SooOoo gift receipts are set up where the store gives you a credit only .....

[Dr. Tweedbucket]

..... and you are pretty much stuck buying more crap from the store. :huh

Good for the store, bad for the gift receiver :cry:

.... and no, you can't take a $85 store credit and buy something for $1 and get $84 in cash, I already tried it :waiting



Remember ppl, buy your gifts with greenbacks and get a normal receipt so at least the gift giver gives a gift that the giftee can gladly give back to get greenbacks for other goods needed or wanted. :red

[slayerbear17]

.... and no, you can't take a $85 store credit and buy something for $1 and get $84 in cash, I already tried it :waiting





I was able to do that in the eighties....gosh I miss the eighties:p

[Sandy Cheeks]

The biggest ripoff in this area is gift cards. How many of them never get used or only get half used up? That's free money for a business. At least they've cracked down on businesses putting expiration dates on them.

[taez555]

I like the episode of Mad Men when Pete returns the "Chip n' Dip" he got as a wedding gift and buys a gun with the store credit. :-)


http://mootpoint.wrenkin.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/vlcsnap-2426833-300x169.png

And then of course he brings the gun to work. :-)

http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ldxd8riOnL1qfq1dpo1_500.jpg

That's how you use store credit my friends. :-)

[whomad1215]

You've never been able to use gift receipts for anything other than store credit.

[rspencer]

..... and you are pretty much stuck buying more crap from the store. :huh

Good for the store, bad for the gift receiver :cry:

.... and no, you can't take a $85 store credit and buy something for $1 and get $84 in cash, I already tried it :waiting



Remember ppl, buy your gifts with greenbacks and get a normal receipt so at least the gift giver gives a gift that the giftee can gladly give back to get greenbacks for other goods needed or wanted. :red

I don't see why you would be entitled to anything else.

The point of the purchase was to provide you with a gift.
The goal of the store is to sell merchandise at a profit, to provide revenue for the company, returns to shareholders, etc.

The store is not in the business of providing a free service to hold cash for you until you can pick it up after Christmas. I see no problem with a store allowing returns for exchange or credit only.

[blueslover]

Hahahaha, that episode of Mad Men had me rolling!

[BedroomRockStar01]

I don't see why you would be entitled to anything else.

The point of the purchase was to provide you with a gift.
The goal of the store is to sell merchandise at a profit, to provide revenue for the company, returns to shareholders, etc.

The store is not in the business of providing a free service to hold cash for you until you can pick it up after Christmas. I see no problem with a store allowing returns for exchange or credit only.

Your sig embodies everything I've ever felt about the internet.

[A-Bone]

Gift card laws are state specific. In some states, unclaimed gift cards and certificates escheat to the state after a set period of inactivity. In some states you can redeem a gift card for cash if the balance is under a certain amount. In some states it is legal to charge a dormancy fee on unused gift cards. It all varies, sometimes considerably, from state to state.

[Dr. Tweedbucket]

I don't see why you would be entitled to anything else.

The point of the purchase was to provide you with a gift.
The goal of the store is to sell merchandise at a profit, to provide revenue for the company, returns to shareholders, etc.

The store is not in the business of providing a free service to hold cash for you until you can pick it up after Christmas. I see no problem with a store allowing returns for exchange or credit only.



You sound like a store owner. I think the policy is BS, and just another freedom of choice taken away. :red

[Rattles]

..... and you are pretty much stuck buying more crap from the store. :huh

Good for the store, bad for the gift receiver :cry:

.... and no, you can't take a $85 store credit and buy something for $1 and get $84 in cash, I already tried it :waiting



Remember ppl, buy your gifts with greenbacks and get a normal receipt so at least the gift giver gives a gift that the giftee can gladly give back to get greenbacks for other goods needed or wanted. :red



You didn't like my gift Tweed? :huh I'm so crushed! ;)

[slayerbear17]

You sound like a store owner. I think the policy is BS, and just another freedom of choice taken away. :red

I dont see problems, store owners must be having it hard these days.