“if someone is due a store credit, for what reason should such credit “expire”
That’s exactly how I feel! But – the store claims that people cannot expect to wait forever to redeem a credit, and if it is specifically printed ON the credit slip that they have informed them in writing what the store policy is. I totally agree that it should be redeemable forever, since the money WAS spent at the store and no goods and services were obtained in the end. Also, if a donation is made by the store, that is very different from an actual credit slip for paid for and returned merchandise. The donation absolutely MAY have an expiration date. The store owner is nice to give the donation, he should not have to wait forever for his kindness to be utilized. A credit however, is not a kindness, it is a business transaction because an item was returned. Likewise a gift certificate that has been paid for, should ALWAYS be valid, or else the store is stealing money from the unsuspecting giver of the gift. Their claim is that they posted that the certificate expires in x amount of time. I think that is ethically wrong.