Sunday, February 26, 2006

Why give cash?

I am all for giving gifts. That is why Christmas is my very favorit time of year. This however, is troubling....
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/260931_giftcards27.html

1 comment:

English Professor said...

Yeah, the profit they're making on unused cards puts their accounting problems in perspective, doesn't it?

This isn't all that new a phenomenon--companies have been figuring out how to account for coupons for years now. All those "20 cents" off deals add up.