Give The Gift to the Company
How did gift cards ever catch on? You want to give a gift to someone but you can't think of anything? Give them credit to a store you know they like. Wait, if you couldn't think of anything to get them in the store you think they like, how are you really sure they even want to spend more money at that store?
Why don't you just give them cash? These new Visa Gift Cards, now those make more sense. Cash, while awesome, can't be easily spent online. Visa Gift Cards can. That's a good idea spawning from a really bad one. I can't hate because such a bad idea spawned a good one but I still hold rage in my heart because such a bad idea caught on like wild fire.
Apparently, McDonalds and Wendy's find it's worth the production costs to have their own gift cards as well.
"Happy Birthday, enjoy your triple bypass."
NOTE: Rants are easier to publish in a short amount of time. Get used to it. Real posts in the future, I swear.
May 20th, 2008 - 21:09
i was thinking the same thing. two different people i barely know gave me giftcards today as thank you notes. one to target (which i havent even set foot in well over a few years) and best buy, who passes off crap as electronics.
as of right now i have four giftcards in my wallet. two of them are over two years old. i’ve never used them once.