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Gift Card as Thank You from Client

July 21st, 2011 at 06:37 pm

Last week, I received a gift card as a thank you gift from a client. It is a gift card to Olive Garden, which I love, but which will not help me at all with my weight loss. Stick Out Tongue I have been contemplating selling it on plastic jungle and using the proceeds to chip at my mortgage. Is that tacky?

I have been reluctant to post this, as I suspect people will say "Yes, tacky, don't do it" and then if I do it anyway, how incredibly tacky will I be?

UPDATE: BF and I had dinner at Olive Garden Sunday evening. We split a shrimp appetizer which has 500 calories, and I ordered the apricot chicken served with steamed veggies which has 400 calories. Then we had salad and breadsticks, of course. (I would love to report that I skipped the breadsticks, but I ate two!) I did stick with water. I love Olive Garden's chicken scampi, yummmmm. But it has approximately 3 million calories so was out of the running. The apricot chicken was good. It was a nice meal out. Smile

I just got paid $9 for a secret shop I did a few months ago, I plan to mortgage chip that. (No more credit card chipping, I will just stick with my Dec 2012 payoff schedule.)

Posted in Income, Mortgage | 4 Comments »

4 Responses to “Gift Card as Thank You from Client”

  1. Ima saver Says:
    July 21st, 2011 at 06:49 pm 1311274150
    1311274150

    I love being mortage free for the past 30 plus years, so I don't think it is tacky! Chip away!

  2. LittleMsMom Says:
    July 21st, 2011 at 08:40 pm 1311280831
    1311280831

    Either sell it or use it "FACE VALUE" as a gift for some birthday or other gift giving event you have coming up.

    Not tacky, I am sure they just gave you a gift card because they felt it would be more personal than to give cash.

  3. 444 Says:
    July 23rd, 2011 at 12:11 am 1311379873
    1311379873

    I don't think it's tacky at all to sell it. I've sold a gift card or two online before. I believe I had to mail it in, and I got a check for a somewhat lesser amount. If you'd rather use the cash than have the grub, then I would justify it in my mind that the gift-giver wanted to do something nice for me but didn't know exactly what I wanted - but I helped them out because I know what I want! Embarrassment)

  4. Jerry Says:
    July 23rd, 2011 at 02:11 pm 1311430305
    1311430305

    ...or use it for a night out at Olive Garden with some friends, but choose something healthy from the menu? I'm just saying, it's not ALL stuff that will lead to unhealthy eating, right? (And of course, if you want the insurance of the extra bit off the mortgage, that is a viable option, too.) Smile Jerry

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