Gift vouchers expired

ElkyElky

If you give money to someone, they can just waste it and buy crap. If they are given a gift voucher, you'll know that it'll be put to good use and won't be used to fund a secret drug habbit or a sleazy hooker.

I'd much prefer to give gift vouchers rather than hand someone my hard earned cash.

Degenerate

ElkyElky wrote: »

If you give money to someone, they can just waste it and buy crap. If they are given a gift voucher, you'll know that it'll be put to good use and won't be used to fund a secret drug habbit or a sleazy hooker.

But those are the best things to spend it on!

So, what you're really saying is that you like to enforce a moral code on people with your gift-giving.

ElkyElky

Degenerate wrote: »

But those are the best things to spend it on!

So, what you're really saying is that you like to enforce a moral code on people with your gift-giving.

For oneself perhaps, but who wants to pay for someone elses "happy dust". :rotfl:

Yeah, I guess you can put it like that. I'd much rather see my money being spent on something I'd approve of rather than what I'd class as useless crap.

lisyloo

So, what you're really saying is that you like to enforce a moral code on people with your gift-giving.

You can put it like that if you like.
Would you buy a 14 year old fags, booze or condoms? I suspect most people would not.

CurrentWorker

Any age can buy condoms lol

tattycath

M & S vouchers don't expire...I used some last year from over 6 years ago-a (late) relation had misplaced them and we used them without any quibble!! As others have said i would write to someone high up in the company-they may well replace in whole or in part as a good will gesture-fingers crossed.

lisyloo

Any age can buy condoms lol

Not with a book token they can't
We are talking about why people like to give vouchers and it's because they do want some control over the gift.

ChrisEvanson

ElkyElky wrote: »

For oneself perhaps, but who wants to pay for someone elses "happy dust". :rotfl:

Yeah, I guess you can put it like that. I'd much rather see my money being spent on something I'd approve of rather than what I'd class as useless crap.

A sleazy hooker isn't useless crap, it's an orgasmic experience ;-)

lisyloo

It's not what everyone wants to buy.
It's the buyer here that gets the choice about what they want to give.

chuckley

some companies convert them to their new system if they are the old style ones, regardless of when it expired.

however HoF ones r recent so i doubt you'll get new ones.