Not if Mike Tyson says it

I’m no law expert, but I have dealt with POS and retailers, and their tax people. My understanding is that you always report the loading of a gift card as a liability. It may be categorized as a different liability because you don’t necessarily owe that money back. As in, most gift cards are non refundable.

When the holder of the gift card redeems it for products, the balanced used gets deducted from your liability and is added to revenue.

If Starbucks were straight reporting it as revenue with no explanation, I can see that being scrutinized. But if they are reporting it as potential revenue, then that’s up to shareholders to weed through that and make investments based on that.

I’m not understanding the illegality here.

Thank you for the citation and explanation.

I know I’m coming off all boot-licky, but this all seems legal. If Starbucks is disclosing the gift card amount as a potential to be moved from a liability to revenue, and if this is legal in tax laws, then this lawsuit is overreach and makes it seem like they’re just looking for a payout.

It’s been pointed out already that you can use the remaining balance of a gift card to zero it out and pay whatever is left in the order with another means of payment.

This lawsuit is describing how gift cards work. Might as well sue all merchants.

They didn’t provide proof of that allegation. At least, not in this article. The consumer group alleges that Starbucks claims unused gift card balances as revenue. Are we sure they aren’t showing a liability for the respective amount? I didn’t look through their corporate filings, and the article doesn’t provide citations from public filings. Just accusations.

I smell a load of shit from OP

OP: “that movie, with the director”

Google: “… here’s all the movies?”

OP: “noooooo”

Apple has made record profits of $X billion dollars this quarter. However, that is only $3 billion more than last year same quarter.

You’re right, Greg. One has to wonder: will Apple be bankrupt next year?

Calm down, Thanos.

No but seriously, I know that for me, what gets me incredibly annoyed when this topic comes up, is the absolutists that rail on anyone wanting any children. Like, I get it man, you don’t want kids. But that doesn’t mean I’m wrong for wanting kids.

These people get very high and mighty on their claim that those of us that want children are selfish for “bringing them into a dying planet”.

You’re framing it in such a way to say “hey, maybe let’s slow down population growth”. They’re saying “we need to never have children again”.

One of those scenarios leads to the end of human civilization. If that’s your goal, you have bigger psychological issues than you realize. (Not you; the general you)

The panel on the first position should be moved to the 5th position. Then it would make more sense to the joke.

Don’t feel bad. Plex is working wonders for me. Yea, there are things that annoy me about it, like the volume issues. But all in all, it passes the “wife test”.

99.9% of the people here who trip over themselves to shit on Plex and recommend any other service that requires IT knowledge to consistently and easily give access to family members, don’t have to deal with the “wife test”. Substitute “wife” with husband or mom, or grandma.

Don’t kink shame!

A refundable $250 != Down payment

Some of you sound like the annoying stereotype of vegans pushing their diet lifestyle.

insert Jack Sparrow meme

Remember when he depended on the workforce and labor of others? Then remember when he stepped away from running a company and stopped depending on labor?

That’s when he magically turned “for” employee rights and sustainability. Weirdly coincidental, I know.

I applaud and respect Gates for what he stands for now and what his foundation achieves. But he would be the first one to mandate return to office and be against anything that cuts into his bottom line if he was still running a company.

Rizzer please!

Excellent

Camelcamelcamel

You’re doing it wrong! Find time to watch one her ridiculous shows with her (Married at first sight, 90 day fiance, love is blind, etc). Actually pay attention and be able to hold a conversation about the latest episode.

Then you will have a no-judgment free pass to watch your shows either with her or in peace.

Wives hate this one trick! (But secretly love it)

If it’s just a broken screen, Google your way in learning how to repair it yourself.

Or, find a shop that will repair it in front of you the whole time. Pay extra if need be

Or, if the material is too sensitive and the above options aren’t viable:

1. accept the loss and destroy the phone. Or,
2. accept that whatever is in there will be viewed

The good thing with a problem like this is that your options are limited. So there’s not a whole hell of a lot of decision tree making you need to do.