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 Forest Hillbilly  in a hidey-hole 02 Oct 18 11.23am |
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Aren't they a waste of time ? It used to be that given money was considered 'coarse' or a bit 'vulgar' in my parents household. Now I have been given Gift Vouchers (for £60) at a Department Store I have absolutely no need for. so can I convert the vouchers into needed cash at the shop ? no. You have to buy something. Else sell them on a website where you'll get 80-90% of their value. WTF ? My sister is an idiot. Just give me money in the future, so I can put petrol in the car, or whatever. Anyone else had similar ?
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dorking  02 Oct 18 11.38am |
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Must admit I do find it a pain to remember to use them, often end up choosing a tie or just some food at M&S because there is little else that I remotely want there. I am a bit of a hypocrite though because I always send my niece vouchers for her birthday. Used to send a cheque inside her card, but my lazy sister takes months to pay it in, leaving me having to remember to allow for it, and I don't really like sending cash in the post in case the postman is a thief
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| Badger11 Beckenham 02 Oct 18 12.05pm |
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Originally posted by Forest Hillbilly
Aren't they a waste of time ? It used to be that given money was considered 'coarse' or a bit 'vulgar' in my parents household. Now I have been given Gift Vouchers (for £60) at a Department Store I have absolutely no need for. so can I convert the vouchers into needed cash at the shop ? no. You have to buy something. Else sell them on a website where you'll get 80-90% of their value. WTF ? My sister is an idiot. Just give me money in the future, so I can put petrol in the car, or whatever. Anyone else had similar ? With the state of the high street the last thing I would be doing is giving someone gift vouchers. Just ask the poor folk who have House of Fraser ones. Poor old Mike Ashley is so hard up he refuses redeem them. But yes you are correct if the person cannot think of a gift better just to give cash and have done with it. Edited by Badger11 (02 Oct 2018 12.06pm)
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| Midlands Eagle 02 Oct 18 1.16pm |
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Originally posted by Badger11
With the state of the high street the last thing I would be doing is giving someone gift vouchers. I sent my grandson a gift voucher for Toys R Us last Christmas and when I got wind of their impending liquidation I asked them to send it back and I replaced it with cash and binned the gift voucher
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| Midlands Eagle 02 Oct 18 1.17pm |
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Originally posted by dorking
Must admit I do find it a pain to remember to use them, often end up choosing a tie or just some food at M&S because there is little else that I remotely want there. Perhaps we should set up a HOL voucher exchange scheme
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| the_mcanuff_stuff Caterham 02 Oct 18 2.48pm |
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Vouchers have absolutely no redeeming feature. If you're not sure what the person your buying for wants, give them cash. Buying vouchers show no less imagination and the person getting the gift can actually spend it on what they really want and shop around for it. If you buy vouchers, the person receiving them: Plus, the company gets the money up front without having to provide anything in return and can sit on the money. We have family abroad, who don't see our kids much, so they give them cash, as they don't know enough about what a suitable gift might be. Perfect. Everyone is happy. If you know the person well and see them a lot, get them something they like, otherwise cash is fine. Or for adults some nice food/drink gift: bottle of wine/selection of craft beers, chocolates etc. "experience day" vouchers are the worst, because you are normally severely limited on choice or the day/time you can redeem them and it is normally much cheaper to actually go straight to the company providing the experience (not red letter days, Virgin etc.). One of my pet hates, as you can probably tell.
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| Stuk Top half 02 Oct 18 3.44pm |
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Originally posted by Badger11
With the state of the high street the last thing I would be doing is giving someone gift vouchers. Just ask the poor folk who have House of Fraser ones. Poor old Mike Ashley is so hard up he refuses redeem them. But yes you are correct if the person cannot think of a gift better just to give cash and have done with it. Edited by Badger11 (02 Oct 2018 12.06pm) Why should he pay someone else's debts? They should be illegal in the first place.
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| Stuk Top half 02 Oct 18 3.46pm |
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Originally posted by the_mcanuff_stuff
Vouchers have absolutely no redeeming feature. If you're not sure what the person your buying for wants, give them cash. Buying vouchers show no less imagination and the person getting the gift can actually spend it on what they really want and shop around for it. If you buy vouchers, the person receiving them: Plus, the company gets the money up front without having to provide anything in return and can sit on the money. We have family abroad, who don't see our kids much, so they give them cash, as they don't know enough about what a suitable gift might be. Perfect. Everyone is happy. If you know the person well and see them a lot, get them something they like, otherwise cash is fine. Or for adults some nice food/drink gift: bottle of wine/selection of craft beers, chocolates etc. "experience day" vouchers are the worst, because you are normally severely limited on choice or the day/time you can redeem them and it is normally much cheaper to actually go straight to the company providing the experience (not red letter days, Virgin etc.). One of my pet hates, as you can probably tell. The same here. The most shameless operators have ones with "expiry dates".
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| the_mcanuff_stuff Caterham 02 Oct 18 4.16pm |
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Originally posted by Stuk
The same here. The most shameless operators have ones with "expiry dates". How could I forget expiry dates? Yes, indeed another limiting factor. There really is no upside I can see. It's all about marketing/image and convincing the buyer that they are "looking like I've thought about this, (but not too much)" and the seller (when a request is made/asked for) that they don't look greedy for asking for cash. It's all nonsense. Just say "look, I know we don't see each other much these days, so I don't really know what Lily and Connor have or want, so here's some cash so they can get themselves something they like". Don't see how any reasonable person would object.
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| Stuk Top half 02 Oct 18 4.33pm |
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Originally posted by the_mcanuff_stuff
How could I forget expiry dates? Yes, indeed another limiting factor. There really is no upside I can see. It's all about marketing/image and convincing the buyer that they are "looking like I've thought about this, (but not too much)" and the seller (when a request is made/asked for) that they don't look greedy for asking for cash. It's all nonsense. Just say "look, I know we don't see each other much these days, so I don't really know what Lily and Connor have or want, so here's some cash so they can get themselves something they like". Don't see how any reasonable person would object. Due to the t&cs on the back of them they can be cancelled at any time, at their discretion. The fact that they now sell gift vouchers in supermarkets and the like, where they used to only be purchased in said shop many years ago, means they know they're not having to reimburse the full value of all those sold. The 3rd party will be wanting a cut for selling them for a start. Hopefully the campaign against plastic will see them off in the near future as they don't seem very recyclable to me. Because morons don't look like they're going to stop buying them of their own volition. "I didn't just give you money, I gave you branded money" Its lazy.
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| Forest Hillbilly in a hidey-hole 02 Oct 18 4.45pm |
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i think it was a ploy by my sister to not send me money on things I enjoy. she might as well have given it to charity, as the vouchers are no good to me. And the woman in the shop, trying to be helpful this morning said, "if you spend it online, you can buy designer stuff that isn't in the shop" A gold unicorn ornament I thought the world was meant to be getting better. Around 5000 years of (intelligent) human existence, and I'm left with this 5hlt. Edited by Forest Hillbilly (02 Oct 2018 4.45pm)
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| Badger11 Beckenham 02 Oct 18 5.43pm |
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Originally posted by Stuk
Why should he pay someone else's debts? They should be illegal in the first place. Legally your are correct however it would have been good PR if he had. I shan't be rushing to shop at HOF or Sports Direct. Time will tell if Ashley is a shrewd business man I don't see any future for HOF or Debenham though because department stores are dying.
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