A credit card is a card to say “these people will pay you and I’ll owe them money”

With a gift card, you’re choosing items that have already been paid for, the company already got the money and you’re just picking out what you want to buy with it

    • captainlezbian@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      5
      ·
      2 days ago

      They’re also great for the people in your life who you know are too practical to buy themselves something nice with gifted cash

      • spicy pancake@lemmy.zip
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        3
        ·
        2 days ago

        can confirm. every time i get a gift card I’m as annoyed that I can’t use it for rent as I am excited to be “forced” to get myself a goddamn fancy coffee or whatever

        that being said when I was truly desperate in college I did used to sell them online using various exchanges. i usually got $0.70 on the dollar which wasn’t terrible