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When faced with tremendous uncertainties in the financial market a small Inn in Gorham, Maine has taken their future into their own hands with the creation of a unique gift card program. The Gift card or gift certificate program is believed to be the first of its kind and according to the owners, “Creates a one of a kind win-win-win situation. My business wins, the consumer wins and the recipient of the gift card wins. A win- win- win situation.”

This new gift card falls into the category of “Too good to be true” and although when something falls into this group it usually is too good to be true but in this case, the gift card is completely legitimate. What separates this gift card or gift certificate from any other card is that this card issues a cash rebate every year the business runs the card program. When the program ends, the last rebate check (prepare yourself) is for the full value of the gift card. Even if the gift card has been redeemed you still receive the full value of the card.

There are some fine print details you should know. First the yearly cash rebate is only 4% of the total value of the card. So if you buy $500 in gift cards you will receive $20 a year in cash rebates. Certainly not enough to retire on but it does add up each year the program operates. If the program runs 5 years than you would receive $100 in cash rebates but you last check would be for the full value. In this case, $500 or in investment terms you earned a 20% return.

The owners agree that the gift card details sound so strange that they often have to repeat the details so people have time for it to sink in. So to repeat: The cards return 4% of the purchase value in cash to the buyer each year of the program and at the termination of the program the buyer receives the full face value of the original purchase price even if the cards were redeemed or given away.

The Inn offering this unique gift card program is a top rated small Bed and Breakfast Inn located in southern Maine called “PineCrest Bed and Breakfast Inn”. The Inn offers premium lodging; fine dining three nights a week, live music and wine tastings. Although currently a 7 room Inn, the owners are using the proceeds from the gift card program as a creative way to help grow the business.

The gift card program creates a pool of funds that finance an expansion that will house additional luxury rooms, a handicapped accessible room for quadriplegics, an indoor personal spa pool and more. Like many small business caught in the turmoil of the commercial financial marketplace and finding their ability to grow threatened by Wall Street, the owners created a way to go beyond traditional financing.

Contact: Matt Mattingly Email: Matt@pinecrestmaine.com
1 South St. Gorham, Maine 04038
Web: www.visitmainegiftcard.com
207-839-5843 or 877-474-6322