumstances.