I personally have no problem receiving them as gifts. However, I do tend to avoid giving them because I know some people have such big issues with them.

Discuss

12/17/2007 3:28:15 PM

No

12/17/2007 3:30:47 PM

unless they're specifically asked for, i wont give em.

12/17/2007 3:31:42 PM

i'd much rather get cash than a gift card, but neither is very tactful.

12/17/2007 3:34:45 PM

When I was 15 I gave my first girlfriend 40 bucks for her birthday; at the time I thought it was a baller move on my part

12/17/2007 3:37:25 PM

Cash - the universal gift card

12/17/2007 3:41:00 PM

i'm all for them....i hate people that dont like them

12/17/2007 3:42:15 PM

I don't like them...so we got beef then

12/17/2007 3:43:35 PM

I don't mind getting them that much



but I refuse to buy them for others

12/17/2007 3:44:37 PM

i dont get why people wouldnt like them...instead of getting something you "might" want...you can get a gift card and get something you definitely want

12/17/2007 3:47:17 PM

If someone gives you a gift card it basically tells you that they didn't spend the time to get a unique gift for you

Thats fine for cousins or people you don't know that well, but I'd rather get and give actual presents to most people rather than a card that says "You're friendship is worth 100 dollars to me"

12/17/2007 3:49:24 PM

ahhh i see your point....honestly i got my stepdad a gift card to barnes and noble because i wouldnt know where to begin on a book for him...so i figured i'd just let him pick the book and use the giftcard

12/17/2007 3:50:24 PM

depends..

cash - not unless you think the person might need it more than any gift
gift card - yes only if the person been thinking of buying something from a long time

12/17/2007 3:54:36 PM

Quote :

"If someone gives you a gift card or cash it basically tells you that they didn't spend the time to get a unique gift for you"

12/17/2007 3:55:25 PM

cash and gift cards don't show as much thought as actually buying a gift.
I don't mind getting either, but I never give them.

12/17/2007 3:55:54 PM

Gift cards all the way, fast and easy and dont have to spend tons of time looking or something, especially when you dont know what to get. I am not one of those people that shop shop shop for that one thing. Actually, most of my shopping is online. Gift cards are better than NOTHING.

LOL, you didnt spend hrs shopping at the mall for me to find that one item?





[Edited on December 17, 2007 at 4:01 PM. Reason : w]

12/17/2007 3:58:59 PM

Call me queer, but I still like trying to find the perfect gift for someone than seeing their face when they open it

Most when they get giftcards are like "cool" but its never like "OMG I've always wanted one of these!" like the perfect gift can do

12/17/2007 4:01:06 PM

last year all I asked for was gift certificates, so I can buy what I wanted and not get something that is...ehhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, that is nice, but I will only wear that around the house.....

12/17/2007 4:04:01 PM

if you have to give a gift certificate, at least make it somewhere you know they will enjoy, not a generic gift card like walmart, unless they would really like that. Think of something a little more personal, like maybe magazine subscriptions or a barnes and noble gift card for a book if they like reading, or best buy if they are a tech nerd. just a suggestion.

12/17/2007 4:06:19 PM

like 2 christmasses ago i got a 200 dollar gift card to walmart


one of the best presents i ever got

12/17/2007 4:08:22 PM

I am getting three more gift cards and my shopping will be over!


2 at Belks
1 at Wally World

My gift cards will be

2 Belks
1 Wally World
1 Target

12/17/2007 4:09:36 PM

a gift card to kmart, target, or walmart is the most generic present ever

you might as well just give them cash at that point

12/17/2007 4:11:07 PM

i'd rather carry a plastic card with 200 bucks on it than 200 dollars in cash

12/17/2007 4:13:01 PM

fuck that

I hate people who never have cash

I always have at least 40 bucks on me, preferably a few hundred so I don't have to pull out the plastic unless its a big time purchase

12/17/2007 4:14:53 PM

I like Amazon gift cards

cause that is LIKE giving them cash

Amazon has EVERYTHING

12/17/2007 4:15:30 PM

my brothers gifts for everyone improved a lot once he got in a serious relationship...

12/17/2007 4:15:33 PM

why do you have three dots after that statement

12/17/2007 4:17:20 PM

see I hate buying DVDs for people cause it doesn't seem very personal

for Christmas I got my sister a 2 gig flash drive and I repaired her laptop and have been providing live 24 hour tech support (which is fucking obnoxious)

the other sister is sadly getting the new Harry Potter
I wish I'd gotten her The Goonies instead

^its called an ellipsis

[Edited on December 17, 2007 at 4:18 PM. Reason : -]

12/17/2007 4:18:29 PM

yeah i'm not big on dvd's for someone either...unless i really knew they wanted the movie i doubt i'd get that....last year i bought my mom a popcorn popper cause she likes popcorn...i think she used it a few times but didnt use it much....thank god this year she told me she wanted a carolina hurricanes sweatshirt

12/17/2007 4:20:19 PM

I am giving everyone but my girlfriend and parents gift cards this year.

12/17/2007 7:28:46 PM

anyone who has an issue with any type of gift they are receiving is a brat

[Edited on December 17, 2007 at 10:07 PM. Reason : unless it is like a pile of shit, obviously]

12/17/2007 10:07:15 PM

I would rather have cash than anything else. Frankly, there really is not all that much that I really want or need. I never have an answer when people ask me what to get for my birthday or Xmas. This year I'll probably get a couch and then hopefully cash.

12/17/2007 10:10:40 PM

Yeah pretty much all of the stupid shit I want I have bought already or its out of price range of a gift.

12/17/2007 10:25:42 PM