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"Tom Francis - SWSports" wrote in message ... On Fri, 21 Nov 2008 11:33:07 -0500, "Eisboch" wrote: "Tom Francis - SWSports" wrote in message ... On Fri, 21 Nov 2008 11:06:51 -0500, "Eisboch" wrote: My wife just received an e-mail notice from a friend at our bank. It was a heads-up regarding buying gift cards as Christmas/Holiday gifts and included a list of over 30 stores in our general area (MA) that are closing their doors in this area or are going out of business nationwide. The list includes companies from Circuit City, Home Depot to Disney Stores and clothing outlets. Gift cards purchased for these stores may end up being worthless, so the notice was a reminder to be careful in which ones you choose to purchase. Um...you need to be careful about these emails - they are going around and a lot of the information is bogus. I think this one is legit. I looked over the list of stores and there were many that I already knew were closing up shop. I didn't check all of them though. The gift card problem was also identified on a recent news article I read somewhere. The card is worthless if there is no store in which to redeem it. Well, take Movie Gallery for instance. They filed for Chapter 11 in 2007 I think and they are still in business and they still honor gift cards. Home Depot is no where near Chapter 11 terrority and neither is Disney. Stores may close - that is always a possibility, but that doesn't mean the company is in Chapter 11. And you have to remember that Chapter 11 does not mean that they can't honor gift cards - Chapter 11 is just a method of reorganizing an dkeeping the creditors at bay until the restructuring is completed. There's always an element of truth in these emails - I haven't seen the list, but I've been told about it and some of the companies listed seem a little iffy in terms of bankruptcy. Then again, I'm always suspicious of emails like this - it's my optimistic nature. Plus the fact that I'm a moron. :) The fact is the chain might not close, but the store near you will. So the card is still valid, just no place within 40 miles to cash it in. |
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On Fri, 21 Nov 2008 20:35:04 -0800, "Calif Bill"
wrote: "Tom Francis - SWSports" wrote in message ... On Fri, 21 Nov 2008 11:33:07 -0500, "Eisboch" wrote: "Tom Francis - SWSports" wrote in message ... On Fri, 21 Nov 2008 11:06:51 -0500, "Eisboch" wrote: My wife just received an e-mail notice from a friend at our bank. It was a heads-up regarding buying gift cards as Christmas/Holiday gifts and included a list of over 30 stores in our general area (MA) that are closing their doors in this area or are going out of business nationwide. The list includes companies from Circuit City, Home Depot to Disney Stores and clothing outlets. Gift cards purchased for these stores may end up being worthless, so the notice was a reminder to be careful in which ones you choose to purchase. Um...you need to be careful about these emails - they are going around and a lot of the information is bogus. I think this one is legit. I looked over the list of stores and there were many that I already knew were closing up shop. I didn't check all of them though. The gift card problem was also identified on a recent news article I read somewhere. The card is worthless if there is no store in which to redeem it. Well, take Movie Gallery for instance. They filed for Chapter 11 in 2007 I think and they are still in business and they still honor gift cards. Home Depot is no where near Chapter 11 terrority and neither is Disney. Stores may close - that is always a possibility, but that doesn't mean the company is in Chapter 11. And you have to remember that Chapter 11 does not mean that they can't honor gift cards - Chapter 11 is just a method of reorganizing an dkeeping the creditors at bay until the restructuring is completed. There's always an element of truth in these emails - I haven't seen the list, but I've been told about it and some of the companies listed seem a little iffy in terms of bankruptcy. Then again, I'm always suspicious of emails like this - it's my optimistic nature. Plus the fact that I'm a moron. :) The fact is the chain might not close, but the store near you will. So the card is still valid, just no place within 40 miles to cash it in. I just counted - 12 Home Depots within 30 miles of my house. Two of them are exactly 3 miles from each other in different towns and three are within 10 miles of each other in two three different states. That's a little over kill if you ask me. |
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On Nov 22, 5:14*am, Tom Francis - SWSports
wrote: On Fri, 21 Nov 2008 20:35:04 -0800, "Calif Bill" wrote: "Tom Francis - SWSports" wrote in messagenews:hjpdi4h40lr1qg3aq3uqttnf421fvnoife@4a x.com... On Fri, 21 Nov 2008 11:33:07 -0500, "Eisboch" wrote: "Tom Francis - SWSports" wrote in messagenews:ddodi4p9m8npcg5sqe4bsol3rj1lasofgd@ 4ax.com... On Fri, 21 Nov 2008 11:06:51 -0500, "Eisboch" wrote: My wife just received an e-mail notice from a friend at our bank. It was a heads-up regarding buying gift cards as Christmas/Holiday gifts and included a list of over 30 stores in our general area (MA) that are closing their doors in this area or are going out of business nationwide. * The list includes companies from Circuit City, Home Depot to Disney Stores and clothing outlets. Gift cards purchased for these stores may end up being worthless, so the notice was a reminder to be careful in which ones you choose to purchase. Um...you need to be careful about these emails - they are going around and a lot of the information is bogus. I think this one is legit. * I looked over the list of stores and there were many that I already knew were closing up shop. * I didn't check all of them though. The gift card problem was also identified on a recent news article I read somewhere. *The card is worthless if there is no store in which to redeem it. Well, take Movie Gallery for instance. *They filed for Chapter 11 in 2007 I think and they are still in business and they still honor gift cards. *Home Depot is no where near Chapter 11 terrority and neither is Disney. *Stores may close - that is always a possibility, but that doesn't mean the company is in Chapter 11. And you have to remember that Chapter 11 does not mean that they can't honor gift cards - Chapter 11 is just a method of reorganizing an dkeeping the creditors at bay until the restructuring is completed. There's always an element of truth in these emails - I haven't seen the list, but I've been told about it and some of the companies listed seem a little iffy in terms of bankruptcy. Then again, I'm always suspicious of emails like this - it's my optimistic nature. Plus the fact that I'm a moron. *:) The fact is the chain might not close, but the store near you will. *So the card is still valid, just no place within 40 miles to cash it in. I just counted - 12 Home Depots within 30 miles of my house. *Two of them are exactly 3 miles from each other in different towns and three are within 10 miles of each other in two three different states. That's a little over kill if you ask me.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - But just think if the ratio of overkill was for Starbucks. There would be one every 30 yards. Maybe 30 feet. |
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"Tim" wrote in message ... On Nov 22, 5:14 am, Tom Francis - SWSports wrote: On Fri, 21 Nov 2008 20:35:04 -0800, "Calif Bill" wrote: "Tom Francis - SWSports" wrote in messagenews:hjpdi4h40lr1qg3aq3uqttnf421fvnoife@4a x.com... On Fri, 21 Nov 2008 11:33:07 -0500, "Eisboch" wrote: "Tom Francis - SWSports" wrote in messagenews:ddodi4p9m8npcg5sqe4bsol3rj1lasofgd@ 4ax.com... On Fri, 21 Nov 2008 11:06:51 -0500, "Eisboch" wrote: My wife just received an e-mail notice from a friend at our bank. It was a heads-up regarding buying gift cards as Christmas/Holiday gifts and included a list of over 30 stores in our general area (MA) that are closing their doors in this area or are going out of business nationwide. The list includes companies from Circuit City, Home Depot to Disney Stores and clothing outlets. Gift cards purchased for these stores may end up being worthless, so the notice was a reminder to be careful in which ones you choose to purchase. Um...you need to be careful about these emails - they are going around and a lot of the information is bogus. I think this one is legit. I looked over the list of stores and there were many that I already knew were closing up shop. I didn't check all of them though. The gift card problem was also identified on a recent news article I read somewhere. The card is worthless if there is no store in which to redeem it. Well, take Movie Gallery for instance. They filed for Chapter 11 in 2007 I think and they are still in business and they still honor gift cards. Home Depot is no where near Chapter 11 terrority and neither is Disney. Stores may close - that is always a possibility, but that doesn't mean the company is in Chapter 11. And you have to remember that Chapter 11 does not mean that they can't honor gift cards - Chapter 11 is just a method of reorganizing an dkeeping the creditors at bay until the restructuring is completed. There's always an element of truth in these emails - I haven't seen the list, but I've been told about it and some of the companies listed seem a little iffy in terms of bankruptcy. Then again, I'm always suspicious of emails like this - it's my optimistic nature. Plus the fact that I'm a moron. :) The fact is the chain might not close, but the store near you will. So the card is still valid, just no place within 40 miles to cash it in. I just counted - 12 Home Depots within 30 miles of my house. Two of them are exactly 3 miles from each other in different towns and three are within 10 miles of each other in two three different states. That's a little over kill if you ask me.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - But just think if the ratio of overkill was for Starbucks. There would be one every 30 yards. Maybe 30 feet. We made the Jay Leno show for not having a Starrucks downdown. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jtEe93AWFM |
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Calif Bill wrote:
"Tim" wrote in message ... On Nov 22, 5:14 am, Tom Francis - SWSports wrote: On Fri, 21 Nov 2008 20:35:04 -0800, "Calif Bill" wrote: "Tom Francis - SWSports" wrote in messagenews:hjpdi4h40lr1qg3aq3uqttnf421fvnoife@4ax .com... On Fri, 21 Nov 2008 11:33:07 -0500, "Eisboch" wrote: "Tom Francis - SWSports" wrote in messagenews:ddodi4p9m8npcg5sqe4bsol3rj1lasofgd@4ax .com... On Fri, 21 Nov 2008 11:06:51 -0500, "Eisboch" wrote: My wife just received an e-mail notice from a friend at our bank. It was a heads-up regarding buying gift cards as Christmas/Holiday gifts and included a list of over 30 stores in our general area (MA) that are closing their doors in this area or are going out of business nationwide. The list includes companies from Circuit City, Home Depot to Disney Stores and clothing outlets. Gift cards purchased for these stores may end up being worthless, so the notice was a reminder to be careful in which ones you choose to purchase. Um...you need to be careful about these emails - they are going around and a lot of the information is bogus. I think this one is legit. I looked over the list of stores and there were many that I already knew were closing up shop. I didn't check all of them though. The gift card problem was also identified on a recent news article I read somewhere. The card is worthless if there is no store in which to redeem it. Well, take Movie Gallery for instance. They filed for Chapter 11 in 2007 I think and they are still in business and they still honor gift cards. Home Depot is no where near Chapter 11 terrority and neither is Disney. Stores may close - that is always a possibility, but that doesn't mean the company is in Chapter 11. And you have to remember that Chapter 11 does not mean that they can't honor gift cards - Chapter 11 is just a method of reorganizing an dkeeping the creditors at bay until the restructuring is completed. There's always an element of truth in these emails - I haven't seen the list, but I've been told about it and some of the companies listed seem a little iffy in terms of bankruptcy. Then again, I'm always suspicious of emails like this - it's my optimistic nature. Plus the fact that I'm a moron. :) The fact is the chain might not close, but the store near you will. So the card is still valid, just no place within 40 miles to cash it in. I just counted - 12 Home Depots within 30 miles of my house. Two of them are exactly 3 miles from each other in different towns and three are within 10 miles of each other in two three different states. That's a little over kill if you ask me.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - But just think if the ratio of overkill was for Starbucks. There would be one every 30 yards. Maybe 30 feet. We made the Jay Leno show for not having a Starrucks downdown. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jtEe93AWFM He doesn't look or sound like Jay Leno. |
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"D K" wrote in message ... Calif Bill wrote: "Tim" wrote in message ... On Nov 22, 5:14 am, Tom Francis - SWSports wrote: On Fri, 21 Nov 2008 20:35:04 -0800, "Calif Bill" wrote: "Tom Francis - SWSports" wrote in messagenews:hjpdi4h40lr1qg3aq3uqttnf421fvnoife@4ax .com... On Fri, 21 Nov 2008 11:33:07 -0500, "Eisboch" wrote: "Tom Francis - SWSports" wrote in messagenews:ddodi4p9m8npcg5sqe4bsol3rj1lasofgd@4ax .com... On Fri, 21 Nov 2008 11:06:51 -0500, "Eisboch" wrote: My wife just received an e-mail notice from a friend at our bank. It was a heads-up regarding buying gift cards as Christmas/Holiday gifts and included a list of over 30 stores in our general area (MA) that are closing their doors in this area or are going out of business nationwide. The list includes companies from Circuit City, Home Depot to Disney Stores and clothing outlets. Gift cards purchased for these stores may end up being worthless, so the notice was a reminder to be careful in which ones you choose to purchase. Um...you need to be careful about these emails - they are going around and a lot of the information is bogus. I think this one is legit. I looked over the list of stores and there were many that I already knew were closing up shop. I didn't check all of them though. The gift card problem was also identified on a recent news article I read somewhere. The card is worthless if there is no store in which to redeem it. Well, take Movie Gallery for instance. They filed for Chapter 11 in 2007 I think and they are still in business and they still honor gift cards. Home Depot is no where near Chapter 11 terrority and neither is Disney. Stores may close - that is always a possibility, but that doesn't mean the company is in Chapter 11. And you have to remember that Chapter 11 does not mean that they can't honor gift cards - Chapter 11 is just a method of reorganizing an dkeeping the creditors at bay until the restructuring is completed. There's always an element of truth in these emails - I haven't seen the list, but I've been told about it and some of the companies listed seem a little iffy in terms of bankruptcy. Then again, I'm always suspicious of emails like this - it's my optimistic nature. Plus the fact that I'm a moron. :) The fact is the chain might not close, but the store near you will. So the card is still valid, just no place within 40 miles to cash it in. I just counted - 12 Home Depots within 30 miles of my house. Two of them are exactly 3 miles from each other in different towns and three are within 10 miles of each other in two three different states. That's a little over kill if you ask me.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - But just think if the ratio of overkill was for Starbucks. There would be one every 30 yards. Maybe 30 feet. We made the Jay Leno show for not having a Starrucks downdown. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jtEe93AWFM He doesn't look or sound like Jay Leno. Oops. |
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