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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Dec 2010 11:35:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Aug 2010 06:28:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Aug 2010 04:13:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Aug 2010 01:10:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<dc:creator>Eddie</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Dec 2007 03:54:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Gift cards are of the suck!  I got one for wallyworld this christmas...  It does not funtion at ANY store I take it to even thought the site says there is 50 bucks on it and it is activated.  They said the &#039;glitch is fixed.  Apparently not.  Thanks for worthless plastic.  Give me CASH so this kind of thing doesn&#039;t happen to me.  Bought all things with my own cash as a result.  Bummer christmas.  I HATE these crappy pieces of plastic filth!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Gift cards are of the suck!  I got one for wallyworld this christmas&#8230;  It does not funtion at ANY store I take it to even thought the site says there is 50 bucks on it and it is activated.  They said the &#8216;glitch is fixed.  Apparently not.  Thanks for worthless plastic.  Give me CASH so this kind of thing doesn&#8217;t happen to me.  Bought all things with my own cash as a result.  Bummer christmas.  I HATE these crappy pieces of plastic filth!</p>
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		<dc:creator>The Carnival of Personal Finance #129 &#124; Cash Money Life</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Dec 2007 12:46:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>By: Broke Grad Student</title>
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		<dc:creator>Broke Grad Student</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Dec 2007 20:19:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I&#039;m also anti-gift card. As great as the giver&#039;s intentions are, you still end up with something useless sometimes, because they give you a gift card to a place you don&#039;t shop at anymore. I actually wrote an entire post on &lt;a href=&quot;http://brokegradstudent.com/9-great-gift-ideas-for-a-broke-college-student/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;9 great gift ideas for a broke college student&lt;/a&gt;. My list may surprise you.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;m also anti-gift card. As great as the giver&#8217;s intentions are, you still end up with something useless sometimes, because they give you a gift card to a place you don&#8217;t shop at anymore. I actually wrote an entire post on <a href="http://brokegradstudent.com/9-great-gift-ideas-for-a-broke-college-student/" rel="nofollow">9 great gift ideas for a broke college student</a>. My list may surprise you.</p>
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		<title>By: Sean Burkett</title>
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		<dc:creator>Sean Burkett</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Nov 2007 04:17:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Because you get a deal with gift cards! - I get a free 5 dollar voucher when I buy 25 dollars a qdoba.  Also I work for Giant Eagle and we give a double gas voucher when purchasing gift cards.  Win-win.  As long as they are used - the retailer hopes you lose them.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Because you get a deal with gift cards! &#8211; I get a free 5 dollar voucher when I buy 25 dollars a qdoba.  Also I work for Giant Eagle and we give a double gas voucher when purchasing gift cards.  Win-win.  As long as they are used &#8211; the retailer hopes you lose them.</p>
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		<title>By: Mari</title>
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		<dc:creator>Mari</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Nov 2007 21:31:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Are you kidding?  There are few things that I love more than the pile of gc&#039;s to the bookstore on Christmas morning!  I don&#039;t expect my husband/mom/friends to know what book to get me, but they should be able to remember that I love to read!  Yes, yes - fees and blah, blah, blah.  With all the options out there this sounds like a specious argument to me.  Last thing I want is for someone to feel bad for giving me what I wanted....</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Are you kidding?  There are few things that I love more than the pile of gc&#8217;s to the bookstore on Christmas morning!  I don&#8217;t expect my husband/mom/friends to know what book to get me, but they should be able to remember that I love to read!  Yes, yes &#8211; fees and blah, blah, blah.  With all the options out there this sounds like a specious argument to me.  Last thing I want is for someone to feel bad for giving me what I wanted&#8230;.</p>
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		<title>By: Dennis</title>
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		<dc:creator>Dennis</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Nov 2007 18:29:53 +0000</pubDate>
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1. They&#039;re for a store or restaurant that the person likes
2. They&#039;re worth enough that the person can buy something decent without having to shell out their own money to make up the difference
3. They don&#039;t come with fees, penalties, and terms &amp; conditions that fill the entire backside of the card.
4. You&#039;re not giving it to your wife.  Wives translate the phrase &quot;Gift Card&quot; into &quot;You Don&#039;t Love Me&quot;.  Gift cards are only for friends and coworkers.

And let&#039;s face it, they&#039;re much better than nothing at all.</description>
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2. They&#8217;re worth enough that the person can buy something decent without having to shell out their own money to make up the difference<br />
3. They don&#8217;t come with fees, penalties, and terms &amp; conditions that fill the entire backside of the card.<br />
4. You&#8217;re not giving it to your wife.  Wives translate the phrase &#8220;Gift Card&#8221; into &#8220;You Don&#8217;t Love Me&#8221;.  Gift cards are only for friends and coworkers.</p>
<p>And let&#8217;s face it, they&#8217;re much better than nothing at all.</p>
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		<title>By: Tom</title>
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		<dc:creator>Tom</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Nov 2007 16:49:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Why do I give gift cards?  There are many possible reasons.

1.  I don&#039;t know the person well enough to know what they would like.
2.  For restaurants, I know their favorites, so I can give them essentially a &quot;free meal&quot; at that restaurant.
3.  Retail store gift cards are beneficial as they can use it for necessities (I&#039;ve used gift cards for this many times and have been thankful for them).  Nothing like having someone else cough up for that pack of TP you need.
4.  They were requested (multiple friends have done this for their weddings).

Also, as a side note, some companies may dump junk fees on cards, but not everyone does.  We had a Walmart gift card from our wedding (over 5 years ago) and it still had its full balance available.  Also, this article assumes the non-existence of Visa and Mastercard gift cards which can be used anywhere credit cards are accepted (can we say everywhere?).  These are superior to store-bound gift cards.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Why do I give gift cards?  There are many possible reasons.</p>
<p>1.  I don&#8217;t know the person well enough to know what they would like.<br />
2.  For restaurants, I know their favorites, so I can give them essentially a &#8220;free meal&#8221; at that restaurant.<br />
3.  Retail store gift cards are beneficial as they can use it for necessities (I&#8217;ve used gift cards for this many times and have been thankful for them).  Nothing like having someone else cough up for that pack of TP you need.<br />
4.  They were requested (multiple friends have done this for their weddings).</p>
<p>Also, as a side note, some companies may dump junk fees on cards, but not everyone does.  We had a Walmart gift card from our wedding (over 5 years ago) and it still had its full balance available.  Also, this article assumes the non-existence of Visa and Mastercard gift cards which can be used anywhere credit cards are accepted (can we say everywhere?).  These are superior to store-bound gift cards.</p>
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		<title>By: J.F.H.</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Nov 2007 14:32:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hater. I can say the same about let&#039;s say...a shirt. Let’s trade perfectly good money, &lt;b&gt;and&lt;/b&gt; exchange it for something that doesn&#039;t fit, loses value over time, and can only be exchanged at one store! :)

No, really though, they&#039;re not that bad. They&#039;re pretty much for people who can&#039;t come up with a better idea for a gift. Here&#039;s an idea, buy them a book. It makes the whole world happier.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hater. I can say the same about let&#8217;s say&#8230;a shirt. Let’s trade perfectly good money, <b>and</b> exchange it for something that doesn&#8217;t fit, loses value over time, and can only be exchanged at one store! <img src='http://www.americanconsumernews.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>No, really though, they&#8217;re not that bad. They&#8217;re pretty much for people who can&#8217;t come up with a better idea for a gift. Here&#8217;s an idea, buy them a book. It makes the whole world happier.</p>
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		<title>By: Richard</title>
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		<dc:creator>Richard</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Nov 2007 10:29:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I don&#039;t think Gift Cards are a bad idea at all. Yes I do buy them every year as presents. I always think it is better to let the person choose the present they would like.

Better than upsetting them when you get them something they detest and do not want to hurt your feeling by telling you that they don&#039;t like your present.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I don&#8217;t think Gift Cards are a bad idea at all. Yes I do buy them every year as presents. I always think it is better to let the person choose the present they would like.</p>
<p>Better than upsetting them when you get them something they detest and do not want to hurt your feeling by telling you that they don&#8217;t like your present.</p>
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		<title>By: tlm</title>
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		<dc:creator>tlm</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Nov 2007 08:41:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Doesn&#039;t anyone proofread anymore?</description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Nov 2007 15:47:30 +0000</pubDate>
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