Do You Have Gift Cards From These Stores??

 If you have any "gift cards" from the stores below, make sure you use them, or you may lose the money on them! Just wanted to give everyone a heads up that if you intend to give gift cards around the holidays, you need to be careful that the cards will be honored after the holidays.    

 Stores that are planning to close after Christmas are still selling the cards through the holidays even though the cards will be worthless January 1. There is no law preventing them from doing this. On the contrary, it is referred to as 'Bankruptcy Planning). Below is a partial list of stores that you need to be cautious about.
 
The stores below informed the Security Exchange Commission
 of closing plans between October 2008 and January 2009: 
 
  Circuit City - closing all stores (filed Chapter 11) 
  Cache - closing all stores 
  Talbots - closing all stores 
  J. Jill - closing all stores
  Whitehall - closing all stores 
  Movie Galley - closing all stores 
  Pacific Sunware - closing stores 
  Piercing Pagoda - closing all stores 
  Linens and Things - closing all stores 
  Wilson Leather - closing down all stores 
  Sharper Image - closing down all stores 
  Ann Taylor- 117 stores nationwide 
  Lane Bryant - to close 150 stores nationwide 
  Fashion Bug - to close 150 stores nationwide 
  Catherine's - to close 150 stores nationwide 
  Eddie Bauer - close stores 27 stores and more after
  January 
  GAP - closing 85 stores 
  Footlocker - closing 140 stores more to close after
  January  
  Wickes Furniture - closing all stores 
  Levitz - closing remaining stores 
  Bombay - closing remaining stores 
  Zales - closing down 82 stores and 105 after January. 
  Disney - closing 98 stores and will close more after
 January 
  Home Depot - closing 15 stores 
  Macys - to close 9 stores after January 
  Pep Boys - closing 33 stores 
  Sprint/ Nextel - closing 133 stores 
  JC Penney - closing a number of stores after January 
  Ethan Allen - closing down 12 stores 
  K B Toys - closing 356 stores 
  Loews - closing some stores 
  Dillard's - closing some stores