Odwolda Posted February 14, 2004 Share Posted February 14, 2004 I was just wondering if anyone has ever left gift cards as trade items before. I don't really see a problem with it, but are they cache-friendly items? Quote Link to comment
+woof n lulu Posted February 14, 2004 Share Posted February 14, 2004 They are plastic so they can't get water logged. And personally I would not mind recieving a gift card from Hastings, Barnes&Nobles, etc. Quote Link to comment
+travisl Posted February 14, 2004 Share Posted February 14, 2004 I've done it five times so far. I think they're great. Quote Link to comment
+wildearth2001 Posted February 14, 2004 Share Posted February 14, 2004 Summit Hut (our local climbing store/everything else outside packed into a small corner shop) has GIFT ROCKS, i bet they would hold up well in a cache Quote Link to comment
+Sparky-Watts Posted February 14, 2004 Share Posted February 14, 2004 I'd love to find a gift card to Lowe's or Home Depot in a cache....mmmmmm, Lowe's...... Quote Link to comment
+CacheCreatures Posted February 14, 2004 Share Posted February 14, 2004 Would love to find a giftcard. I like the idea. Quote Link to comment
+Team GPSaxophone Posted February 14, 2004 Share Posted February 14, 2004 I've put Home Depot cards in caches as FTF prizes Quote Link to comment
+Go JayBee Posted February 14, 2004 Share Posted February 14, 2004 I've put Home Depot cards in caches as FTF prizes You are awesome.....Blue Man Quote Link to comment
+Gizmo & Brazin Posted February 14, 2004 Share Posted February 14, 2004 So if gift cards are good, what $$ amount is good? Quote Link to comment
Odwolda Posted February 14, 2004 Author Share Posted February 14, 2004 Ah, thanks for the replies. Maybe I'll plan a gift card cache... But for now, sleepy time. Getting up pretty early and it's 11 pm. Quote Link to comment
Odwolda Posted February 14, 2004 Author Share Posted February 14, 2004 So if gift cards are good, what $$ amount is good? I was wondering that too. I think the most people would put it as a regular trade would be about $10-$15. Quote Link to comment
+wildearth2001 Posted February 14, 2004 Share Posted February 14, 2004 wow odwolda are you in EST Quote Link to comment
+Sparky-Watts Posted February 14, 2004 Share Posted February 14, 2004 So if gift cards are good, what $$ amount is good? $15,000 would finish my kitchen nicely..... Quote Link to comment
+Team GPSaxophone Posted February 14, 2004 Share Posted February 14, 2004 So if gift cards are good, what $$ amount is good? I put $10 cards in. One of my upcoming caches will have more, but it will be rated 3/5 or 4/5 Quote Link to comment
+Sparky-Watts Posted February 14, 2004 Share Posted February 14, 2004 So if gift cards are good, what $$ amount is good? I put $10 cards in. One of my upcoming caches will have more, but it will be rated 3/5 or 4/5 Ok....come up here and place about 1500 of them for me to find.....Sunshine wants to get started on that kitchen remodel before spring.... Quote Link to comment
+cachecrazies Posted February 14, 2004 Share Posted February 14, 2004 Personally, we think gift cards are a great trade item. We've left some (WalMart is universal) and would like to find some also. We've also left scratch tickets for a state lottery (didn't have any big winners - but who knows when someone may do great) (and we only leave them locally so they won't be hard to redeem). Pre-paid telephone cards are something that everyone can use. Guess it boils down to the basics - what would you like to get in a cache! That's what we try to leave. Quote Link to comment
Odwolda Posted February 14, 2004 Author Share Posted February 14, 2004 Yeah, EST...just wanted to do one last check before I'm gone for the night...cya tomorrow. Quote Link to comment
+Geo Ho Posted February 14, 2004 Share Posted February 14, 2004 I think gift cards are a great idea. However, there are dishonest cachers out there. I've been to a cache that was relatively new with only a few finds the proclaimed to have a few Starbucks gift cards in it. There were no gift cards in the cache when I got there. (sigh) Quote Link to comment
+TeamK-9 Posted February 14, 2004 Share Posted February 14, 2004 In my upcoming dog trade item themed cache, I was hoping to leave gift cards or gift certificates to Petsmart and a few local dog bakeries... Quote Link to comment
+The Leprechauns Posted February 14, 2004 Share Posted February 14, 2004 I've left $10 gift cards for Gander Mountain, my favorite Sporting Goods store, as first finder prizes in 5 of my caches. They've been very well-received. It is rewarding to read the stories about how the card was spent. My favorite was a 12 year old boy who got to take a trip to the store with "HIS" money. Quote Link to comment
+Sparky-Watts Posted February 14, 2004 Share Posted February 14, 2004 I've left $10 gift cards for Gander Mountain, my favorite Sporting Goods store, as first finder prizes in 5 of my caches. They've been very well-received. It is rewarding to read the stories about how the card was spent. My favorite was a 12 year old boy who got to take a trip to the store with "HIS" money. Gander Mountain....<snicker>...... Quote Link to comment
+The Leprechauns Posted February 14, 2004 Share Posted February 14, 2004 Hey, I live in a city where there's no REI, no Cabela's, and it's illegal to buy beer by the six-pack, or in a grocery store, or on Sunday. Cut me a freakin' break, and go lick your Valentine's fur or something, you drenched feline, you!!! Quote Link to comment
+Sparky-Watts Posted February 14, 2004 Share Posted February 14, 2004 Hey, I live in a city where there's no REI, no Cabela's, and it's illegal to buy beer by the six-pack, or in a grocery store, or on Sunday. Cut me a freakin' break, and go lick your Valentine's fur or something, you drenched feline, you!!! Oh, boo hoo....I live in a city that has no gas station, no restaurant, no hardware store (egads!) and one tiny grocery store......wait....what's this got to do with gift cards in a cache? Never mind..... Sorry....just thought the name Gander Mountain was funny...... ....Gander..... Did you know Sears gift cards have expiration dates? That's the pits!! I had a couple that I had given my dad for various gifts (father's day, Christmas, his birthday) that he never got to use, and when I took them to buy some new tools at Sears, half of them had expired and they wouldn't let me use them! And some of them were $50 and $100 cards that I had bought for him!!!! Apparently after two years, Sears keeps the money you gave them for that little piece of plastic if you don't use it!!!! Quote Link to comment
Swagger Posted February 14, 2004 Share Posted February 14, 2004 Did you know Sears gift cards have expiration dates? Not in California! State law prohibits stores from imposing an expiration date on a gift certificate. Quote Link to comment
+Sparky-Watts Posted February 14, 2004 Share Posted February 14, 2004 Did you know Sears gift cards have expiration dates? Not in California! State law prohibits stores from imposing an expiration date on a gift certificate. That does it....I'm moving to California! Ok, sorry to derail the thread with a rant.....as I mentioned earlier, I'd love to find gift cards to a few select home improvement stores......and as I don't plan to be going to California in the next two years, leave out the Sears cards! Quote Link to comment
+TeamK-9 Posted February 14, 2004 Share Posted February 14, 2004 Actually, if you read the fine print on most gift cards it will say that after a certain amount of time of card inactivity, they'll start deducting like a dollar a month until there's nothing... Quote Link to comment
+Sparky-Watts Posted February 14, 2004 Share Posted February 14, 2004 Actually, if you read the fine print on most gift cards it will say that after a certain amount of time of card inactivity, they'll start deducting like a dollar a month until there's nothing... I've got a couple dozen Lowe's cards with like, 7 to 15 cents left on them.......It just seems so tacky to toss a dozen cards on the checkout counter to pay for a drill bit or screwdriver...... Quote Link to comment
+Team GPSaxophone Posted February 14, 2004 Share Posted February 14, 2004 Hey, I live in a city where there's no REI, no Cabela's, and it's illegal to buy beer by the six-pack, or in a grocery store, or on Sunday. Cut me a freakin' break, and go lick your Valentine's fur or something, you drenched feline, you!!! Colorado has no Cabela's (but there's one in Sidney, NE) Colorado grocery stores can only carry beer with 3.2% alcoholic content Colorado liquor stores carry real beer, but they're closed on Sundays I hadn't heard of REI until after I moved to New Mexico, so I don't know if they have one or not. It's a small world, eh? Quote Link to comment
+aka Monkey Posted February 14, 2004 Share Posted February 14, 2004 (edited) I hadn't heard of REI until after I moved to New Mexico, so I don't know if they have one or not. I can attest that Colorado has quite a few REI stores, including a flagship store in Denver. It has an indoor climbing mountain, and a cold room that goes to 15 below for testing out jackets and such. Latitude: 39° 45' 23" N Longitude: 105° 00' 33" W Edited February 14, 2004 by Indiana Cojones Quote Link to comment
+The Blind Acorn Posted February 14, 2004 Share Posted February 14, 2004 Gave a Target Gift Card as part of an "award" at caching breakfast back in November. Recipient seemed to appreciate it. Good way to help fund a new cache!!! Quote Link to comment
ghOzt Posted February 14, 2004 Share Posted February 14, 2004 Okay, so it seems the consensus is: gift cards: good cash: bad Why? I don't get it. Quote Link to comment
+bigredmed Posted February 14, 2004 Share Posted February 14, 2004 A gift card is usually for a movie at blockbuster or some other tangible and useful amount. Cash usually degenerates to loose change, which will get further decayed to penny, maybe a nickel. If you put a buck in, they tend to get spent, I spend all the WG bills I find, (leave the logging to the WG fans.) I view these as OK trade items (with the usual proviso of trading fair). A gift card that is still good and good for something I buy, would be equally good. Quote Link to comment
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