Lazy friggin consumers

[Wernazuma III]

For my wedding two weeks ago, we didn't have a "wedding list" as people usually do/did, since we have all furniture and plates, etc. We lived together for 7 years before, but I guess these kinds of gifts made sense back some time ago when you moved together after marrying.
So we asked people to give us cash, helping us a little step to buy a new family car - which we have now, a Dacia Logan Kombi:
Still, we got plenty useless stuff among some good genuine ideas and some lucky hits, and 700€ in gift certificates...

[Elok]

Originally posted by Theben
QFT! That's how I feel. The only way I'd ever give one is if the company in question had a deal tied to the card- % off only with gift card or some such.

In such a situation, couldn't the person buy his/her own card and immediately turn around and spend it to get the discount? I assume that's why I've never seen such a deal.

Oh, and I can see the point in buying a gift card for a nice restaurant (or a crummy restaurant if the recipient likes Big Macs). It's not like you can stick a Bertucci's pizza in somebody's stocking.

[Provost Harrison]

Originally posted by Wernazuma III
For my wedding two weeks ago, we didn't have a "wedding list" as people usually do/did, since we have all furniture and plates, etc. We lived together for 7 years before, but I guess these kinds of gifts made sense back some time ago when you moved together after marrying.
So we asked people to give us cash, helping us a little step to buy a new family car - which we have now, a Dacia Logan Kombi:
Still, we got plenty useless stuff among some good genuine ideas and some lucky hits, and 700€ in gift certificates...

[Kuciwalker]

I will buy people gift cards. But I hate myself for it, so it's okay.