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Re:The economics of unused gift cards by mirimir on Monday January 06, 2020 @05:29PM (#21974192)
Well, I hate gifts. Because very few just come out and ask what I want. So I mostly get something that reflects their image of me.

And about selling gift cards. You can get more than 50%, if you sell for Bitcoin etc on /r/BitMarket.

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Re:The economics of unused gift cards by JohnFen on Monday January 06, 2020 @07:33PM (#21975310)
> So I mostly get something that reflects their image of me.

That fact is one of the main things that I value about gifts!

> You can get more than 50%, if you sell for Bitcoin etc on /r/BitMarket.

I don't want Bitcoin. I can get more than that other ways, too, but they all involve more time and effort, turning the card into a burden.

Selling the card locally for half off means that I can unload the thing quickly without any real hassle.

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Re:The economics of unused gift cards by mirimir on Monday January 06, 2020 @08:03PM (#21975590)
> That fact is one of the main things that I value about gifts!

I'm happy for you.

Me, I've gotten some baffling gifts.

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Re:The economics of unused gift cards by JohnFen on Wednesday January 08, 2020 @12:41PM (#21993763)
I suppose that I look at gifts differently than a lot of people. For me, the gift itself isn't really the important thing, and it doesn't matter what it actually is. The important thing is the thought (as trite as that sounds), and what the gift reveals about the giver and my relationship to them.

In other words, I think of gifts as a kind of communication.

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