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Clearly posts were deleted, and I respect your decision to do so. I'm not questioning that. What I'm curious about is that it appears that I am the only who had posts deleted. The other poster's messages are also gone, but there appear to be no panels showing where their messages were and subsequently deleted. So it appears (at least on my screen) that I was the only one with deleted messages. Is there a reason for this? I'm trying to figure out the mechanics of this forum.
Just because someone sends you a gift you do not have to send one back. However, I enjoy the whole gift giving thing. I try to find something special for all my family and friends. It is not about money, but it is about the thought.
I personally would feel offended getting a giftcard to PetSmart. One, I don't have any pets. Two, even if I had a pet, how about giving ME a gift instead of something for my pet. But I know that some people think more highly of pets than they do other people. It would really bother me to get such a gift.
Just because someone sends you a gift you do not have to send one back. However, I enjoy the whole gift giving thing.
Exactly. Some people genuinely want to give gifts to the people they love without any expectation of anything in return. I don't see anything wrong with that.
It's a sad day when people are criticized for their generosity.
Before I did what you did, I would have found a senior with a pet/pets who's barely getting by, and made their day. Some do without food for themselves or their medications, and would really appreciate the help. So, looking at what you could have done, seems silly how it turned out. You gave the store double $$$ for the cards, now that's just crazy. You picked getting even or pulling a funny, over helping someone in need, imo.
You could have used the gift card on the PetSmart website to buy whatever you wanted OR purchased gifts for your sister's cats and have them shipped to her.
I don't get the "using the gift card to buy a gift card". Are you saying you used a PetSmart gift card to buy another PetSmart gift card? That makes NO sense at all!!! You could have simply:
1. Mailed it back to her with a thank you note but explaining you can't use it because the closest store is 50 miles away and you don't like to order from the website
2. Donated it to either a local animal rescue OR to a neighbor with pets
3. Held onto it in the event you are ever in the vicinity of a PetSmart and you want to pick something up.
Why not use the giftcard online? I just got one for Walmart from my brother. No clue why. I don't go there. I don't want to go there. I figure I'll just buy something online, like a movie or something.
Granted, they give me different ones every year. I think if you use it to buy a gift for them, then it's not doing its purpose. Maybe mention that PetSmart is 50 miles away and that you'd prefer XYZ instead. It's your sibling, why can't you just tell them that?
I'd say something about the Walmart card, but I know I'll get something different. If I knew that I was getting that over and over again, I'd just tell my brother, "stop sending me Walmart. How about XYZ instead".
You could send her a quick thank-you note to say that you donated the gift card to your (more) local (favorite?) animal shelter. I'm sure someone at the shelter can make arrangements to get needed items or have them delivered?
This would have been lovely and more appropriate, I think. The local Humane Society in our area loves to get gift cards to use in time of need. I'm sure they won't care where they come from.
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