Really; many years ago I bought a pair of shoes at Macy’s because somebody gave me a gift card. It was a lot more than they would have cost in a “regular” store, but I had to use the card.
Now as part of the “new normal”, we have a new pawn shop nearby that will buy those cards...
Interesting.
Some friends just used Macy’s as one of their wedding registry stores and I could only shake my head. From the $350 roasting pan, to thousands and thousands and thousands of dollars of otherwise overpriced and/or unnecessary household items I figured I could outfit a household with the same items, at a perfectly fine quality, for literally one-tenth the cost on average—and some things for much less.