Do you like getting gift certificates as a Christmas present?

[terrya]

Or do you think "how lazy is THIS?" if you receive one?

Actually, I like them. Particularly gift certificates from bookstores...Borders, Barnes and Noble....

T

[progmom]

1. love it

I always ask for a Borders gift certificate, never get one. :cry:

[meegbear]

2. I do ...

last year I got $50 for a supermarket. I told my sister to get it again.

[onecent]

3. I sure do. It beats the off green bathrobe that is too small and

has to be exchanged - thus waiting in lines.

[Left Is Write]

4. I don't mind them.

I know it's sometimes hard to shop for people, and someone who really wants to give me something but doesn't know what would always score a hit with a GC (and, like you, I prefer bookstore GCs).

[J-Lo Biafra]

5. Absolutely!

I like them better than actual presents.

[davidinalameda]

6. love them

that's usually what I ask for

I get to buy what I want

[GOPisEvil]

7. Sure, especially if it is to a store that I patronize all the time anyway.

[skygazer]

8. I like them

Especially the bookstore gift certs but most any I like. Most people don't really know what my tastes are or what I already have. I'd just as soon pick it out myself.

I don't really like giving them, though. I always feel like I'm copping out and not getting something personal.

I can get conflicted about damn near anything! :silly:

[Lavender Brown]

9. I think they're a great gift, but

I'm scatterbrained and I always end up losing the giftcards or slips. Then I feel terrible. I love bookstore certificates too.

[demnan]

10. It depends

if it's somewhere I really like to shop that's convenient, I don't mind, but if it's a store that isn't even in the town where I live I'd just as soon not. I got a Macy's gift card from my company, but I have to drive at least 15 miles to the nearest Macys through the worst traffic in the country, and I'm getting less tolerant of this as I grow older.

[sandnsea]

11. A surprise in the mail?

Yes!! On Christmas morning? :cry: no.

[mark11727]

12. All my nieces and nephews know that...

Uncle Mark likes the Borders Books gift cards... oh yes, indeed.

[calico1]

13. Gift certificates are great.

As long of course, its not a gift certificate for someplace you would never shop in. Lazy is a Chia pet!

[barackmyworld]

14. Way better than cash, that's for sure

When I get cash, I always feel like I should save it or spend it on something important. Gift certificates, especially to somewehere frivolous, give me choice while allowing me to do something for myself.

[Cuban_Liberal]

15. Love 'em!

It allows me to get a gift I KNOW I'll like.

:)

[jonnyblitz]

16. depends on for where.

I always get gift certificates for one book store chain or another for christmas, which is awesome!!!

[redqueen]

17. Not particularly

but I don't dislike them either. It's kinda lazy but we all are sometimes.

[stranger_with_candy]

18. YES

best gift i could ever get, as long as it's for a store i actually shop at

[City Lights]

19. I prefer them.

It saves the shopper time, and I get to buy what I want. What's not to like? :-)

[greatauntoftriplets]

20. One from a bookstore would be great....

A work vendor game me one for Starbucks's -- and I don't drink coffee. I prefer Irish tea with milk, and Starbuck's doesn't serve that. So, I plan to give it to the triplets' father, who is a Starbuck's devotee. But, it is not his Christmas gift.

[mia]

21. My favorite present is a gift certificate.

As a teacher, I get lots of gifts that I really can't use. A gift certificate to Office Max or a teacher supply store would be the best gift of all.

[mac56]

22. Love getting them, love giving them.

If someone went out of his or her way to find out what stores I like, and got me a gift cert from one of them - - that's very thoughtful. Much better than a "Look! I got you a gift!" gift.

[amazona]

23. dislike, just make it cash

A gift certificate is no different from giving cash except that it is less convenient for me to spend since I have to use it at a certain store and do endless calculations in my head to make it come out right with our 9.75 percent sales tax. It is also something else for me to lose in the ever-growing stack of loyalty, gift, and credit cards.

I don't have a problem with people being busy and not having time to shop but just make it the green rectangular gift that can be spent in any store. As I said on the other thread, once I had to drive an hour EACH WAY to spend a gift card.

As far as the bookstore GC, I have a very nice used book store in my town across the street from Barnes and Noble. Give me cash, and I can actually buy more books than if I'm restricted only to Barnes and Noble.

Just my experience.

[NoSheep]

24. Especially bookstores! Here's my address:

:hi: just kidding

[Zuni]

25. I like it alot

Gift certificates and money are the gifts that keep on giving.

Every year I always get a gift certificate for Barnes and Noble from my mother. I love it. I always go the next day and spend hours looking around

[MissMillie]

26. I asked for them this year

I need to get some new clothes (lost a lot of weight) and I wouldn't want someone else to pick out what I'll be wearing for the next year.

[sundog]

27. I love selling them...

as do most retailers.

Once the recipient is in the door to redeem it, there is a 90% chance they will spend over the gift certificate amount.

[IntravenousDemilo]

28. OK, but...

...if you ever got one from me, I'd never hear the end of it.

[terrya]

29. I'd still like it.

Because it's from you.

T

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

30. I dig cash

[terrya]

31. I've gotten cash a couple of Christmases.

They were both when I was REALLY strapped for money. It was appreciated. A lot.

T

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

33. No kidding! I love that

:)

[yellowdogintexas]

32. I enjoy it, especially if it is Borders or Barnes & Noble.

I also enjoy gift cards from Calloway's a large local nursery/greenhouse; then I can buy stuff for my garden with it.

[IStriker]

34. What could be better? That way, you ALWAYS get what you want.

[jmowreader]

35. My wife sure does

She's getting a good-sized one from AC Moore (her favorite craft store), some little crap because she wants things she can unwrap and she likes little crap like the cast plastic castles they sell at dollar stores, probably a couple of honey sticks for her bird (I think it's a buzzard) and a turned-by-me cherrywood bowl.

I told her I wanted exactly one thing--a 3/4" straight-cut router bit so I can start making bookshelves for sale. We'll see how that goes; she never comes down to my end of the building.

[fluffernutter]

36. i don't mind at all, i think they are great.

and i appreciate them just as much as any other gift :)