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December 18th, 2001

The Gift Card

A recent blog entry by my friend Dave got me to thinking about gift cards and gift certificates. It used to be that gift certificates were the next-to-last possible gift, behind giving someone cash – for any occasion, really.

Which makes me wonder why gift cards came into fruition. How many people did the stores think they’d fool? “Oh, look! It’s a credit ca… er, wait, no, it’s a gift card?” When I first saw one at Kohl’s, I thought it was a little goofy. But now they’re everywhere.

They’re nice, mainly because they’re smaller than gift certificates. I don’t enjoy the fact that if you get a gift card for a store you dislike, though, there’s nothing you can do… you’re forced to spend it there. Thus, if someone isn’t aware of the stores you will or won’t patronize it can get sticky.

What do you think? Gift cards – good or bad? The Daily Ping covers today’s burning issue! -pm

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FROM: Robert
DATE: Tuesday December 18, 2001 -- 2:12:45PM
Comedian Mitch Hedberg has a routine about gift certificates. He says they are a way to "fuck up money."



FROM: Chris
DATE: Tuesday December 18, 2001 -- 2:16:22PM
I love gift certificates - you get exactly what you that way. Also, there is something just plain fun about going shopping "with somebody else's money."



FROM: fresh
DATE: Tuesday December 18, 2001 -- 4:15:12PM
Some gift cards are like credit cards where you have a limit but can spend beyond that as long as the person who gave it to you is still paying for it. I think there awesome, I always feel weird buying a gift for someone who I know but im not really good friends with or who isn't in my family. I'd rather get a gift card than a semi-crappy gift anyday. Now that we're on the subject, Mitch Hedberg is a shitty comedian



FROM: Robert
DATE: Tuesday December 18, 2001 -- 4:16:58PM
What?! Mitch Hedberg rules! Sure, he's no Emo Phillips, but no one ever could be that great.



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DATE: Saturday January 1, 2005 -- 4:05:18 pm



FROM: Ken
DATE: Tuesday January 4, 2005 -- 3:52:44 pm
They are good, i got like 10 for christmas, i remember when i saw my first ones, it was at kohls, i stole like 10 because i thought they were like business cards. Well since the cashier has to activate them it didnt really matter



FROM: Pull my pud until it bleeds
DATE: Sunday September 4, 2005 -- 11:38:28 am
So in the interest of the vast majority of the public people tend to believe in MY Donkey, not his donkey, not her donkey but MY Donkey. So with that said "COLD BEER!!!" God I am thirsty



FROM: Ken
DATE: Sunday September 4, 2005 -- 12:03:34 pm
Haha, i read my comment from the beginning of the year and i was like i did the same thing, and that guys name is ken too! then i realized i must have said it.



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