If someone wants to accept gift cards, that's fine of course.
However, it's possible for someone to give you a gift card, you check it, and it shows a balance.
After the appointment, they can go online and order a couple of Bass-O-Matics from Amazon, and you are out of luck.
Originally Posted by cabot
Which is the main reason why I said that I only accept cards from gentlemen I "know"
I know of a couple (few) times this has happened to friends.
Most recently in fact to a civi friend who traded a piece of shop equipment for Home Depot cards.
Went to HD the next day only to find the card(s) had been emptied online.
Pressed charges against the guy for theft but the equipment was already long gone, no money on the cards and the loser isn't going to be paying him back from the clink.....
Always someone trying to pull a scam. even in the real world.