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Re:The economics of unused gift cards by ghaff on Monday January 06, 2020 @05:07PM (#21973987)
People give Amazon gift cards because they think of them as basically giving cash without giving cash. I know it's not universal but, for me, an Amazon gift card just gets deposited straight into my Amazon account and applied against new orders until it's gone.
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Re:The economics of unused gift cards by JohnFen on Monday January 06, 2020 @07:41PM (#21975378)
> People give Amazon gift cards because they think of them as basically giving cash without giving cash.

For people who think of them that way, it just raises the question -- then why not give cash? Cash is much more useful.

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