Today, I tried to redeem a gift certificate my fiance and I had been given for a free romance package at a hotel. The hotel closed permanently four years ago. FML
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OP here! A few things: the gift certificate was given to my mother, who gave it to me. It was not a gift-giving occasion she was trying to cop out of, she simply found it in a box one day and thought I'd get better use of it. The real fun was that a completely different hotel took over this one and continued to use the same phone number, so it took nearly 20 minutes with a very confused guest service rep to figure out what had happened! It turns out my mother had had the gift certificate for ELEVEN YEARS (she's military and that's how long it's been since she lived in our hometown). We all had a good laugh, and she offered to pay for a hotel, since we'd been planning on using it for a trip home.
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JasonThorn 23
Unless that gift certificate was hanging around unused for years, you need to have a few words with the gift-giver...
LAUGHINGKOMODO 25
I get that some people don't have money for expensive gifts, but at least they should try with something smaller, not give them an empty gift card
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sweetbliss3 37
how the hell did they get it if it's been closed? I guess a regift, but who holds on to something like that for4 years, at least? that's just weird.
avocadopurse 5
OP here! A few things: the gift certificate was given to my mother, who gave it to me. It was not a gift-giving occasion she was trying to cop out of, she simply found it in a box one day and thought I'd get better use of it. The real fun was that a completely different hotel took over this one and continued to use the same phone number, so it took nearly 20 minutes with a very confused guest service rep to figure out what had happened! It turns out my mother had had the gift certificate for ELEVEN YEARS (she's military and that's how long it's been since she lived in our hometown). We all had a good laugh, and she offered to pay for a hotel, since we'd been planning on using it for a trip home.
RichardPencil 32
Ah, so it wasn’t Tim Watley, the regifting dentist!
pjsr 33
When one takes ownership of a business, one assumes all the assets and liabilities of that business - including gift certificates. Since they have the same number, that’s surely the situation here.
sororitytaylor 24
My grandpa had a gift certificate to a hotel he received in 1994! He gave it to my parents last year, and they were able to redeem it because there was no expiration date listed.
Davros 12
wait! 4 years? and your still "engaged''? #youmightbeasideHOif
avocadopurse 5
I'm not sure how the length of time the hotel has been closed is supposed to correlate with the length of my engagement, but I can assure you I'm not a "side ho" lol