Comments on: Gift cards: your gift to retailers? http://blog.wesabe.com/2006/12/19/gift-cards-your-gift-to-retailers/ The Wesabe blog Thu, 14 Jan 2010 18:37:20 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Ralf http://blog.wesabe.com/2006/12/19/gift-cards-your-gift-to-retailers/#comment-3788 Ralf Tue, 16 Jan 2007 03:03:50 +0000 http://blog.wesabe.com/index.php/2006/12/19/gift-cards-your-gift-to-retailers/#comment-3788 I agree that cash SHOULD be better, but maybe some people feel cash is kind of a cold gift or that once the cash is received it is just put into a wallet and the gift is forgotten (where as the gift card is easier to be remembered as a gift from so-and-so). I think if people want to give gift cards, they should follow up with the recipients and remind them to USE THEM !! I agree that cash SHOULD be better, but maybe some people feel cash is kind of a cold gift or that once the cash is received it is just put into a wallet and the gift is forgotten (where as the gift card is easier to be remembered as a gift from so-and-so).

I think if people want to give gift cards, they should follow up with the recipients and remind them to USE THEM !!

]]> By: Marc Hedlund http://blog.wesabe.com/2006/12/19/gift-cards-your-gift-to-retailers/#comment-3787 Marc Hedlund Wed, 20 Dec 2006 06:12:54 +0000 http://blog.wesabe.com/index.php/2006/12/19/gift-cards-your-gift-to-retailers/#comment-3787 Tony, I agree, cash comes with no hidden fees and is accepted more places than any gift card. If there's no shame in a gift card, there should be no shame in cash. Derrich, thanks for the link -- I'm glad that word of this is getting around. Tony, I agree, cash comes with no hidden fees and is accepted more places than any gift card. If there’s no shame in a gift card, there should be no shame in cash.

Derrich, thanks for the link — I’m glad that word of this is getting around.

]]> By: derrich http://blog.wesabe.com/2006/12/19/gift-cards-your-gift-to-retailers/#comment-3786 derrich Wed, 20 Dec 2006 03:00:17 +0000 http://blog.wesabe.com/index.php/2006/12/19/gift-cards-your-gift-to-retailers/#comment-3786 Good read. I wrote a little something about gift cards back in November that you might like to read: http://www.derrich.com/2006/11/03/all-i-want-for-christmas-isnot-another-gift-card/ Good read. I wrote a little something about gift cards back in November that you might like to read:

http://www.derrich.com/2006/11/03/all-i-want-for-christmas-isnot-another-gift-card/

]]> By: Tony Stubblebine http://blog.wesabe.com/2006/12/19/gift-cards-your-gift-to-retailers/#comment-3785 Tony Stubblebine Tue, 19 Dec 2006 20:12:56 +0000 http://blog.wesabe.com/index.php/2006/12/19/gift-cards-your-gift-to-retailers/#comment-3785 How about cash? It has all of the benefits of gift cards: person can get what they want, convenience, stick to a budget. It's also harder to lose and doesn't expire. The only drawback is that there's some stigma attached to it. The stigma is stupid. Have you ever heard someone who received cash as a gift badmouth it? Never. It's the people who put effort into getting gifts that nobody wants that are trying to lay a guilt-trip on the cash-givers. How about cash? It has all of the benefits of gift cards: person can get what they want, convenience, stick to a budget. It’s also harder to lose and doesn’t expire.

The only drawback is that there’s some stigma attached to it. The stigma is stupid. Have you ever heard someone who received cash as a gift badmouth it? Never. It’s the people who put effort into getting gifts that nobody wants that are trying to lay a guilt-trip on the cash-givers.

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