[BlooMoose]

My sister sent me this and I thought it was worth sharing...I would have never thought of it:

Subject: Closing Stores-careful about buying gift cards




I wanted to give everyone a heads up that if you tend to give gift cards around the holidays, you need to be careful that the cards will be honored after the holidays. Stores that are planning to close after Christmas are still selling the cards through the holidays even though the cards will be worthless January 1. There is no law preventing them from doing this. On the contrary, it is referred to as 'Bankrupcy Planning.' Below is a partial list of stores that you need to be cautious about.

Circuit City (filed Chapter 11)
Ann Taylor - 117 stores nationwide closing
Lane Bryant, Fashion Bug and Catherine's to close 150 stores nationwide
Eddie Bauer to close 27 stores and more after January
Cache will close all stores
Talbots closing down specialty stores
J. Jill closing all stores (owned by Talbots)
Pacific Sunwear (also owned by Talbots)
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
Macys to close 9 stores after January
Linens and Things closing all stores
Movie Galley closing all stores
Pep Boys closing 33 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
KB Toys closing 356 stores
Lowes to close down some stores
Dillard's to close some stores

[Rev.Vassago]

http://www.snopes.com/politics/busin...reclosings.asp

[Syncrosonix]

thankfully everybody who sends me gift cards, sends me best buy ones.

har har har!

[dobry4u]

Victoria's Secret for me, please :thumbsup:

[golfhobo]

Originally Posted by dobry4u

Victoria's Secret for me, please :thumbsup:

Only if you promise to keep your "stores" open!

[Windwalker]

Originally Posted by dobry4u

Victoria's Secret for me, please :thumbsup:

Ok... But you have to MODEL what you get.:thumbsup::clap::lol2:

[mommee]

Originally Posted by dobry4u

Victoria's Secret for me, please :thumbsup:

i second that one. and there will be no modeling involved. i usually get the basics, nothing too fancy. i like their pink collection.

[Rev.Vassago]

Originally Posted by mommee

i second that one. and there will be no modeling involved.

:tears::tears::tears:

[mommee]

nobody would want to see this in underwear. trust me. :lol:

[Rev.Vassago]

Originally Posted by mommee

nobody would want to see this in underwear. trust me. :lol:

You are clearly untrustworthy, and I need to judge for myself. Meet me in three minutes.:thumbsup: