Originally Posted by
glenn___ebooks
Haha, you're right - I wasn't thinking as clearly about the "gift" part of gift card, though in my personal experience that usually comes in store versions. I've never received, sent or even heard of prepaid gift cards being used as gifts with the 1 exception of a work retreat where they were given as prizes (AMEX $25 cards with I'm sure a $6 activation fee...what a waste).
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My company uses gift cards for employee incentives on a yearly basis. And I will tell you that when you buy in bulk as a company, the $25 GCs (Visa or Amex) are really pennies, not dollars in cost.
And since Simon has this set up for companies, I imagine that they do a pretty good business in legitimate GC business.
(and I haven't heard of anyone complaining about getting one
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