{"id":826,"date":"2010-05-16T13:07:13","date_gmt":"2010-05-16T20:07:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.giftcardadvocate.org\/news\/?p=826"},"modified":"2010-05-16T13:07:13","modified_gmt":"2010-05-16T20:07:13","slug":"with-gift-cards-check-check-and-double-check","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.giftcardadvocate.org\/news\/?p=826","title":{"rendered":"With gift cards, check, check, and double check"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As evidenced by <a href=\"http:\/\/consumerist.com\/2010\/05\/someone-at-duane-reade-needs-to-learn-how-to-activate-amex-gift-cards.html\" target=\"_blank\">this story<\/a> about an Amex gift card purchased at a Duane Reade pharmacy but not actually activated, mistakes like this can happen.<\/p>\n<p>It is a very smart idea to check the balance of your gift card as soon as possible after you purchase it to make sure it was activated correctly and the balance is as it should be.\u00a0 It is also a good idea to keep your gift card receipt so you can prove your purchase should you have a problem later on.\u00a0 When giving gift cards, include the receipt.\u00a0 Some gift cards will <a href=\"http:\/\/www.giftcardadvocate.org\/news\/?p=514\" target=\"_blank\">require a receipt<\/a> for replacement if it is lost of stolen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As evidenced by this story about an Amex gift card purchased at a Duane Reade pharmacy but not actually activated, mistakes like this can happen. It is a very smart idea to check the balance of your gift card as soon as possible after you purchase it to make sure it was activated correctly and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-826","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tips"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.giftcardadvocate.org\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/826","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.giftcardadvocate.org\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.giftcardadvocate.org\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.giftcardadvocate.org\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.giftcardadvocate.org\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=826"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.giftcardadvocate.org\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/826\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":828,"href":"http:\/\/www.giftcardadvocate.org\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/826\/revisions\/828"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.giftcardadvocate.org\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=826"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.giftcardadvocate.org\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=826"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.giftcardadvocate.org\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=826"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}