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Comment by Gloria Coppola on October 11, 2009 at 7:19pm

Hey NC LMT's in Winston Salem - I'll be at the Living Arts Institute teaching an Intro class to Lomi 10/17 & 18. Hope to meet you there. I know Mike H. you will be too!

Comment by Felicia Brown on September 30, 2009 at 10:17am

Thanks for the gift certificate reminders. It is really important that people are aware of the state laws! By the way, if anyone is thinking of adding online gift certificates for the holidays and beyond, I highly recommend TheGiftCardCafe.com. They are easy to work with and will help you get things set up on your site easily and affrodably!

On another note I wanted to let everyone in NC know that I have last minute CE classes available in October for Ethics (Oct 24 and 27th), Waterless Spa Treatments (Oct 25th) and Marketing (Oct 20 and 24th). Please visit the link below for more details or email me at Felicia@spalutions.com to sign up.

http://blog.spalutions.com/2009/09/18/ce-classes-for-massage-therapists-and-estheticians.aspx

Comment by Catherine "Cat" Edwards on September 23, 2009 at 10:11am

Greetings NC Therapists! The Holidays will be here soon and that means you will be selling Gift Certificates!This is just a reminder for you all! Please read below, an article published in the newsletter from NC Massage and Bodywork Board:
North Carolina allows an expiration date on gift certificates. However, if you choose to put an expiration date on a gift certificate you sell, you become subject to the laws governing escheat—a word defined as “abandoned property that should be turned over to the State.” The time period for considering a gift certificate to have been “abandoned” is three years after the expiration date. The amount presumed abandoned is valued at 60% of the face value of the gift certificate. Gift certificates with no expiration date are not subject to escheat. A gift certificate that expires before it is used escheats to the State.
What this means to massage therapists is: If you sold a gift certificate with an expiration date on it for $100, and three years after the expiration date it had not been redeemed, you would be obligated to turn $60 over to the State treasury as “abandoned property”. You can avoid this by not putting expiration dates on the gift certificates you sell. A gift certificate is not abandoned property when the gift certificate or electronic gift card: (1) conspicuously states that the gift certificate or electronic gift card does not expire; (2) bears no expiration date; or (3) states that a date of expira-tion printed on the gift certificate is not applicable in North Carolina
You are not obligated to give a refund on a gift certificate in the event the recipient does not want to get a massage, but you are obligated to clearly state what your refund policy is and whether your gift certificates are transferable. For instance, if a gift certificate recipient does not want to receive a massage, you can allow them to pass it on to someone else. If you have a stated cancellation policy, such as “24 hours notice of cancellation or you will be charged for the session,” that policy can apply to gift certificates as well, but take care to have that printed on your gift certificates.

Best wishes to everyone in selling many gift certificates this season!
Keeping in Touch,
Cat

Comment by nHarmony Massage and Bodywork on September 22, 2009 at 2:51pm

Awesome! I am registered to take that class. I'm so excited. I guess I'll be seeing you there.

Comment by Michael McDowell LMBT 5834 on September 22, 2009 at 9:34am

Aloha! Absolutely, I will be assisting. What a pure joy!

Comment by nHarmony Massage and Bodywork on September 22, 2009 at 9:21am

Are you taking this class Michael?

Comment by Michael McDowell LMBT 5834 on September 21, 2009 at 11:52pm

Hawaiian Temple Lomi training is coming to Wilmington NC Oct. 1-4Tandem Temple Lomi.mov

Comment by Linda Redmond, LMBT on September 18, 2009 at 9:49am

Great idea, this group. I look forward to connecting with other therapists in this great and blessed state of ours! Thank for the invite, Cat.

Comment by Mike Hinkle on September 17, 2009 at 8:38pm

Hey guys,

We are all in this together!

Comment by Michael McDowell LMBT 5834 on September 17, 2009 at 8:01pm

Thanks for this group!

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