http://ask.metafilter.com/tags/giftcards Questions tagged with 'giftcards' at Ask MetaFilter. Tue, 02 Sep 2008 14:19:32 -0800 Tue, 02 Sep 2008 14:19:32 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://ask.metafilter.com/100735/Its%2Dmy%2Dmoney%2Dand%2DI%2Dwant%2Dit%2Dnow As of January 1, 2008, California law requires merchants to redeem gift cards for cash if the balance is less than $10. However, the statute lists an exclusion for gift cards issued for "perishable food products." Before I send my nasty letter off to Quizno's, help me out here. I attempted to redeem a gift card for Quizno's. The manager didn't know about the law and was extremely rude, although after I repeated the phrase "state law" about 80 times, she did finally give me cash.<br> <br> So here I am, busily writing a shame-on-you letter to Quizno's corporate, when I come across <a href="http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/cgi-bin/waisgate?WAISdocID=38921120264+0+0+0&WAISaction=retrieve">California Civil Code, Section 1749.5(d)(3)</a>, with the above exclusion for "perishable" food items. <br> <br> Perishible food isn't defined in the title. To me, the Quizno's card isn't hampered by this exclusion because they wouldn't even make a sandwich until I ordered it, so it's not like it's going to spoil if I <em>don't</em> order it.<br> <br> I wanted to get some input, though, before firing off this letter. I'd hate to get toasted, pepper-bar-flavored egg all over my face. Does the perishable food exclusion apply to restaurant chains?<br> <br> <small>The statute I cited, by the way, refers to gift "certificates." However, <a href="http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/cgi-bin/waisgate?WAISdocID=39032728002+1+0+0&WAISaction=retrieve">section 1749.45 </a>specifically states that gift cards are included in that term.</small> tag:ask.metafilter.com,2008:site.100735 Tue, 02 Sep 2008 14:19:32 -0800 california consumerprotection giftcards giftcertificates quiznos mudpuppie http://ask.metafilter.com/79910/Best%2Dgift%2Dcard%2Dexchange%2Dsite What is the best gift card exchange site? I got some gift cards for Christmas that I won't use and would like to exchange them for a like dollar amount of a card I will use. I found a whole bunch of sites by Googling "gift card exchange" but have no idea which are reputable. And how does this work? How do I know that the gift card I'm getting has any credit on it at all? Mefites, if you've used one of these services and had a good (or bad!) experience, let me know. tag:ask.metafilter.com,2008:site.79910 Tue, 01 Jan 2008 18:11:54 -0800 exchange giftcards Joleta