A year ago we purchased a cool gift certificate deal for a pizza place near here. "Buy a $25 gift certificate, get one free." We bought 2 and rec'd 2 more. We had only used 2 of them in the last year and had 2 left to use.
Just this morning dh thought maybe it would be good to use them today as a treat for us all. We found them and they expired YESTERDAY!!!
Just for kicks we called the restaurant and asked if they would honor it 1 day late. We were so thrilled when they said they would even give us to the end of the month!
Not sure if I could have lived with myself if we'd have "lost" $50 because of missing the deadline by 1 day.
Blessings to Fox's Pizza Den for their generosity! And you can believe that I'll be watching those expiration dates more closely . . .
Almost Lost $50!
May 28th, 2007 at 04:21 am
May 28th, 2007 at 04:31 am 1180326704
May 28th, 2007 at 03:43 pm 1180367026
While cleaning recently, my wife found a $100 GC to Ruth's Chris. It was nearly 3 years old and said on the card that it expired 2 years from date of issue. I called the 800 number and checked and they said it was still good. They had eliminated expiration dates from all GCs. So we sold it on ebay and got $99.01 for it!
May 28th, 2007 at 04:44 pm 1180370658
May 28th, 2007 at 09:39 pm 1180388383
To mom-from-missouri: Great idea to put it on the calendar. Why didn't I think of that??