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10.2 DON'T GIVE GIFT CERTIFICATES!
For
a host of reasons, gift certificates are not good. Instead give a check with a card which
reads, "To my daughter: I would like you to buy that dress you've always
wanted."
All
you are doing with a gift certificate, is giving the store the use of your money and
control over that money. Bad idea!
Why
I don't like them:
==Gift
certificates reduce flexibility. The money is now tied to that store and what it has to
offer.
==The
store has use of your money until the recipient redeems the gift (which could be
months).
==The
store could go bankrupt.
==Your
daughter might not be able to find anything at the store for some reason. Nevertheless,
the store can require that most (or all) of the money be spent at their store instead of
giving a refund.
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