Gift Card Guide

Buyers beware - gift cards could be useless as stores fold under - Orlando Sentinel
Consumer groups have bemoaned the pitfalls of gift cards for years, but experts say this holiday shopping season, consumers have to worry about another gift-card trap: the possibility that retailers could go out of business before their friends and

When credit cards attack - Minneapolis Star Tribune
Most popular gift cards Pay Dirt: Forget gift cards, it’s a green Christmas Pay Dirt: A head-to-toe financial guide Pay dirt: With a little thrift, we can thrive Pay Dirt: Have a beer; we’ll talk money On Nov. 21, I opened a letter from Citibank

Pro-Lifers Blast Planned Parenthood for Holiday Gift Certificates - Christian Post
INDIANAPOLIS – At the Planned Parenthood of Indiana, ’tis the season of giving health care and contraception. But it’s a sentiment that opponents of abortion and artificial birth control say denigrates the holiday season. The network of 35 clinics

Hannaford replaces gift cards stolen from church - Portland Press Herald
GORHAM — The Hannaford supermarket chain has replaced $900 worth of gift cards after somebody pilfered them from Gorham’s First Parish Church during a Sunday service. The Rev. David Butler says it appears somebody stole the cards — which were

Give cash instead of gift cards, and your family won’t be left holding - Cleveland Plain Dealer Blog
Gift cards are losing some of their plastic sheen. This is shaping up to be a good year to give cash instead. In the past, shoppers have been willing to overlook the cards’ limitations — namely fees and expiration dates that erode the cards’ value

CONSUMERS: ’Tis the season to be cautious when buying gift cards - Niagara Gazette
Black Friday is all about shopping for bargains, and thousands of people flocked to malls and department stores across the Buffalo Niagara region Friday in search of some sweet deals on everything from flat-screen television sets to Guitar Hero. The