Re: New Years Eve

On 1/2/2025 11:19 AM, Frank Krygowski wrote:

On 1/2/2025 8:28 AM, Zen Cycle wrote:

On 1/1/2025 6:36 PM, Radey Shouman wrote:

Mark J cleary <mcleary08@comcast.net> writes:
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WEll it is that day and being a jazz guitarist no gig for me. That is
great worst night in the world to play. Had to ride inside today on
the trainer too windy, wet, and cold. I should probably clean up the
Habby Disc bike but if the truth be known probably will ride the same
and not be a lot better off.
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The next though is what to have for dinner. I had a New York Strip
yesterday so no steak today. I am thinking of possible a doctored up
Jack's Pizza. I would assume no one has had one of these frozen pizzas
but I like them. ON sale sometimes 3 for 10$. I can knock a full one
out just right.
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My next project is I have a $25 visa gift card to burn but you cannot
really use them online that I can see. They are really a PIA better
just to gift money.

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I have used a Visa gift card for online payments, it worked fine.  They
may not all be the same, this one did have my name on it.
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It looks like no problem tomorrow will not be riding outside.

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I received a $25 Visa gift card for my birthday that doesn't seem to work. It's registered, and the website says there's $25 available, but I've tried it both on-line and at point-of-sale a few times and it never goes through.

 I'd bet there are tons of gift cards that were paid for but lost, or otherwise never used. It might be an important revenue stream for some businesses.
 

Yes, and that's true for paper gift certificates as well.
However electronic transfer cards introduce a series of other issues, one of which is:
https://ktla.com/news/local-news/southern-california-police-department-warns-shoppers-of-gift-card-scam/
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