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billege · 02-05-2004, 02:23 AM

The key is to tell your friends and family if they wish to give you money, please, give cash or check. Problem solved.

Lots of people feel like cash is a "low effort" gift, but somehow a gift card doesn't have that stigma.

Tell your family to stop taking the cop-out, and just give you a green piece of US treasury paper, and card that says "merry christmas, buy something!"

On my olive garden gift card, a xmas gift, they held 13 cents.

13 cents. Yeah, I added it to the cash tip I left just to get rid of it.

I wonder how much money the stores rip people for on remainders of gift cards that never get used.

I KNOW a lot of people ending up with $3.12 on a gift card forget to EVER use it. How much do those remainders add up for services or products the company does not have to provide?

02-05-2004, 02:23 AM	#31 (permalink)
billege Watcher Location: Ohio	The key is to tell your friends and family if they wish to give you money, please, give cash or check. Problem solved. Lots of people feel like cash is a "low effort" gift, but somehow a gift card doesn't have that stigma. Tell your family to stop taking the cop-out, and just give you a green piece of US treasury paper, and card that says "merry christmas, buy something!" On my olive garden gift card, a xmas gift, they held 13 cents. 13 cents. Yeah, I added it to the cash tip I left just to get rid of it. I wonder how much money the stores rip people for on remainders of gift cards that never get used. I KNOW a lot of people ending up with $3.12 on a gift card forget to EVER use it. How much do those remainders add up for services or products the company does not have to provide? __________________ I can sum up the clash of religion in one sentence: "My Invisible Friend is better than your Invisible Friend."