Unused Gift Cards? Maybe you should use them...

[TripleF]

Saw this article on Unused Gift Cards and how some companies may not be able to honor them because of the current financial situation they are in:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080303/...tcy_gift_cards

[Darb85]

cant do that by law. If they sell a gift card, they cant make it expire. only thing they can do is charge a non-use penelty.

[Cheeto]

Good. Maybe people will buy them less. Giftcards are stupid. Some expire, some have activation fees, and when you throw away a giftcard because it only has a dollar or two on it you're just throwing money away. What a horrible concept they are

/used to have to sell giftcards all the time, that's how I came to hate them so.

[glking]

Several states don't allow them to charge any non-use fees or allow them to expire.

[yourchoice]

Originally Posted by glking

Several states don't allow them to charge any non-use fees or allow them to expire.

Here's a link I found breaking down each state's laws:

State Gift Card Consumer Protection Laws

[sailchaser]

Thanks for the link

[ScottishSmoker]

I have a $25.00 giftcard for Wal-Mart that I will never ever use for I have a moral problem with supporting Wal-mart...

[cvm4]

I have no problem spending other people's money at Walmart.