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In this SAVING YOU MONEY report, we're delving a little deeper into the gift card market. Americans are expected to buy billions of dollars worth of gift cards this holiday season. A new survey offers insight into some trends that can help you spend wisely. The gift card game has changed over the last few years. The Card Act of 2009 extended many provisions regarding fees, terms and conditions to gift cards, but a new survey shows you still need to be aware of what you're buying. In the lead-up to the holiday shopping season, Bankrate looked at 63 gift cards, 8 issued by banks and credit card companies, and 55 from retailers and restaurants. General use gift cards were far more likely to have fees attached. Purchase fees ranged from $2.95-$6.95. Inactivity fees could eat up $3 per month after the first year. The trade off: more freedom to shop where you want. That's the biggest advantage of one of the general purpose gift cards is the flexibility it gives you to the person you give the gift card to. Store branded gift cards you have to use at the chain or the brand so that limits it, but there are fewer fees that come with those cards. 2/3 of issuers said they would replace lost or stolen cards, though some require that you register the card or have a receipt. Consumers should look on the back of their gift card to find out what they really need to do to protect themselves. 95% of the cards surveyed did not have an expiration date. Thursday on TENNESSEE MORNINGS and on FOX17 NEWS at 9, you can catch a special SAVING YOU MONEY report on warranties: to buy or not to buy?
Tuesday, November 13 2012, 10:49 PM CST
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Tishomingo County voters OK beer, alcohol sales
May 22, 2013 23:38 GMT
IUKA, Miss. (AP) -- Tishomingo County is the latest Mississippi jurisdiction to legalize alcohol sales.
Voters approved the sale of liquor, wine and beer Tuesday, reports the Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal (http://bit.ly/13JCcix).
It wasn't clear referendums would pass until affidavit ballots were counted Wednesday.
With more than half Tishomingo County's voters casting ballots, legalizing alcohol passed by 42 votes, while legalizing beer and light wine passed by 73. The county borders Alabama and Tennessee.
Lawmakers legalized liquor at a proposed resort at the county's Bay Springs Lake in 2010, but it wasn't built.
Greene County voters legalized beer sales last year, while Corinth, New Albany and Senatobia have legalized alcohol sales under a 2012 law that allows cities to hold votes.
Mississippi has 13 remaining counties that allow no beer or alcohol sales.
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