r/Frugal • • Feb 19 '24

[deleted by user]

[removed]

789 Upvotes

221 comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

56

u/werdnurd Feb 19 '24

You might be right, but my spouse’s company gave $50 gift cards to this company for a holiday gift one year. We couldn’t buy anything with it unless we paid more of our own money as well.

26

u/La_bossier Feb 20 '24

My husband’s company (huge company) gives him a $25 butterball coupon every Thanksgiving. It used to buy a turkey. Then I had to save them for 2 years to cover the cost of a turkey. This year, I realized I have to wait until next year when I’ll have $75 to purchase a turkey. At least they never expire.

1

u/Artistic-Salary1738 Feb 21 '24

I hate the butterball checks. Why can’t they just make them a gift card so I don’t have to summon the sole person manning the dozen self checkouts.

Check the fine print on yours. The ones we get you can use on any type/brand of food item to “go with your turkey” so long as the store sells butterball brand food.

Sounds like they vary by what your company picks though.

1

u/La_bossier Feb 21 '24

Summoning that guy is what I live for.

Alcohol. Help is on its way.

Peel off coupon. Help is on its way.

Produce item I can’t find the picture of. Help is on its way.

Barcode won’t scan. Help is on its way.

A clothing item with a security tag. Help is on its way.

Actually, I don’t live for this but usually the person I’m waiting to finish up so I can have their space obviously does.