Is This Legal?

SnowTiger

arcon5 wrote: »

Op was ill.

I must have missed that bit.

Dave101t

cash is a great substitute for a gift voucher, and it has a long time to expiry.

Sambucus_Nigra

frugal30 wrote: »

Hi all,

I purchased a gift voucher online for my partner back in May - still have confirmation of this via my bank statements.

There is a 6 month period to use the voucher. My partner won't be using it so I made telephone enquiries last week as to whether I would be able to use it, I was told I would but couldn't claim back cash.

Can you try calling up again, and speaking to the manager and making sure that they are expecting you; take the card that you paid with and make sure you see them and not anyone else?

Or request that they resend the link.

If you come back in here again, and read this - that is.

arcon5

Dave101t wrote: »

cash is a great substitute for a gift voucher, and it has a long time to expiry.

not to turn this into a 'cash versus gift card' debate, but gift cards do make much better gifts than cash. You may for example want to buy your partner some perfume, but rather than buying one she may not like buy her a gift card for the store. Giving cash to someone is cold and unthoughtful

just my 2 cents:)

Sambucus_Nigra

arcon5 wrote: »

Giving cash to someone is cold and unthoughtful

Eh? Is it?

unholyangel

I'd rather have the cash. That way I'm not forced to spend it with one retailer (or for the sake of shopping centre gift cards, a certain group of retailers).

It also means that if i receive cash from a few people, i can combine it and buy something bigger/more expensive.

At least with cash you dont receive gift cards for shops you never use (and possibly buying something you really dont want just to use it up) or gifts that make you think "wow, this person really doesnt know me at all".

arcon5

Sambucus_Nigra wrote: »

Eh? Is it?

unholyangel wrote: »

I'd rather have the cash. That way I'm not forced to spend it with one retailer (or for the sake of shopping centre gift cards, a certain group of retailers).

It also means that if i receive cash from a few people, i can combine it and buy something bigger/more expensive.

At least with cash you dont receive gift cards for shops you never use (and possibly buying something you really dont want just to use it up) or gifts that make you think "wow, this person really doesnt know me at all".

IMO ofcourse. Clearly not everyone agrees..?

Lets put it to the test

(and hope I don't have to eat my words)

ThumbRemote

arcon5 wrote: »

Giving cash to someone is cold and unthoughtful

Sambucus_Nigra wrote: »

Eh? Is it?

Christmas morning must be full of joy in the Nigra household.

Mr Nigra: Dear wife, how can I thank you enough for the £100 in crisp £10 notes you have got me this year.
Mrs Nigra: It was nothing darling, nothing. You have been so thoughtful with your generous £100 in a mix of denominations.
Litte Nigra: Mummy, mummy! Santa has left £40 and instructions to get sometihng in the sales.
Grandma Nigra: £25 measly quid. Tight so-and-so.

This is, of course, fantasy. Anyone who thinks cash gifts are warm and thoughtful is probably single.

unholyangel

I'd say cash is thoughtful in some circumstances. And i'm not single btw. Kind of a inane thing to say.

I always try and give gifts. If I struggle and they dont have anything specific they want, they usually tell me to give them cash. My mum always gets a small gift (like flowers or cognac) and cash. She actually wanted it that way (minus the gift, we included that so she'd still have something to open) so she could use the money me, my sister and dad gave her to buy something big she'd had her eye on for weeks. She doesnt like most of the gifts people buy her (and that we used to buy her). My dads the same.

A cash may say "i couldnt think of a present to get you, so here.....buy something you REALLY want/like instead of pretending to like what i got you"

But a voucher says "I couldnt think of a present to get you so instead of giving you cash you can spend freely, i've decided to limit where you can spend it by giving you a gift voucher instead".

Personally i'm a nightmare to buy for. Rarely is there anything i want/need. And dont get me wrong, i appreciate any gift given to me. But i'd rather have the cash. No expiry date (in fact up until a month ago i still had my xmas money from last year), no limitations. Spend as, where and when you like.

arcon5

ThumbRemote wrote: »

Christmas morning must be full of joy in the Nigra household.

Mr Nigra: Dear wife, how can I thank you enough for the £100 in crisp £10 notes you have got me this year.
Mrs Nigra: It was nothing darling, nothing. You have been so thoughtful with your generous £100 in a mix of denominations.
Litte Nigra: Mummy, mummy! Santa has left £40 and instructions to get sometihng in the sales.
Grandma Nigra: £25 measly quid. Tight so-and-so.

This is, of course, fantasy. Anyone who thinks cash gifts are warm and thoughtful is probably single.

Santa = vulnerable British citizen whoes used an email account for the first time and thought they was helping military personel transfer money to their UK account