Anyone who receives a voucher as a gift does not have to accept every time limit: it cannot be too short - otherwise you can take action against it.
“Otherwise I’ll just buy you something that you don’t even want. Or I ask you and the surprise goes away.”
If she's right in a way - then it's better to choose something yourself later. But somehow the voucher stays there until spring, it is now April, you take a closer look at the voucher and see in the small print that it was only valid for three months. Nice crap, has it really fallen into disrepair now?
Or is there something else going on?
Well, actually there should be something else going on. Although retailers can definitely set a time limit for a gift voucher, a one-year period is usually considered quite short for goods vouchers. Three months would really be too short, then you could insist on redemption. The general limitation period - if e.g. B. There is no deadline on the voucher at all - it is three years.
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This is what the BGB says in paragraphs 195 and 199. The period begins at the end of the year in which the voucher was purchased. In the case of Christmas, that basically means: Immediately. But three years is a different number than three months, isn't it?
Of course, there are exceptions to such deadlines and this usually depends on their practical purpose. If it is e.g. If, for example, it is a voucher for a theater performance, it is clear: if there is no more performance, no amount of complaining is of any use...
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Source: checked4you
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