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Article: EVEN AFTER EXPIRATION DATES, GIFT CERTIFICATES CAN KEEP ON GIVING.(MAIN)
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- Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)
- Article date:
- December 25, 2001
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Byline: E. JANENE NOLAN The (Wilmington, Del.) News Service
Student Brett Nothstein of Newark, Del., recently found the $50 gift card he received for Christmas two years ago, but it had expired.
``I usually use gift certificates as soon as I get them,'' he said of his forgotten gift card from a music store. ``I don't know. I guess this one just kind of slipped through.''
Like so many others who thought his money was lost to the retailer, Nothstein was pleased to learn his unredeemed present still may be worth something -- either to him or the government.
Gift-certificate sales are estimated at more than $30 billion annually, said Dan ...