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Wasted Gift Cards

by Scrvpvlvs
Dec 17, 2009 7:19 AM–In 2006, $8 billion was spent on gift cards that will never be redeemed---a bigger impact on consumers than the combined total of both debit- and credit-card fraud.

Two articles on the wasteful choices people often make when giving gifts:

The Gift-Card Economy By STEPHEN J. DUBNER and STEVEN D. LEVITT

Humbug or wise man? By Heather A. Davis, an interview of Wharton Professor Joel Waldfogel

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by Blogger ChrisF
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