Gift cards allowed me to give my nieces/nephews money to spend on Steam so they wouldn’t need a credit card.
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pivot_root@lemmy.world 2 weeks agoI never understood the reason for gift cards.
“Let me give this company a fixed amount of my money so that my niece can either use a portion of it and while the company keeps the remaining balance, or spend some of her own money on top so it doesn’t go to waste.”
lightnsfw@reddthat.com 2 weeks ago
wirelesswire@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
Ah, so you do understand the reason for gift cards.
thingsiplay@lemmy.ml 2 weeks ago
Buying Steam games and hardware without involving credit cards or bank accounts is only possible by buying gift cards with cash in a local shop. What do you mean the only winner is the company? This is a real value for me, so am I not a winner in that sense too?
pivot_root@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Call me a luddite, but if I don’t want to give my purchase history to a bank, I drive to the store and pay with cash. I can see how that might not be an option for online-only retailers, however.
thingsiplay@lemmy.ml 2 weeks ago
I don’t understand your point.