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Originally Posted by Smartcar
Hence why I never understood the reticence regarding cash gifts, I've never hesitated to put cash in a wedding/christmas/birthday card, if I mail it I put in a cheque. Never a gift card, if I can't pick an actual gift, why would I give a gift that can only be actualized at a specific place of my choosing? Maybe it's a cultural thing.
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I think the idea behind it is that it shows you recognize their interest in something, thus making an impersonal gift personal. "I don't know you well enough to know what gift you want, but I think I know a store that would have something you don't hate." Usually it just shows how little the person actually knows about you, or perhaps better stated, how little they think of you.
"Jimmy wears that ugly Yankees hat all the time doesn't he?" $25 gift card to Sportchek.
"I think Betty is an alcoholic." $15 dollar gift card to Starbucks.
"Glenn is fat." $5 dollar gift card to Subway.
I wish there was a store that exclusively sold socks and offered gift cards. That would be the ultimate gift.