http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/02/22/sharper-image-suspends-gift-cards/ Gadgets, gear and computer hardware. Fri, 04 Dec 2009 18:08:39 -0500 hourly 1 http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/02/22/sharper-image-suspends-gift-cards/comment-page-1/#comment-646511 madmike Tue, 08 Apr 2008 17:06:20 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/02/22/sharper-image-suspends-gift-cards/#comment-646511 I had 400 bucks to sharper image. It sucked. I seriously went the day after the bankruptcy date to find out that they no longer accepted it. We need some type of protection against that. Turns out, there is a company, and I quote from marketwire: "Leverage Inc. today announced a new bankruptcy insurance policy that allows customers holding gift cards purchased via its LeverageCard.com destination from Sharper Image and other merchants filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection to transfer remaining, unredeemable balances to gift cards from other retailers available on the Leverage site." I had 400 bucks to sharper image. It sucked. I seriously went the day after the bankruptcy date to find out that they no longer accepted it. We need some type of protection against that. Turns out, there is a company, and I quote from marketwire: “Leverage Inc. today announced a new bankruptcy insurance policy that allows customers holding gift cards purchased via its LeverageCard.com destination from Sharper Image and other merchants filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection to transfer remaining, unredeemable balances to gift cards from other retailers available on the Leverage site.”

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