I forgot one!

[mamajoan]

I forgot an item for the "things that make me happy" list -- realizing/remembering that I have a gift certificate for a massage. It expires 3/2005 (not sure if that means 3/1 or 3/31) so that means I'll be getting a massage pretty soon. Yay! :)

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[skreeky]

FYI, according to a guy at East Heaven Hot Tubs, from whom we were buying gift certificates, there's a Massachusetts law which says that gift certificates can't expire. Vendors will print them on GCs though so you have to just *know* that it's bullshit and legally they have to redeem them no matter how long it's been. I didn't actually look up the law myself, but I thought I'd let you know of the possibility.

[mamajoan.livejournal.com]

Hmm, now that you mention it, that sounds familiar. I seem to recall hearing something about that.

A quick Google found this:
http://www.mass.gov/treasury/gift_cert.htm

"A law passed last year requires that all gift certificates -- including gift cards -- redeemed in Massachusetts not expire for seven years from the date of purchase. This law went into effect June 1, 2003.
This new law enables businesses to keep the money of unredeemed gift certificates after seven years from issuance -- as long as said gift certificates have dates of issuance and expiration clearly marked on them. Under the new law, gift certificates without such dates are redeemable in perpetuity."

That's a little tricky because a) my GC was purchased after that date (I got it for my birthday in March '03) and b) it only has an expiration date on it, not an issuance date. Does this mean it's redeemable in perpetuity? Not clear. But I think I'll just go for the massage before March, rather than bother to look into it any more. :)