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Shopper's Market: Gift Card Questions

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    Are gift cards worth the hype?

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-- -- -- And for the holidays many gift cards will look different -- can now be delivered electronically.

That's up 41%.

Just from last year according to Bankrate dot com.

Several big retailers like Best Buy gap and people had all introduced -- Leslie McFadden credit card advisor -- Bankrate dot com.

That this is basically just an electronic version of the gift card you're sending it by email very easy to do and low cost but basically you don't want -- Your recipient to be throwing it away thinking it's junk mail C one -- maybe give -- -- -- up but.

-- Bankrate dot com survey shows 8% of them have expiration dates.

And want and have been charged purchase means that the -- the buyers gonna pay and not the recipient.

Not many of the cards and our survey.

Charges purchase C fees are mostly going to be with the general purpose gift cards which are they want to have a credit card brands such as -- American Express discover MasterCard.

The bank rate survey also shows 65%.

Of gift cards will replay -- funds if your card is lost or stolen.

73%.

Offer free shipping -- delivery and you don't have to worry too much about expiration day you're gonna get five years before -- The fund on the gift card can expire.

And you have twelve months to use the cart before any inactivity fees -- currency beef -- Bankrate dot com survey also found about 6% -- gift cards aren't used or get lost every year.

In -- our Brenda Buttner Fox News.

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