<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by fireflyreaction:
hello all 
essentially, i am asking that those individuals who might be spending money at some of the following establishments to purchase a gift certificate valid at that establishment through hallmark.com using the goldpoints gateway on my userid/password.</font>
Sounds like a gamble.
Gold Points Terms and Conditions:
[...]
10. Licensor reserves the right to discontinue membership privileges and void or cancel a member's entire point balance if any points in the member's account are issued, received or redeemed through fraud or theft or otherwise illegally
or not as authorized in these Terms and Conditions or in other current Gold Points Rewards Program rules. These rights are in addition to any other legal or equitable remedy which may be available to the Licensor under applicable law.