Don't give gift cards this Christmas

[ASTalumna06]

^^ It's not necessarily saying that there won't be any stores left. But if someone gives me a giftcard to a store that's right down the street from me, but it's closing 5 days after Christmas, and there aren't any more in my area, that giftcard could be useless to me (at least until I travel someplace where they do have one of these stores).

[AGDee]

And, if the person holds on to that gift card for a while and the economy continues to tank and a store declares bankruptcy, they may not have to honor the gift cards.

[epchick]

Originally Posted by ASTalumna06

^^ It's not necessarily saying that there won't be any stores left. But if someone gives me a giftcard to a store that's right down the street from me, but it's closing 5 days after Christmas, and there aren't any more in my area, that giftcard could be useless to me (at least until I travel someplace where they do have one of these stores).

That is true, and I think that goes on the responsibility of the person giving the gift card.

But people shouldn't say "well i'm not going to give a Home depot gift card, cause 15 stores are closing" unless their store(s) is one of the 15 closing. Ya know? Like we have about 5 or 6 Footlocker stores here (not including Lady footlocker, kids footlocker, etc) so if one or two close, it's no biggie.

I'm just saying people should check to see if their local stores are closing before giving a gift card, instead of fore-going the idea altogether.

[ForeverRoses]

don't some of these stores still have websites? So if I get an Ann Taylor gift card (which I would gladly accept, btw), even though the store near me has closed, I can still use it online. Same with J Jill, Disney and several others.

Plus a quick search for coupon codes means I can also get free shipping or some other discount so I have saved a trip to the mall all together! (I'm a big fan of online shopping in case you couldn't tell)