So, I know we are all supposed to be hating Amazon.com right now, BUT...

[YellowRubberDuckie]

...did you know you can send people gift cards through Facebook? No more forgotten birthdays. I just found this and I am in heaven. I know what they did to Wikileaks and everything, but I have always had the best luck with them and they have the most fantastic customer service I have ever encountered.
Anyway, just wanted to spread this around.
Duckie

[Orrex]

1. That sounds like a terrific way to strip all value from the card-sending process

Nothing says "I was thinking of you" like an afterthought electronically ordered, printed and mailed at the last minute.

[YellowRubberDuckie]

2. A 15 year old kid is not going to care.

And with all of us leading such busy lives, if you're offended that someone sends you an e-gift card, then that just means you're an ungrateful person who didn't deserve me thinking of you to begin with! I'm going to send a gift card anyway, why not make it instant?

[Orrex]

3. I agree about the 15-year-old, but...

If you're sending your instant afterthought to an adult, why bother sending the card at all? Why not simply tweet them and say "I sent ur $ card" instead?

[YellowRubberDuckie]

4. Oh, I don't send gifts to adults most of the time anyway.

Unless it is my mother, and I just order her flowers. I'm not seeing how that is much different, but most people think it is.

[Orrex]

5. Well, that's a good point

I guess it's a matter of scope. It would be hard, for instance, for me to pick out and ship a floral arrangement cross-country intact, but I can select a card and hand-write a personal message without too much difficulty. But if I arrange for flower to be sent they would of course be shipped from some place geographically local to the recipient, so I wouldn't generally be able to attach a card.

Gosh. Now I can't decide.

WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO MY BRAIN?!?!?

[YellowRubberDuckie]

6. You can't write the card yourself...

...but you can compose the words yourself. And that is OK!