[theshrike79]

Fun fact: Starbucks is holding 2 BILLION of people's money in the form of unused gift cards and pre-paid store credit: https://alltrades.substack.com/p/the-bank-of-starbucks

[beaugunderson]

and luckily due to Washington state's consumer protection laws (https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=19.240&full=tru...) they can't add an expiration or a monthly fee to draw those balances down to zero here.

would love if there was similar law for credit expiry.

[kldg]

with proper paternal laws, we could put that money toward useful projects or return the money back to individuals.

(just kidding; we'd divert it to subsidize billionaires) https://local12.com/news/local/ohio-allocates-billions-from-...