• nudny ekscentryk
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    1 year ago

    Also some gift cards require own contribution to the purchase. For example a $25 card could only be used on a purchase of $25.01 or above so you still have to pick something that you will pay out of your own pocket for

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      1 year ago

      Which gift cards are those?

      I’ve never heard of that being something you would purchase.

      I could only see it existing if I had a $1.00 gift card to the dollar store. Because nothing costs a dollar at the dollar store anymore.

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        1 year ago

        Ikea where I live (Poland) does that. You have to spend at least 0,01 PLN yourself, even if it means not using the entire amount of the gift card that was available

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          That’s crazy. That sounds like it should not be legal.

          Why not just require they spend $200 to use a gift card? That way the store either keeps the $50 gift card in cash on the books, or they make $250 in sales.

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      That’s not a gift card…that’s a coupon you’re talking about. Gift cards cannot have limitations like that, at least in decent countries.