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I'll take a Walmart gift card but otherwise keep your gift cards. I got a couple when we got married from Walmart. It's a place I always shop and for setting up house they have pretty much anything I might want. So I used it all. I was going to buy stuff anyway I just either got it cheaper or free with the gift card. That's how I looked at it.
If you don't like shopping at certain stores but have a gift card there just use the card to get a gift for the person that got you the card. Just don't tell them you did that. If they got the gift card from there it's likely or at least possible they shop there often themselves and would like something purchased there. Just make your gift shopping easier. I know it's kinda sucks that you can't get cash back. I don't give gift cards. I'll give cash if I'm not going to actually give something that I found specifically for the person I'm giving too.
Or now there's a credit card type thing you can get as a gift card. It has a certain amount of credit and can be used anywhere. Fleet Visa offers one but there's a monthly fee for every month there is a balance left. Same with the Discover gift card and Bank of America Visa. The fee is minimal and if you tell the person about it to begin with they can use it for what needs they have. Unless you put a lot of money on it I doubt it would take long to use up since you could use it almost anywhere.
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