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0 pointsProAm3y ago0 comments

My wallet has spots for a total of 5 cards. Between ID, bank card, credit, medical and building I literally dont have space for it. (Im not buying a new wallet to lug around gift cards). But even historically when I had a bigger wallet that could carry more card I would never remember the off chance I went to one of these stores that I had a card. I go to starbucks maybe once a year (its just not my coffee place).

> Throwing out literal money is just absurd elitism and waste.

Its not wasted, Starbucks still gets the money, I just don't get anything in return.

Gift cards are just thoughtless and pointless in my personal opinion. Give people money.

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triceratops3y ago

If you really think gift cards are pointless, stop accepting them. Tell people it's a personal policy. They will respect that.

I don't know how you figure it isn't wasted money. Not only did you not receive the good or service that they spent their hard-earned money on - which is fine, you don't have to use it for yourself - you didn't even pass on the gift card and receive some smaller benefit. That's thoughtless and disrespectful - not the act of someone giving you a gift card, but you accepting and throwing it out.

JohnFen3y ago

> Its not wasted, Starbucks still gets the money

That counts as "wasted" to me.

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