Philosophical question.

[snarp]

If two individuals give one another Amazon gift cards of equal value, has an exchange of gifts taken place?

Poll #8742 Well?

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No.
0 (0.0%)

Yes.
10 (22.7%)

Yes, but you are both ridiculous.
34 (77.3%)

Comments

[yeloson]

The current unanimous-ity amuses me.

[snarp]

It's just obvious!

I think I'm probably using her gift card to buy her a small actual present. Then she will be stuck being the only ridiculous one! I can foresee no possible criticism of my behavior here.

[alexey_rom]

Bah! That's not a proper heartwarming story unless they both sold their Kindles to buy the gift cards :)

[the_rck]

Of course, I find that getting a gift card gives me permission to buy things that I wanted but felt I shouldn't spend money on. Even when I'm within my budget, it's hard to buy luxuries.

[torachan]

LOL! This happened to me last year, though it was not Amazon gift cards. I gave my friend a $20 grocery store card only to find he had given me $20 cash. XD

[snarp]

Your experience duplicated mine even in the amount of money involved.

[rilina]

My siblings and I kept doing this until we finally agreed to stop getting each other gifts. We get gifts for the generation above us and the generation below us now.