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[–] jj4211@lemmy.world 6 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Note I recently had to do some gymnastics to split a purchase over 'credit cards' because I had received a few modest gift cards. I suspect that's an even more common case, since people want to completely use up a received gift card and that's all but impossible without splitting. Even if I have 10s of thousands of available limit, a gift card means I'm trying to spend like $50 or $100 out of a card.

[–] thermal_shock@lemmy.world 7 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

I HATE gift cards. Kiddo got one for Nintendo. We have a hacked switch! Can't even use it.

Have a Home Depot one that says "invalid" or whatever wording, won't let me use it.

Basically buying a piece of plastic, they take your money and tell you to fuck off. No one's going to take them to court for $50, so it's win-win all around for them.

[–] Honytawk@feddit.nl 1 points 3 hours ago

Regift it to someone who can use it