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Originally Posted by bizaro86
Sure, but what about the ones that are good for $40 dollars at XX restaurant? How is that not exactly the same as a gift card/certificate?
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Two interesting links:
http://www.servicealberta.ca/1290.cfm
http://www.qp.alberta.ca/574.cfm?pag...=9780779741816
"The regulation also does not apply to promotional cards, loyalty cards, phone cards or cards sold for a specific service. For example, a card that entitles a consumer to a manicure and does not have a specific dollar value is not considered a gift card. If it does not have a cash value, it is not covered by the regulation."
I guess that why movie vouchers can have expiry date on them because they have no cash value and is only redeemable for certain goods and services.
It is debatable if a Pink Lime kind of voucher - "$49 for $200 of Massage, Mani and Pedi" has cash value.
You can say it has no cash value and is only redeemable for certain goods and services, in this case $200 "worth" of Massage, Mani and Pedi but not to $200 of hair styling services.
After giving it much though, I would agree that Groupon and Clones are walking a fine line here. If the advertisement is $49 for Massage, Mani and Pedi, then I would agree that it is not a gift card.
In the case of Pink Lime, I would agree that the vouchers are not gift cards because they can only be redeemed for Massage, Mani and Pedi, a specific set of services. You can't even use them to get a two hour massage and no mani and pedi or vice versa.
But then there are a lot of Groupons like $20 for $40 dollars worth of goods at say GAP which is good for ANY goods at the GAP stores. Those I would argue are actually gift cards and shouldn't have expiry date.