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Old Feb 4, 2020 | 1:06 pm
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Originally Posted by Duke787
I've always assumed it was a fraud prevention matter (though it is annoying).

You can always go buy from the store and I think those are activated immediately
I had thought that too, but I guess maybe I never tried to use one literally right away because my most recent experience a few weeks ago I had to wait overnight (possibly it activated while I was asleep, idunno)
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