Comments on: Gift Card Poll Results http://www.fivecentnickel.com/2007/01/12/gift-card-poll-results/ personal finance tips, tricks, and commentary Sat, 21 Nov 2009 18:35:25 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Nick Carpinelli http://www.fivecentnickel.com/2007/01/12/gift-card-poll-results/comment-page-1/#comment-69602 Nick Carpinelli Sun, 18 Mar 2007 19:46:04 +0000 http://www.fivecentnickel.com/2007/01/12/gift-card-poll-results/#comment-69602 Borders Of all the gift cards I received, Borders is the worse of all. Trying to spend it via the computer is a joke. It appears that Borders has so designed its program only to make it rough on the card holder to spend the money. If you can prove otherwise I will apologize. Borders
Of all the gift cards I received, Borders is the worse of all. Trying to spend it via the computer is a joke. It appears that Borders has so designed its program only to make it rough on the card holder to spend the money. If you can prove otherwise I will apologize.

]]> By: Greg R http://www.fivecentnickel.com/2007/01/12/gift-card-poll-results/comment-page-1/#comment-58467 Greg R Thu, 18 Jan 2007 03:45:42 +0000 http://www.fivecentnickel.com/2007/01/12/gift-card-poll-results/#comment-58467 Also, be advised that your card may not have the actual dollar amount available due to gift card fraud. For some warnings on gift card fraud and how to avoid it, see my post, <a>Gift Card Warnings</a> Also, be advised that your card may not have the actual dollar amount available due to gift card fraud. For some warnings on gift card fraud and how to avoid it, see my post, Gift Card Warnings

]]> By: Matt http://www.fivecentnickel.com/2007/01/12/gift-card-poll-results/comment-page-1/#comment-57390 Matt Mon, 15 Jan 2007 07:48:17 +0000 http://www.fivecentnickel.com/2007/01/12/gift-card-poll-results/#comment-57390 FWIW, I hadn't used all of mine when I answered the poll, but I have now. The time right after xmas is generally a period of reduced general spending, so it takes a while. (Plus, with my fiancee around and all, I don't get as much time at home for reading as I used to, so those Borders gift cards generally end up going for books that'll sit on the "I'm gonna read it someday...really, I will" list for a while. :) ) FWIW, I hadn’t used all of mine when I answered the poll, but I have now. The time right after xmas is generally a period of reduced general spending, so it takes a while. (Plus, with my fiancee around and all, I don’t get as much time at home for reading as I used to, so those Borders gift cards generally end up going for books that’ll sit on the “I’m gonna read it someday…really, I will” list for a while. :) )

]]> By: Daniel Sweet http://www.fivecentnickel.com/2007/01/12/gift-card-poll-results/comment-page-1/#comment-55445 Daniel Sweet Fri, 12 Jan 2007 13:35:40 +0000 http://www.fivecentnickel.com/2007/01/12/gift-card-poll-results/#comment-55445 Don't neglect the fact that there are men (and women) sitting at the tops of huge office buildings around the country wondering when you're going to spend your gift card, too! You see, with new accounting rules in place, they can't recognize the revenue from the gift card until it is spent. Yes, they have your money, but it has to sit in a "Don't Touch" account until you actually <i>use</i> the card. Maybe we should not use 'em for awhile and make 'em sweat... Dan Don’t neglect the fact that there are men (and women) sitting at the tops of huge office buildings around the country wondering when you’re going to spend your gift card, too!

You see, with new accounting rules in place, they can’t recognize the revenue from the gift card until it is spent.

Yes, they have your money, but it has to sit in a “Don’t Touch” account until you actually use the card.

Maybe we should not use ‘em for awhile and make ‘em sweat…

Dan

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