Talk:Gift card

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Please change the url for GiftCard.com to GiftCards.com as GiftCards.com was the first site to offer customized gift cards on demand. The singluar version of this url is a knock off of GiftCards.com and was purchased in Oct 2012 for $4m - http://www.marketwatch.com/story/giftcardlabcom-acquires-the-domain-name-giftcardcom-for-over-4000000-in-cash-and-stock-2012-10-03 As you can see it is a new site. More accurate is GiftCards.com I edited the url below to add the plurality and the url plurality. Also - I am the owner of GiftCards.com, and have been selling gift cards online for 14 years - you can read about me at www.jasonwolfe.com so you know I am a decent source.

Gift cards can also be custom tailored to meet specific needs. By adding a custom message or name on the front of the card, it can make for an individualized gift or incentive to an employee to show how greatly they are appreciated. Some companies like American Express^[1] and GiftCards.com^[2].

Jaw6dius (talk) 21:32, 30 January 2013 (UTC)

Not done: as this is not the place to promote commercial sites. I have removed that sentence as it is not even grammatically correct. —KuyaBriBri^Talk 04:58, 31 January 2013 (UTC)

The links to some of the references do not work, leading me to believe this is not a reliable source. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Elizabethdmy (talk • contribs) 01:55, 31 October 2013 (UTC)

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Please change the mention of "CouponTrade" to "Raise" as Raise.com is now the marketplace buy and sell gift cards. CouponTrade.com no longer offers gift card services, only free online coupons. This change is reflected on the homepage of each of these websites. If you are able to insert a link directly to Raise.com's homepage, that would be awesome too, as Raise doesn't yet have a Wikipedia page. Thank you!

24.14.41.148 (talk) 22:46, 5 December 2013 (UTC)

Partly done: I've changed "Companies such as CouponTrade" into "Some companies", as that was clearly promotional, the link to CouponTrade was a redlink, and the citation was a dead link. But I haven't added raise. We aren't here to promote companies. It would be good instead to bring the stats on market size up to date, to provide citations for them, and to address the US-centricity. --Stfg (talk) 23:24, 5 December 2013 (UTC)

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Please add in "Pitfalls" section: The Credit Card Accountability, Responsibility and Disclosure (CARD) Act, which took effect in 2010, provides some protections to consumers who receive gift cards, such as requiring that card balances remain valid for five years after issuance or after they were last loaded with money. Fees and expiration dates may still apply, however, and fees can erode the value of the cards.^[1] Smkreter (talk) 22:06, 18 December 2014 (UTC)

Note: That source seems to localize that to just the St. Louis, Mo. area, and unless a source can be found that shows that it is a country-wide act (and not localized to one or a few states), I'm resistant to add it. — {{U|Technical 13}} ^{(e • t • c)} 23:53, 20 December 2014 (UTC)

Not done for now: I'm not going to carry out this request at this time. If a source emerges showing this is nationwide, then I will happily revisit this. --Mdann52talk to me! 18:14, 28 December 2014 (UTC)

This article could use a section on abuse of gift cards (money laundering, etc.).

Now there are so many sites or market places where you can sell your unwanted gift cards and can get the value to your bank account before expiry of the same. By selling the same , you not only getting the value , another person can use it. erebate.in is a market place where you can buy and sell gift cards your unwanted gift cards before expiry. Weekwiki (talk) 19:50, 18 December 2019 (UTC)

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In the "Gift Card Collecting" section, I would like to make two small grammar edits. First, the sentence "Most gift cards are plastic, some variances include clear plastic, shaped cards, and paperboard cards recently most Starbucks and Chipotle gift cards are now paperboard instead of plastic" should read "Most gift cards are plastic, while variances include clear plastic, shaped cards, and paperboard cards. Recently, most Starbucks and Chipotle gift cards have switched to paperboard instead of plastic" or similar.

Second, the word "partial" is misspelled as "parctial" and should be changed. Pr0kchop (talk) 16:46, 20 July 2020 (UTC)

 Done Danski454 (talk) 17:39, 20 July 2020 (UTC)

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Add " Another factor that may have influenced increased gift card sales during the holiday season, is the shipping deadline for physical gifts. Gift card purchases in the first week of December 2020 doubled in comparison to December 2019. Even during the month of December 2020, a significant jump in gift card sales was reported by InMarket (a data analytics company). InMarket reported that gift card sales increased by 48% between the 17th-20th of December compared to the 13th-16th, as deadlines for free shipping and guaranteed Christmas delivery expired. " reference https://www.wsj.com/articles/gift-cards-are-the-go-to-holiday-gifts-of-2020-11608730368 Roni meiri (talk) 10:59, 22 March 2021 (UTC)

I don't see where you'd like to add this. Also, I believe it is WP:UNDUE. Thanks. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 12:50, 23 March 2021 (UTC)

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Urwa Asif (talk) 18:30, 12 February 2024 (UTC)

hello i want to edit this page with the updated and new content.

 Not done: this is not the right page to request additional user rights. You may reopen this request with the specific changes to be made and someone may add them for you, or if you have an account, you can wait until you are autoconfirmed and edit the page yourself. Shadow311 (talk) 19:46, 12 February 2024 (UTC)