Legal Question in Business Law in California
Hi.
We have a question regarding discount cards.
We want to sell discount cards in an ice cream parlour.
A customer pays us for example 30$, and then he has 30$ dollars on his card.
Are there anything we shall write on the cards in regarding to the law, so the customers wont sue us?
1 Answer from Attorneys
I think it is best to think of this as a gift certificate, or a gift card. Basically, your customers are pre-paying for ice cream. California is different from some states in that gift certificates and gift cards in most cases never expire. But there are some exceptions to this rule. See here for a good description of the policy:
http://www.dca.ca.gov/publications/legal_guides/s-11.shtml
The card you issue is, in many ways, a contract. So you should be clear about the way it can be used. Make sure you understand the rules about expiration.
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