Christmas Gift Cards - Warning...
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| Thu, 11-20-2008 - 5:24am |
Hi everybody - sorry I haven't been around but I found more people in my Family Tree and it has quadrupled in size and still growing - I'm spending every waking minute on it.
Anyway I got this message at work yesterday about Christmas Gift Cards and it was also on my local news - if you get them - spend them quickly - sorry about the formating - I can't seem to get it to fit in the post but you get the idea:
It seems there are lots of stores that are closing due to the recession and the fact that people are not shopping.
If you have any "gift cards" from these stores, make sure you use them, or you will lose them !
Watch those store money cards and gift cards.. and credit slips! One woman interviewed interviewed in Toronto bought a gift card 2 weeks ago for a present for someone and the store closed this past weekend!!
Stores that informed the Security Exchange of closing plans between October 2008 and January 2009.
PLEASE PASS THIS ON TO ALL YOUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS.
This is just a PARTIAL listing:
Circuit City stores... most recent (? how many)
Ann Taylor- 117 stores nationwide are to be shuttered
Lane Bryant,, Fashion Bug ,and Catherine's to close 150 stores
Eddie Bauer to close stores 27 stores and more after January
Cache will close all stores
Talbots closing down all stores
J. Jill closing all stores
GAP closing 85 stores
Footlocker closing 140 stores more to close after January
Wickes Furniture closing down
Levitz closing down remaining stores
Bombay closing remaining stores
Zales closing down 82 stores and 105 after January.
Whitehall closing all stores
Piercing Pagoda closing all stores
Disney closing 98 stores and will close more after January.
Home Depot closing 15 stores 1 in NJ ( New Brunswick )
Macys to close 9 stores after January
Linens and Things closing all stores
Movie Galley Closing all stores
Pacific Sunware closing stores
Pep Boys Closing 33 stores
Sprint/ Nextel closing 133 stores
JC Penney closing a number of stores after January
Ethan Allen closing down 12 stores.
Wilson Leather closing down all stores
Sharper Image closing down all stores
K B Toys closing 356 stores
Lowes to close down some stores
Dillard's to close some stores.
Edited 11/20/2008 5:28 am ET by rustycarole
Edited 11/20/2008 5:30 am ET by rustycarole




Thanks Rusty for the info..very helpful !
I have received this same e-mail.....but it good to make sure everybody knows this !
Happy about you finding more relatives...how cool !
thanks for passing that along. i wonder if any of the gift cards would be honored thru on-line shopping.
awesome on finding more relatives:O) that must be so fascinating !
hope you are giving the keyboard a rest ;O)
Wow this is scary
In checking with Snopes, this information is...Accurate, Inaccurate and Outdated.
Still though, I think it may be a better idea to buy Visa or MasterCard gift cards this year rather