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How do you feel about being gifted a gift card?

  • poll: gift cards?
    love them : (127 votes)
    90 %
    prefer a more thoughtful gift : (11 votes)
    8 %
    hate them : (3 votes)
    2 %
  1. nana87

    cantaloupe / 6171 posts

    If they're from close family or friends I kind of feel like it's lazy. Like my in laws have given me gcs. But then again it's preferable to things I won't wear, like earrings that aren't my style!

    I'm also weird with gcs, I want to spend them on really really good stuff rather than "wasting" them so I hang on to them forever

  2. lamariniere

    pineapple / 12566 posts

    I love them. I'm horribly picky, so I feel a lot less guilty with a gift card than a gift that is going to sit in the closet

  3. sunny

    coconut / 8430 posts

    Love them!

  4. Ajsmommy

    pomegranate / 3355 posts

  5. ElbieKay

    pomegranate / 3231 posts

    I hate gift cards. They are a huge money maker for stores because people don't use them. You are essentially taking cash, making it less useful by severely restricting how it can be spent, and then giving it to someone who must take the time to visit a particular store and hopefully find something they need or want.

    I appreciate the thought when people get me a gift card, but I really think they are a bit of a scam. I guess an exception is if you know someone shops at a particular store very regularly.

  6. Alivoo01

    wonderful olive / 19353 posts

    To a useful store like Amazon or grocery store - love it!!! Free money!

  7. alohaorchid

    persimmon / 1404 posts

    Love them! I get to go shopping/spa/dinner for free, who doesn't love that?!

  8. snowjewelz

    wonderful kiwi / 23653 posts

    As long as they're for a store I actually go to!

  9. LuLu Mom

    GOLD / wonderful olive / 19030 posts

    prefer it to a normal gift

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