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Re:GiftRocket (YC W11) Lets You Send Gifts That Can Be Redee... by wallabe on Monday March 21, 2011 @02:17PM (#2350926)
Seems like you're arguing against gift cards in general. $100b worth of gift card spending suggests other people feel differently. Maybe you're not the target market?

http://www.emarketer.com/Article.aspx?R=1005802

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Re:GiftRocket (YC W11) Lets You Send Gifts That Can Be Redee... by pekinb on Monday March 21, 2011 @02:24PM (#2350966)
$X is worth $X in gift cards. I'm fine with that. I hate the idea of paying this company when they don't add any value.
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Re:GiftRocket (YC W11) Lets You Send Gifts That Can Be Redee... by old-gregg on Monday March 21, 2011 @03:58PM (#2351285)
"Don't add any value"? I thought the idea/value was to give people the option of sending gift cards for any business. That Mexican restaurant you keep referring in your examples may not even have a giftcard program.
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Re:GiftRocket (YC W11) Lets You Send Gifts That Can Be Redee... by pekinb on Monday March 21, 2011 @04:38PM (#2351451)
It wasn't a gift card in my examples. It was cash. Or an American Express giftcard. Just like you'd be getting with GiftRocket, except GiftRocket wants a cut.
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Re:GiftRocket (YC W11) Lets You Send Gifts That Can Be Redee... by pg on Monday March 21, 2011 @05:21PM (#2351630)
It wasn't a gift card in my examples.

That's what makes it invalid as an example.

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Re:GiftRocket (YC W11) Lets You Send Gifts That Can Be Redee... by klochner on Monday March 21, 2011 @02:51PM (#2351066)
It really depends on whether the cost is worth avoiding the effort to get the gift card and send it to your friend.

I don't see a lot of value add (as a giftcard replacement) for vendors who are already selling gift cards online.

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