Less wastes, same cost. Or, just make some food and skip the gift part for most people, and give cash to those who deserves/needs it. There's no point in swapping gift card of roughly similar values except making more waste and forcing buying stuff at specific places.
That stupid glue/adhesive that may/may not come off the card easily
Remembering to bring it to the shop of the off chance you may go to that store
Remembering to use them before they expire
Using the whole amount without overspending to cover the difference
(Even people leaving behind a couple dollars or cents on a gift card is just straight up profit for a company)
Yeah great... another gift card to stow away in a corner somewhere for that one time you want to use it. But then when you could use it, you forgot that you had a gift card in the first place, so it will just lay there and expire, which is exactly what gift card sellers want, it's their business model.
I'd rather just have cash. Or if it's one of those "experience" gift cards, just take me out to do it with you. It's much more fun with the person that gives the gift anyways.
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