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Y'all gift wrong.
Please don't ever spend more than $50 on me unless it's an experience-gift that we can share (myself and giver), like concert/theater tickets or admission to some event.
Same is true for my kids. They have tons of toys and we hate your taste in clothes. So we ask for experiences. We've got tickets and giftcards for so many local family attractions. They also all have a little collection going of classic literature with gilded pages...stuff like Jules Verne or Treasure Island. So even if they don't like to read, at least the look nice.
IDK where you are but gift cards have no fees in the US, except for reloadable prepaid credit cards. And a lot of attractions have timed-entry so you can't really gift a ticket, since you don't know when they can go.
I want cash since I can buy whatever I want (dildos, cocaine, whatever) or I can pay off debt, which is huge for my situation. Buying something for me is pointless as if I wanted it and thought it was a decent price, I'd have bought it already myself. But giving me some financial wiggle-room and thereby easing the stress on me is a huge benefit.
And gc come with lots of issues - initial fee for purchase, expiration dates, limited to one store / some stores don't take "universal" visa/mc gc, I can't go to the bank and deposit a gc. It forces me to either work around it (above, additional fees) or purchase something that I otherwise would not. It literally forces people to make poor financial decisions. That's not a gift, that's a burden.
It sounds like you're in a good position financially, and that's great. But not all of us are. If someone gave me a certificate for a Disney vacation or the like, I'd actually beat them. I need help, not belittling. Cash works for those in all situations.