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Quote from: J N Winkler on Today at 05:08:47 PMQuote from: SEWIGuy on Today at 04:33:33 PMBut it is not required that returned merchandise be returned for cash. (It's almost always in-store credit - which is basically a gift card.) So I have no idea why gift cards should be. I mean these are gifts.
That has not been my experience. On the few occasions I have returned things for a refund, I have typically received a chargeback on the card I used to pay. I can't remember the last time I was asked to settle for in-store credit or a voucher that I could spend only at the business concerned.
Quote from: paulthemapguy on April 24, 2024, 04:24:27 PMQuote from: Rothman on April 23, 2024, 10:11:47 PMState maintained =/= state route.
Wat.
It's state-maintained and it's a route. It's a state route. It may not be a State Route, but it's a state route. The adjective "state" and the noun "route" are both correct.
IDOT maintains plenty of roads that are not signed routes. Besides signed numerical designations, there is a separate internal set of numerical designations for various roads across Illinois, state-maintained and otherwise (shown as "FAP", "FAU", etc.). But I don't think that's even what appears at the top of these mile markers. The process of deciding these numbers for the top of these mile markers has always been a mystery to me. Such numbers are usually in the 8000s or 900s (though 316 is an oddball).
Bill Burmaster's (rmsandw) site has covered a plethora of these unsigned state highways: https://www.billburmaster.com/rmsandw/illinois/misc/il900.html
Quote from: Great Lakes Roads on Today at 05:16:21 PMSpeaking of which, the east side of Interstate 465 from the southern junction of I-65 to the US 31 interchange (excluding the current ClearPath 465 project) will be undergoing a concrete pavement restoration (CPR) project that will involve a 21-day directional closure from I-70 to I-65.So they're closing the entirety of the southeast side AGAIN? Seems like every damn year at this point it's closed for a month for "concrete work."
Time-wise, the 21-day directional closures (weather permitting) will begin with I-465 SB/WB closed between May 29-June 30 and I-465 NB/EB closed between July 5-August 4. Completion date is Fall 2025 with the project being split up into phases.
Quote from: SEWIGuy on Today at 04:33:33 PMBut it is not required that returned merchandise be returned for cash. (It's almost always in-store credit - which is basically a gift card.) So I have no idea why gift cards should be. I mean these are gifts.
Quote from: kkt on Today at 04:37:59 PMOkay, but what does "never expire" really mean? Businesses don't stay around forever. They don't have any way of knowing how to get ahold of people who have gift cards they issued, and I wouldn't want to be on their mailing list if they did.
Quote from: mglass87 on Today at 04:17:55 PMSome different speed limit text on Route 1 in Colonial Heights, VA:
https://maps.app.goo.gl/bVhXxi9n3qPxZiAo6
Quote from: J N Winkler on Today at 01:31:04 PMIf I had my druthers, merchants would not be allowed to sell anything with a deferred-redemption component unless the full value of said component were kept available to the customer without expiration. This would mean:
* Store gift cards and gift certificates would never expire.
* Stored-value debit cards would never expire. (I believe federal regulations already require this.)
* Loyalty points would remain permanently available to the customer until used up.
* At any point, the customer could demand the full face value in cash.
If this forced supermarket chains to phase out loyalty programs, I would not shed a tear.