01-14-2009, 02:23 PM
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I found a 10 yr old gift card in my drawer!
My mom sent us a $50 gift card 10 years ago. We were doing some remodeling then and I just put it in a drawer and forgot it.
It says right on it that it expires 2 years after issue. However, I live in Calif and it is illegal for gift cards to expire and they can't have fees.
Yippee! I'm going shopping.
I think it is terrible that companies will charge a fee or have cards expire considering they have all the money up front.
01-14-2009, 02:38 PM
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Thats so exciting! I love it when I find lost or forgotten things like that!
01-14-2009, 02:47 PM
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Lucky you!!! I've had 2 expire on me this year before I got to spend them!! Still makes me mad!
01-14-2009, 03:02 PM
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As long as it was purchased after January 1997 you're good to go spend it!
01-14-2009, 04:10 PM
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There's nothing better than found money!
01-14-2009, 04:28 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by
mandalinn82
As long as it was purchased after January 1997 you're good to go spend it!
Huh? Why Jan 97?
01-14-2009, 04:29 PM
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The law for gift cards isn't retroactive so the gift card would've been purchased after the law went into effect. I'm guessing it went into effect in january 1997.
01-14-2009, 04:41 PM
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01-14-2009, 04:42 PM
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Must have. However, Fla still allows them to expire. We gave my mom gift cards at her favorite place to buy her meds. She placed some in a drawer. We found them when she died 2 years ago. They wouldn't honor them because they were over 2 years old. I think that is B S.
01-14-2009, 05:20 PM
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That's why stores love to sell gift cards. People forget to use them and it's like free money to them.
I found one at my MIL's after she died and it was 2 yrs old and we used it, so it hadn't expired. It must depend on the store???
01-14-2009, 05:52 PM
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I stick in my wallet right away. And use them. I am toooooo thrifty (to use a nice word) to let them be forgotten!
01-14-2009, 06:06 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by
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That's why stores love to sell gift cards. People forget to use them and it's like free money to them.
I found one at my MIL's after she died and it was 2 yrs old and we used it, so it hadn't expired. It must depend on the store???
they don't include it in their revenue until their spent though
01-14-2009, 06:10 PM
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I stick in my wallet right away. And use them. I am toooooo thrifty (to use a nice word) to let them be forgotten!
thrifty is a nice word. so is frugal.
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