Originally Posted by
joemeckler
OK. But they might be thinking it's for someone buying for its intended purpose. A gift for someone else. In that case, the buyer may not open the package immediately and leave that for the intended recipient.
My point was that you know you've got a bad card as soon as you open the package or even look hard at the revealed bar code when the strip is torn off. If you don't alter the bar code, you only find out the card is bad when you try to use it. Doesn't matter whether it's given as a gift or not or how long it sits around. Odds are these scam cards are drained within hours of the time they've been loaded.