US Bank (or whoever it is that manages these cards) made it sound like the cashier made a mistake in the way they activated the cards. They could see that the card was loaded - but it was not properly activated. If that is what you mean by not "fully" activated - then yes.

However, I don't think I actually got an "activation" confirmation receipt. At this particular store, the activations print separately - so you get one receipt that shows payment information, and another small slip for each card that shows confirmed activation. I never really paid much attention when they handed me these small slips, since I had never had any sort of problem like this. In this case, while I was able to find the receipt for the purchase - the activation slips were not with them.

Just curious - how would opening and re-gluing the packaging lead to activation issues?