http://antone.geckotribe.com/alpha-gecko/how-the-conestoga-mall-lost-60-today/ Antone Roundy on technology, arts, humor, and the rest of the universe Thu, 04 Mar 2010 23:43:21 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://antone.geckotribe.com/alpha-gecko/how-the-conestoga-mall-lost-60-today/comment-page-1/#comment-1155 Deserae Thu, 19 Feb 2009 16:21:13 +0000 http://antone.geckotribe.com/alpha-gecko/?p=590#comment-1155 I was looking for info on gift cards and found your blog. To answer your honest question, it CAN cost that much per card. The retailers may be accustomed to paying credit card processing fees, just not on a $10 sale. A $10 card is .50 printed plastic, $1.00 onsite processing, another 15% credit card company processing and fees. A $10 card is now worth $7 to the retailer. A 30% loss ina troubled economy is not good. That's not including shipping, banking fees, expenses, etc, etc. $10 doesn't go far these days, for the store or your nephews. Its hardly worth the time and agony on a $10 gift certificate. I bet if you bought 6-$100 cards, they would have waved the fee. Your response to buy them from Wal-Mart was probably fair, since $10 there keeps three employees under the poverty level without any benefits or healthcare. Someone lost more than a $60 sale. I was looking for info on gift cards and found your blog. To answer your honest question, it CAN cost that much per card. The retailers may be accustomed to paying credit card processing fees, just not on a $10 sale. A $10 card is .50 printed plastic, $1.00 onsite processing, another 15% credit card company processing and fees. A $10 card is now worth $7 to the retailer. A 30% loss ina troubled economy is not good. That’s not including shipping, banking fees, expenses, etc, etc. $10 doesn’t go far these days, for the store or your nephews. Its hardly worth the time and agony on a $10 gift certificate. I bet if you bought 6-$100 cards, they would have waved the fee.
Your response to buy them from Wal-Mart was probably fair, since $10 there keeps three employees under the poverty level without any benefits or healthcare. Someone lost more than a $60 sale.

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