I can see the "gift card" idea and wouldn't have a problem with that. That being said, they are giving you something you can use, whether it's a weapon or armor that can be useful to you or weapon parts, energies, shards, glimmer, etc that can be used toward something else, like an upgrade to something you're working toward maxing out, because you dismantled it. Either way, it's a gift and I believe gifts have a deeper meaning, in general, than what most people see in them.