Talk:Gift card

This article is very US-centric. It might be good to make it more neutral with discussion of other areas.  Al Tally  talk  02:02, 17 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Now slightly better - although now it's North American-centric.--Cahk (talk) 21:45, 16 August 2008 (UTC)

Bankruptcy impact?
The article states: "Gift cards become valueless when a company files for bankruptcy protection." It is unsourced and doesn't sound correct. If a company or person owes you money when it goes bankrupt, don't all the creditors get a percentage of what is left? For now I'll just change it to state that in bankruptcy the card loses value. For some reason it won't let me edit that section (it shows up empty when I go to edit it even though I can edit other sections). -ManiacalMonkey (talk) 03:09, 14 October 2008 (UTC)
 * It sounds wrong, but bankrupcy courts consider gift cards to be unsecured debt, and often liquidate it, allowing companies to stop honoring them entirely. The Sharper Image left consumers holding on to 60 million in cards when it filed for chapter 11.   I've added the NPR story as a citation. -₪-Hemidemisemiquaver (talk) 04:14, 18 November 2008 (UTC)

Stored-Value Card
What is the difference between a gift card and a stored-value card? Why do we have two different articles? See stored-value card. --Bill.albing (talk) 16:22, 29 April 2009 (UTC)

CARD ACT
Substantial changes in US gift card regulation have taken place in the past weeks. This article needs to be updated. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.255.252.189 (talk) 19:02, 19 June 2009 (UTC)

Reasons for not using
"Some common reasons may include ... and the attempt of the recipient to save money for the giver"

Huh? Mwv2 (talk) 17:02, 29 September 2009 (UTC)

Plagiarism
Almost the entire "History and overview" section has been copied verbatim from this article: http://www.thebigmoney.com/slideshow/brief-history-gift-card. This is obviously a blatant copyright violation, and it's also written in a very unencyclopedic style. I'm going to delete this section. Compuandy (talk) 07:43, 21 January 2010 (UTC)

Quebec Regulations
There's no mention of legislation being passed for Quebec in the news article being referenced. Does the statement for Quebec having regulations about gift cards still hold -- is there really a law about it? A reference for that law should be added if it exists; if not, the statement should be corrected.

http://web.archive.org/web/20081207154219/http://www.cbc.ca/consumer/story/2008/12/01/f-giftcards.html

69.70.190.6 (talk) 20:25, 28 September 2011 (UTC)

Edit request on 30 January 2013
Please change the url for GiftCard.com to GiftCards.com as GiftCards.com was the first site to offer customized gift cards on demand. The singluar version of this url is a knock off of GiftCards.com and was purchased in Oct 2012 for $4m - http://www.marketwatch.com/story/giftcardlabcom-acquires-the-domain-name-giftcardcom-for-over-4000000-in-cash-and-stock-2012-10-03 As you can see it is a new site. More accurate is GiftCards.com I edited the url below to add the plurality and the url plurality. Also - I am the owner of GiftCards.com, and have been selling gift cards online for 14 years - you can read about me at www.jasonwolfe.com so you know I am a decent source.

Gift cards can also be custom tailored to meet specific needs. By adding a custom message or name on the front of the card, it can make for an individualized gift or incentive to an employee to show how greatly they are appreciated. Some companies like American Express and GiftCards.com.

Jaw6dius (talk) 21:32, 30 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done: as this is not the place to promote commercial sites. I have removed that sentence as it is not even grammatically correct. &mdash; KuyaBriBri Talk 04:58, 31 January 2013 (UTC)

Broken links
The links to some of the references do not work, leading me to believe this is not a reliable source. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Elizabethdmy (talk • contribs) 01:55, 31 October 2013 (UTC)

Change CouponTrade to Raise
Please change the mention of "CouponTrade" to "Raise" as Raise.com is now the marketplace buy and sell gift cards. CouponTrade.com no longer offers gift card services, only free online coupons. This change is reflected on the homepage of each of these websites. If you are able to insert a link directly to Raise.com's homepage, that would be awesome too, as Raise doesn't yet have a Wikipedia page. Thank you!

24.14.41.148 (talk) 22:46, 5 December 2013 (UTC)


 * Yellow check.svg Partly done: I've changed "Companies such as CouponTrade" into "Some companies", as that was clearly promotional, the link to CouponTrade was a redlink, and the citation was a dead link. But I haven't added raise. We aren't here to promote companies. It would be good instead to bring the stats on market size up to date, to provide citations for them, and to address the US-centricity. --Stfg (talk) 23:24, 5 December 2013 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 18 December 2014
Please add in "Pitfalls" section: The Credit Card Accountability, Responsibility and Disclosure (CARD) Act, which took effect in 2010, provides some protections to consumers who receive gift cards, such as requiring that card balances remain valid for five years after issuance or after they were last loaded with money. Fees and expiration dates may still apply, however, and fees can erode the value of the cards.accessed 12-18-2014

Smkreter (talk) 22:06, 18 December 2014 (UTC)
 * Pictogram voting comment.svg Note: That source seems to localize that to just the St. Louis, Mo. area, and unless a source can be found that shows that it is a country-wide act (and not localized to one or a few states), I'm resistant to add it. — &#123;&#123;U&#124;Technical 13&#125;&#125; (e • t • c) 23:53, 20 December 2014 (UTC)
 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done for now: I'm not going to carry out this request at this time. If a source emerges showing this is nationwide, then I will happily revisit this. -- Mdann 52   talk to me!  18:14, 28 December 2014 (UTC)

Abuse
This article could use a section on abuse of gift cards (money laundering, etc.).

Unwanted Gift Cards/Vouches
Now there are so many sites or market places where you can sell your unwanted gift cards and can get the value to your bank account before expiry of the same. By selling the same, you not only getting the value , another person can use it. erebate.in is a market place where you can buy and sell gift cards your unwanted gift cards before expiry. Weekwiki (talk) 19:50, 18 December 2019 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 20 July 2020
In the "Gift Card Collecting" section, I would like to make two small grammar edits. First, the sentence "Most gift cards are plastic, some variances include clear plastic, shaped cards, and paperboard cards recently most Starbucks and Chipotle gift cards are now paperboard instead of plastic" should read "Most gift cards are plastic, while variances include clear plastic, shaped cards, and paperboard cards. Recently, most Starbucks and Chipotle gift cards have switched to paperboard instead of plastic" or similar. Second, the word "partial" is misspelled as "parctial" and should be changed. Pr0kchop (talk) 16:46, 20 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Yes check.svg Done Danski454 (talk) 17:39, 20 July 2020 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 22 March 2021
Add " Another factor that may have influenced increased gift card sales during the holiday season, is the shipping deadline for physical gifts. Gift card purchases in the first week of December 2020 doubled in comparison to December 2019. Even during the month of December 2020, a significant jump in gift card sales was reported by InMarket (a data analytics company). InMarket reported that gift card sales increased by 48% between the 17th-20th of December compared to the 13th-16th, as deadlines for free shipping and guaranteed Christmas delivery expired. " reference https://www.wsj.com/articles/gift-cards-are-the-go-to-holiday-gifts-of-2020-11608730368 Roni meiri (talk) 10:59, 22 March 2021 (UTC)
 * I don't see where you'd like to add this. Also, I believe it is WP:UNDUE. Thanks. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 12:50, 23 March 2021 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 12 February 2024
Urwa Asif (talk) 18:30, 12 February 2024 (UTC) hello i want to edit this page with the updated and new content.
 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done: this is not the right page to request additional user rights. You may reopen this request with the specific changes to be made and someone may add them for you, or if you have an account, you can wait until you are autoconfirmed and edit the page yourself. Shadow311 (talk) 19:46, 12 February 2024 (UTC)