Site of the Week - www.giftcertificates.com.CHOOSING to go the online shopping route may solve the mall parking problem this holiday season, but hunting down the perfect gift still represents a major investment of time - especially if your modem speed isn't is·n't Contraction of is not. isn't is not isn't be that high. For those with little time or patience, one site has the potential of being a one-stop, gift-giving shop: Giftcertificates.com. The name pretty much says it all. Consumers can purchase certificates for a wide range of businesses, including top L.A. restaurants Citrus, the Palm and Jozu, clothiers Books Brothers and Banana Republic banana republic n. A small country that is economically dependent on a single export commodity, such as bananas, and is typically governed by a dictator or the armed forces. , and specialty shops like Dean & Deluca. The site sends the desired store's original gift certificate, complete with wrapping and customized greeting Greeting is a way for humans[1] to intentionally communicate awareness of each other's presence, to show attention to, and/or to affirm or suggest a type of relationship or social status between individuals or groups of people coming in contact with card, so the recipient won't know that a middleman mid·dle·man n. 1. A trader who buys from producers and sells to retailers or consumers. 2. An intermediary; a go-between. was ever involved. Shipping and handling is normally $5 per certificate, but the young site is temporarily waiving the fee. For shoppers in need of a little help, the site also features a search engine that will recommend the appropriate cross section of its contents based on recipient's zip code zip code System of postal-zone codes (zip stands for “zone improvement plan”) introduced in the U.S. in 1963 to improve mail delivery and exploit electronic reading and sorting capabilities. , gift-giving occasion and type of recipient. |
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