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16-01-13, 09:09 AM | #1 |
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What is the point in a gift voucher?
With the recent latest store HMV to go into administration, the usual announcement of vouchers being turned down etc, what is the point?
With a voucher I see nothing but risk. Cash is universal and carries virtually no risk, lets face it if our sterling is turned down weve got bigger problems than buying a CD. If a person cant decide (or cant be arsed to decide) what to buy you, why not just stump up the cash. Better still, put some thought into the gift and go get it. Vouchers are nothing but bad news, stay well away. |
16-01-13, 09:26 AM | #2 |
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Re: What is the point in a gift voucher?
Yep confuse the f*** out of me too...
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16-01-13, 09:27 AM | #3 |
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Re: What is the point in a gift voucher?
There is no point, it's a gimmick invented by stores to boost sales.
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16-01-13, 09:31 AM | #4 | |
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Re: What is the point in a gift voucher?
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Stores get the dosh up front and supply nothing. They make money from the positive cash flow and if the recipient forgets about or loses the voucher they love it all the more. Points schemes are the same - instead of giving us a paltry reward for loyalty after collecting eight squillion stamps give us better prices now, but the stores are expecting us to give up and forget the points (are you listening Shell?).
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16-01-13, 09:39 AM | #5 |
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Re: What is the point in a gift voucher?
Exactly. How many of you think buy now pay later offers are a good idea because you get the goods and make a bit on the interest?
Well guess what gift vouchers do the same thing but in the stores favour. The only time gift vouchers ARE good is if they're doing offers on them but that rarely happens nowadays. |
16-01-13, 09:39 AM | #6 |
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Re: What is the point in a gift voucher?
The only gift card I will buy now is this one:
http://www.one4allgiftcard.co.uk/ Because it is valid for loads of stores. Although we did get Jambo and Jo some John Lewis vouchers for their wedding and pointed out that these can be used in Waitrose so if they fancied spending £50 on ice cream and jelly babies they could.
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16-01-13, 10:02 AM | #7 |
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Re: What is the point in a gift voucher?
They're sort of a cop out anyway, its almost like giving cash is seen as a cheap option ie no thought put into the gift but to give a gift voucher sort of says "well I know you like music but I thought it best you chose the album"
HMV have been super cheeky though, waiting until after xmas and in the mid january sales to pull the plug I bet 90% of people who got a HMV voucher at xmas havnt used it yet. |
16-01-13, 10:29 AM | #8 |
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Re: What is the point in a gift voucher?
They may start allowing vouchers again yet, Comet did.
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16-01-13, 10:33 AM | #9 | |
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16-01-13, 10:37 AM | #10 | |
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Do you know how many points I have to collect before Shell give me a sip of fuel....... I don't bother since I saw it on watchdog. I do use the nectar card though. It's slightly better being multi use.
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