Anonymous wrote:I don't eat there and a $50 gift card wouldn't temp me to. I would re-gift it to someone who provides a service to me, ex. someone in the car dealer service dept. You give a gift card to those guys, they're super nice about getting you in sooner, with a loaner, pickup drop-off at your office or home, waving off the gas being a little low, etc. They treat you like a million bucks.
Fortunately for me, my 15 yo vehicle doesn’t break down such that I need to be in the good books of a repair shop. What car do you have? It sounds like a lemon.