quatrixPremium
join:2005-02-11
Davie, FL
kudos:2 | How is it not clear? "Many companies make it so the cards aren't redeemable for cash, can't be used for cash withdrawals, or expire several months after issue -- yet don't really make these restrictions clear in promotions."
Why would anyone think they could use a GIFT CARD to trade for or withdraw cash? |
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bgraham
join:2001-03-15
Smithtown, NY Reviews:
 ·Verizon VoiceWing
 ·Verizon FiOS
·VOIPo
| I never do rebates or any of these cash back schemes. They are all more trouble than they are worth and full of fine print.
I did however get a $100 cash card for signing up for FIOS TV. It worked pretty well although VZ waits 90 days I think before you get the card. I got a flat panel monitor for my wife's computer, $99.99, so it was gone the same day it arrived. |
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wierdo
join:2001-02-16
Tulsa, OK Reviews:
 ·Cox HSI
 ·T-Mobile US
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said by quatrix:Why would anyone think they could use a GIFT CARD to trade for or withdraw cash? Because the only reason not to allow it on rebate cards is the expectation that you'll end up with a few bucks you can't spend without some difficulty, thus leaving the company issuing the cards with some left over.
You certainly should be able to just go withdraw however much from your card you like at an ATM. But that makes the card issuer less money on your money. (since they can't take it from the retailers)
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It's wierdo, not weirdo. Yes, I know that's not the 'proper' spelling of the similar english language word.  |
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said by quatrix:Why would anyone think they could use a GIFT CARD to trade for or withdraw cash? Because the damned things are being given out as REBATES! Yes, every one I've encountered so far has specified that it can't be used for cash, but then it's not a REBATE, is it now?
The proposed legislation isn't going to do anything to fix that problem. What we need is legislation forbidding anyone too mentally-defective to handle elementary logic from being excused for said defect by calling themselves a businessman. |
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