NEW
YORK
—
You know that
Sharper Image gift card you got for Christmas? Right now, it's worthless. And
other gift cards in your wallet could lose their value,
too.
As more retailers
file for bankruptcy or go out of business, more than $75 million in gift cards
are at risk of becoming worthless pieces of plastic this
year.
"If
I knew this was going to happen, I would have used them right away," said Jon
Tapper, a public relations executive from Boston who received two Sharper Image
cards as business gifts just a few weeks ago. Their total face value is
$50.
"I love gift cards,
but now this makes me think twice."
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Link to original article: http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hFfn_iwP6krHZ2ozVtjenjDM7gXQD8V687JO0
Related Article: http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20080304/BLOG08/157154518
Posted on
Tuesday, March 4, 2008
by ANNE D'INNOCENZIO