Most discount coupons have an expiration date, but gift certificates are very different from those discount coupons we find in the newspaper. I was under the impression that most states had passed a law saying that gift certificates cannot expire within 5 years of issuance. Was your gift certificate older than 5 years? If I give a restaurant $20 for a gift certificate, they have my $20. Even if prices go up in the restaurant, I would just get less food for my $20.
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