Karyn Catherine
Junior Member
What is the name of your state? Virginia
I received a $100 gift certificate to a day spa for my birthday 3 years ago (December 2002) and I was wondering if it was legal for the owner to impose an expiration date on it? There was an original (1 year) expiration date written on it, but I had contacted the spa and they extended the expiration to Nov 04. Because of various uncontrollable events, I was unable to use it in that amount of time. I recently contacted the owner about using it and she said she "just couldn't" allow me to use it now (something about taxes, like it was out of her hands). I was wondering if it was legal to even set an expiration date like that and if I had any rights to redeem the gift certificate. Help is appreciated!
I received a $100 gift certificate to a day spa for my birthday 3 years ago (December 2002) and I was wondering if it was legal for the owner to impose an expiration date on it? There was an original (1 year) expiration date written on it, but I had contacted the spa and they extended the expiration to Nov 04. Because of various uncontrollable events, I was unable to use it in that amount of time. I recently contacted the owner about using it and she said she "just couldn't" allow me to use it now (something about taxes, like it was out of her hands). I was wondering if it was legal to even set an expiration date like that and if I had any rights to redeem the gift certificate. Help is appreciated!