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“…taming the credit card industry. But nestled inside our new rules for gift cards. . Right now those rules vary by the state. That this bill would mandate that all gift cards in the US from target to olive garden would be good for at least five years correspondent Leeson patient -- Last one …”

“…for eleven and a half million. Speaking of money -- have a gift card's line around that may have expired on you. Today the US senate is debating a bill which could dramatically changed those expiration …”

“…take advantage of that. And at TGI Friday's will be giving some gift cards out as well sort of along the lines of McCormick X and -- doing five dollar gift cards to shell out five dollars. …”

“…loved -- It'll be going -- TV people in buying gift cards so that they'll still be getting the same things and just we'll be spending as much money on. …”

“…holiday where the guy comes down the chimney. Some people are giving gift cards this year with some strings attached. Let's bring in our consumer race and case tells more about this story so what's this …”

“…Well this is they did this this is charities taking the idea gift cards to retailers and sort of turning wanted to have a little bit what you can do is. There are several different web …”

“…behind consumer reports they are telling people this year basically. Don't buy gift cards we had Circuit City just going to bankruptcy. Earlier this year we had a sharper image in Bombay disco completely you know close their doors and keep -- we're stuck holding like. Some like 26 million dollars -- the gift cards that that they could use and plus another study from the National Retail Federation found that. Not just including those two guys that just all store and restaurant -- this your people could lose 76 million dollars in gift cards and throw and Linens 'n Things to the list of things right managers a bunch of them out there. It's it's important though because last holiday season people spent 26 billion dollars on gift cards had been growing every year because they've become very very popular because there. In -- if you know somebody like to go to X story can violent gift card but I mean there there's a danger now that. You're basically stuck holding what's literally worthless piece of plastic and avoid bankruptcy court goes you know people a gift cards are way down on the list when it comes to. You know all the stuff that they can do to go through reorganization. Yeah I would imagine that -- who owns a gift card is right down their next to whether we have to pay the overnight -- or something right and as a matter of fact because there are. Really no protections -- for shoppers in this case -- case a whole bunch of consumer groups have asked the Federal Trade Commission to meet up with some protections in place for. For people who have gift cards and also other experts point out -- that you know not every store. That goes chapter eleven necessarily goes out of business of the ones. Who find a new owner or basically remain in business that they will honor the gift cards is of course that -- when a -- off the consumers so in any case like that you know -- gift -- …”

“…Starbucks gets burned. Why you may want to hold off on giving gift cards this holiday season and -- will join us for that. And president elect Obama once the fix the housing market. But is …”

“…to spend that much so they're going to come down. With their gift cards and you're typical gift cards can be 25 bucks I mean. Boy if we're only going to spend 25 bucks on grandma's this year things are really. …”

“…Yet the targets gift cards in a double is digital cameras -- guts of the cook sort of the coolness factor there's so imminent they even know …”

“…your digital pictures and turn them into easily shared albums are better gift cards prints and presence like mugs and shirts. You can even take some time to create a photo book from your favorite snapshots …”

“…has already received 1110 dollars for the laptop and a hundred dollar gift cards. . Well we're sure that she -- Supreme Court justice Samuel Alito paying a visit directors university yesterday the Jersey native sounded off …”

“…on the back end. With the discounting the free shipping in the gift cards. . …”

“…Gift cards are not counted as sales until they redeemed for merchandise and because they've become more popular every year. The after christmas period …”

“…is launching a series of ads touting its holiday latte is customizable gift cards and other attempts at chipping away at Starbucks market share. No word of a price war yet but we can hope can't …”