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Gift Cards
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I am currently at my voluntary job in a charity shop and I am trying to sort through a lovely donation made by a customer.
The donation is a six inch pile of gift cards, all with the pin scratch-bit still intact. As this is an unusual donation I am not too sure how to discover any value for these items.
Has anybody got any suggestions? I have no way of knowing if they are loaded with money - if we can check this online then we will do so.
Are these cards collectable?
The donation is a six inch pile of gift cards, all with the pin scratch-bit still intact. As this is an unusual donation I am not too sure how to discover any value for these items.
Has anybody got any suggestions? I have no way of knowing if they are loaded with money - if we can check this online then we will do so.
Are these cards collectable?
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.What are they gift cards for? If some of them are for a retailer where you've got a local branch nearby, you could take them in and ask them to scan them or, if they're not the type with magnetic strips, to find another way tell you whether they're still valid .
I've found really old gift cards at the back of a drawer, for stores like Debenhams, and have never experienced any problems with checking on their validities.
Some gift cards remain valid indefinitely but nowadays many expire within a fixed period (which is commonly either 12 or 24 months). All you can do is to ask the card issuers about the ones you've got.
I've found really old gift cards at the back of a drawer, for stores like Debenhams, and have never experienced any problems with checking on their validities.
Some gift cards remain valid indefinitely but nowadays many expire within a fixed period (which is commonly either 12 or 24 months). All you can do is to ask the card issuers about the ones you've got.
Thanks to all of you. I will try and sort the cards out into different retailers and then see how it goes.
It was a very generous donation, we are a book and music charity shop - an excellent shop (I'm, perhaps, biased) and we do receive some lovely donations.
I have postcards to sort through for the next couple of days - some over 100 years old.
What would I do without AB?
It was a very generous donation, we are a book and music charity shop - an excellent shop (I'm, perhaps, biased) and we do receive some lovely donations.
I have postcards to sort through for the next couple of days - some over 100 years old.
What would I do without AB?
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