Barbara L
Traveling Welcome Wagon
Another thread got me to thinking about this. What are your thoughts about giving and receiving gift cards/certificates?
I have always enjoyed receiving them, but I would not want to get only them. If someone doesn't know my tastes a gift certificate is certainly a welcome gift. When we were married we got gift cards from a few people. Then we were able to put them together to get something we wanted but would have been too much for one person to buy.
As far as close family, I have always preferred picking out the "perfect" gift. However, with our financial situation being so strained, if we have a set amount to spend on, for instance, our grandkids, we have decided that it is better to send a gift certificate for $20 than to only be able to spend a portion of that on a gift and part on shipping charges.
Barbara
I have always enjoyed receiving them, but I would not want to get only them. If someone doesn't know my tastes a gift certificate is certainly a welcome gift. When we were married we got gift cards from a few people. Then we were able to put them together to get something we wanted but would have been too much for one person to buy.
As far as close family, I have always preferred picking out the "perfect" gift. However, with our financial situation being so strained, if we have a set amount to spend on, for instance, our grandkids, we have decided that it is better to send a gift certificate for $20 than to only be able to spend a portion of that on a gift and part on shipping charges.
Barbara