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Gift cards are the clear winner for a straightforward gift of cash. Prepaid debit cards are more like bank accounts. Many, or all, of the products featured on this page are from our advertising ...

Most consumers purchase gift cards for retail stores, about 57%, while 52% buy restaurant gift cards, the Capitol One report said. In 2023, 32% of consumers purchased online gaming gift cards.

Let me clarify something about gift cards and certificates. Most of the consumer rules I have discussed deal with store gift cards that are purchased for the face value. There are other kinds of ...

Gift card exchange sites are just that — websites where consumers can buy and sell gift cards. You can list your unwanted or partially used gift card for sale or shop for a discounted card from ...

Gift cards and certificates are well appreciated by merchants, too. Those who redeem them may splurge, and when they go unused, businesses benefit from what is essentially a zero-interest, ...

The gift card has long been criticized as a lazy, impersonal gift choice. But for all the passionate naysayers who call gift cards a ”a failure of society on all levels,” there are equally ...

“Gift certificates, whether they are plastic gift cards or paper gift certificates, under state law and federal law, have to have a 5-year expiration date from the time they were purchased.” ...

Since 2005 - under Montana law - gift cards and gift certificates do not expire in Montana despite what may be printed on them. Their value cannot be reduced by any fee or by failure to use them ...

How one gift card saw $199 vanish. This past summer, Dina Pfeiffer was overwhelmed by her brother's generosity when he handed her son Niall two Visa gift cards with $200 each on them for his ...

The National Retail Federation's annual Gift Card Survey projects gift card sales will total $24.81 billion for the 2006 holiday season, a $6 billion increase over 2005's $18.48 billion.