During the Christmas shopping season of 2010, I purchased a tool kit for my son in law. One of the reasons I decided to make the purchase at Sears was a $15 gift card offered on the spot by the salesperson. I attempted to use the card on 3/25/11. The sales clerk looked in the(very) small print on the back of the card and informed me that the card expired on 1/15/11. I think that it is a scam to intice a purchase with such and offer and then have the small print make the card worthless. My wife and I spend several hundred dollars at Sears each year, but I will now boycot and not shop at Sears. The money is not a great deal by I prefer to shop at a retailer that I can trust not to sneak small print by me to not live up to their obligations.