Remember when you got married and you got 4 toasters? Then you had to return 3 of them if you could and what a hassle that was? I ran across this article about gift cards vs. cash! I totally agree with Liz Pulliam Weston and here is part of the article.
"After reading her list of reasons not to get gift cards, I’m becoming less of a fan of them myself (unless I can get them for free, of course). I didn’t know, for example, that some retailers won’t let you split purchases with gift cards. This means that if you have $3 left on your card, and the cheapest item in the store is $4,you’re out of luck. That would tick me off royally. I don’t think I’d shop there again if they pulled that.
Cash doesn’t suffer from this problem. I mean, well, it does lose a little bit of value every day from inflation, but it doesn’t expire, there aren’t any fees associated with holding it, it’s accepted pretty much everywhere, and can be spent (or not spent) for pretty much any reason." If you’d like to read the whole article here’s the link http://www.mightybargainhunter.com/2009/12/10/pass-on-giving-gift-cards-and-give-cash-instead/
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