Originally Posted by percysmith

1. 2. It's their funny money and they're not too concerned if it expires in your hands

Originally Posted by maclover

every company in different industries has its funny money these days.
when you purchase a gift card to be used with Amazon, a voucher to be exchanged with a massage, a subscription to the gym you basically have in your hands that company funny money.
Is this a good reason to expect or accept a sub standard service?
I would be mad at Amazon if they send me defective products because I’m paying it with their funny money gift cards
I would be mad at the massage place if they keep cancelling my wife treatment as she’s on a voucher that had been paid for already
I would be mad at the gym if they kick me out to make space for a single entry customer who’s bringing in incremental revenues versus me that is paying anyway the monthly fee and have their funny money card in my hands

Originally Posted by percysmith

In HK the latter two are known customer traps on prepaid spending that Government refuses to do anything about.

Hong Kong is a business friendly place. They don't publicise that means consumers get done in.

It's your typical Hongkie business. Customer unfriendly. Why do you think us locals escape to Japan to shop when we could have? It's not necessarily because the price is cheaper.