Comments | skryche: American Express Gift Card

skryche

American Express Gift Card

Jun 23, 2006 12:59

My boss is getting her son's teacher an American Express Gift Card as a present ( Read more... )

Comments 17

vfc June 23 2006, 17:50:24 UTC

If buying for a friend, I prefer to get something personal. But for a child's teacher? A gift card sounds perfect. As the recipient of many such gift cards, I can say I'd rather get an AmEx card than magnets. And I tend to use them within a month of getting them.

skryche June 23 2006, 17:52:36 UTC

But would you rather get a gift card than cash? And if so, why?

vfc June 23 2006, 17:59:22 UTC

I can't say I'd rather get a gift card than cash, but I do know that it's considered rude in most circles (for whatever reason) to give cash to a non-family member.

skryche June 23 2006, 18:02:14 UTC

She just got back from lunch without a gift card in hand -- she's going to give cash after all!

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beth03 June 23 2006, 19:52:51 UTC

cold hard cash rules

ethernetbunny June 23 2006, 20:47:25 UTC

I think there's some kind of service charge to buy &/or use the card, too.

skryche June 23 2006, 20:50:26 UTC

It's a TOTAL SCAM, am I right? You with me?

ethernetbunny June 24 2006, 00:36:07 UTC

I'm with you!

ravinedweller June 24 2006, 16:24:23 UTC

A friend just got one of these as a thank-you from his company for a patent. I was going to pay for my dinner with cash, and he said he wanted to use this thing up first, so I just gave him the cash ( ... )

skryche June 24 2006, 22:02:41 UTC

* You can mail it? You can mail cash, too! I can't remember the last time I lost something in the mail. Pretty low risk. You think AmEx will just refund you the balance if a card gets stolen? Nuh uh -- “A $5.95 replacement fee may apply.”

* I find it hard to relate to this one, but I'll give you the benefit of the doubt. Are you saying they're great for fraud?

* Yeah, that's not why it's better than cash, that's why it's better than a check.

* “The receiver just uses it in place of their regular card until it's burned up, so it rarely lasts long enough to incur maintenance fees.” -- and yet AmEx finds it profitable enough to charge said sleazy fees. It certainly matters to them; thus it should matter to those who are subject to such fees.

* No coke & whores -- that's definitely a disadvantage.

* re guessing the wants/needs -- no better than cash in this respect.

* I don't get your last point.

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ravinedweller June 24 2006, 23:00:58 UTC

Well, those are just advantages from somebody's point of view, the somebody being an employer ( ... )

dancecommand June 25 2006, 00:17:46 UTC

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skryche June 25 2006, 02:12:23 UTC

zackly.