GIFT CERTIFICATES FOR PANHANDLERS

GIFT CERTIFICATES FOR PANHANDLERS

NEW YORK (Wireless Flash) -- Clothing stores and record shops aren't the only places selling gift certificates: now panhandlers may be getting into the act. NeedCom.com, a website which conducts marketing research, is offering bums "gift certificates" they can download and sell on the street instead of begging for change. Each certificate is really more of a receipt and is supposed to be given back to the panhandler the next time you're panhandled. A spokesman for the site says the program will hopefully create "...better, more satisfying panhandlers."