"Tom Francis - SWSports" wrote in
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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.

But a lot of it is real. A store on the list we got, came public with it 2
weeks later.

On Fri, 21 Nov 2008 22:29:00 -0700, "Canuck57"
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"Tom Francis - SWSports" wrote in
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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.

But a lot of it is real. A store on the list we got, came public with it 2
weeks later.

I haven't seen it so I suppose I'm talking out my ass as usual. :)

"Tom Francis - SWSports" wrote in
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On Fri, 21 Nov 2008 22:29:00 -0700, "Canuck57"
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"Tom Francis - SWSports" wrote in
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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.

But a lot of it is real. A store on the list we got, came public with it
2
weeks later.

I haven't seen it so I suppose I'm talking out my ass as usual. :)

No, probably some lists are not all together right, but some are. But the
warning I suspect has a lot of merit.