Why We Can't Have Nice Things...

[VandVsmama]

There is a constitutional law that there must be a separation between church & state. So technically, the White House shouldn't be having any "religious" tree. In recent years, people started complaining about the Christmas nativity displays, (the baby in the manger, visited by the 3 wise men,) in their city/town owned town squares and other city property - that had been traditionally there for decades. They complained about the need for separation of church & state and how religious items shouldn't be on display on city property. (Not talking private property or private corporations.) Some others complained that it wasn't their religion so they shouldn't see them there and their taxpayer's dollars shouldn't be paying to have them there.

Out of being overly politically correct, that's when the nativities and other Christmas religious decorations started being removed. I think, in an effort to keep the Christmas trees in places, some places renames them "Holiday trees" and along with saying "Happy holidays," to be inclusive of all the December holidays, instead of just "Merry Christmas."

Nope, do away with all of the holiday trees because they remind too many people of any sort of religion...Christian, pagan, etc. It should only be Festivus poles. Lobby your congressional representatives now for a federal law!

 

[nkereina]

I was told by the pharmacy that your doctor can write a letter they can keep on file to allow you to get a larger supply at one time.

That's interesting, I will look into it. I have asked my doctor about it and she simply said they couldn't write prescriptions for it. And I know my pharmacy scans my license and the scanner has blocked me before when I've tried to re-purchase too soon, so I wonder how the override works. Thanks for the info!

 

[cabanafrau]

That's interesting, I will look into it. I have asked my doctor about it and she simply said they couldn't write prescriptions for it. And I know my pharmacy scans my license and the scanner has blocked me before when I've tried to re-purchase too soon, so I wonder how the override works. Thanks for the info!

The kicker is we're using resources solving a problem that may not realistically be a problem anymore. I've been told through several different sources where I work that those looking to make illegal drugs have come up with different sources that they actually find preferable and more profitable than those in OTC sinus meds.

 

[kimblebee]

Nope, do away with all of the holiday trees because they remind too many people of any sort of religion...Christian, pagan, etc. It should only be Festivus poles. Lobby your congressional representatives now for a federal law!

So..air your grievances to them? LMAO

 

[DopeyDame]

You're in Canada right? You have different laws than us. I hope you never have this ridiculous political correctness and have to get rid of your decorations.

Woah - did someone make you get rid of your Christmas decorations in the US? You should absolutely call the ACLU - I have no doubt they'd want to assist you in that case.

 

[cabanafrau]

Besides the stacking abuses, a lot of stores don't allow you to buy gift cards with anything but cash or debit cards. When I asked a store why that is, I was told that they found that people who stole credit cards would buy lots of gift cards before the credit card would be cut off.

Guess I'm still confused about what is so terrible about not being able to buy Disney gift cards with Target gift cards? Presumably you can still get Disney gift cards. It seems likely that there must be something else worthwhile to spend a Target card on. I'm confused why that is number one on the list to start off this thread?

 

[Mackenzie Click-Mickelson]

Guess I'm still confused about what is so terrible about not being able to buy Disney gift cards with Target gift cards? Presumably you can still get Disney gift cards. It seems likely that there must be something else worthwhile to spend a Target card on. I'm confused why that is number one on the list to start off this thread?

I'll just give my experience.

We got Target gift cards for our wedding back in 2013. Problem is we never ever shop at Target. They were useless gift cards to us. We held onto them though and in September 2016 I converted all three (valued at $150) into Disney gift cards and they (along with a Walmart gift card that was converted to a Disney gift card and a few other Disney gift cards given to me as gifts) were used exclusively for souvenirs on our September 2017 trip.

Of course you can still get Disney gift cards but I think it just became more inconvenient and actually for both people like me and people who frequently bought things at Target (maybe even racking up those Target gift cards via purchasing items that came with it) or who actively chose to get Target gift cards as rewards for whatever and wanted a Disney gift card.

 

[MaryLovesPoohBear]

Guess I'm still confused about what is so terrible about not being able to buy Disney gift cards with Target gift cards? Presumably you can still get Disney gift cards. It seems likely that there must be something else worthwhile to spend a Target card on. I'm confused why that is number one on the list to start off this thread?

In a word, discounts.

People were buying Target gift cards at a discount, then buying Disney cards with the Target gift cards and double dipping on the discount.

There were numerous threads here explaining how to do it.

I think (I never did it, so I don't know the details) you started by using your "Red" card.

 

[Imzadi]

Nope, do away with all of the holiday trees because they remind too many people of any sort of religion...Christian, pagan, etc. It should only be Festivus poles. Lobby your congressional representatives now for a federal law!

So..air your grievances to them? LMAO

But, we need the pole up FIRST.

 

[Imzadi]

Guess I'm still confused about what is so terrible about not being able to buy Disney gift cards with Target gift cards? Presumably you can still get Disney gift cards. It seems likely that there must be something else worthwhile to spend a Target card on. I'm confused why that is number one on the list to start off this thread?

People were buying Target gift cards at a discount, then buying Disney cards with the Target gift cards and double dipping on the discount.

People are able to get various gift cards for FREE, like for Target, Amazon, Walmart, etc., from various rewards companies, for shopping at online stores, doing surveys and other click-through affiliate promotions. One can rack up quite a bit of dollars in gift cards that way. I do Swagbucks. Others do Ebates. I've made a few hundred dollars in gift cards that way over the years for simply clicking on a Swagbucks affiliate link before heading to a website I was going to buy stuff at anyway.

So, the OP used to "swap" her accrued Target gift cards in for the Disney gift cards which was more useful for her. Now, the dollars are locked into Target gift cards. That may be fine if one shops often enough at Target. But, not when one had hundreds of dollars of Target gift cards and don't really shop there a lot.

Also, to elaborate on what MaryLovesPoohBear said, at some stores, Target being one of them, one can use an accrued gift card on a purchase AND get more points/dollars for that purchase, to go towards accruing another gift card.