March 29, 2024
Letter

Hidden gift card fees

Regarding the article, “Treasurer warns of gift card fees/Statement will harm Maine businesses, merchants’ association claims” (BDN, Dec. 16).

I would like to give a great big thank you to State Treasurer Dale McCormick’s efforts to warn us all as to the hidden fees on gift cards. I only wish the whole green board with the various gift cards on it could have been in the photo so we could have seen them all.

Shame on them! These are people we know and we use their businesses all the time.

Jim McGregor, executive vice president of the Maine Merchants Association, needn’t worry; McCormick didn’t tell us what to buy – she told us what not to buy.

Keep up the good work, Ms. McCormick. It’s refreshing when I see a state official who does something for us that we can recognize as helpful.

Valerie Gray

Jonesport


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