Thieves

[Bduck]

Now & then we purchase gift cards at the local grocery store (Smith's for us) for Amazon for ourselves. We build fuel points getting up to a dollar off at the pump, my diesel truck is the recipient for the fishing trips I make. There is a section as we all see in many stores as well of the many different gift cards. Amazon has made it easy for thieves to peel off a strip to gain access to the code & photo it, then they put the card back on the rack still in its original cover. I don't know what is going on with other types of gift cards, but my guess is the thieves probably have exploited access to those cards as well. 








The cover for the card on the backside
has a slot for barcode to purchase gift card.
The code for loading gift card is above &
covered but easy access to gain



This is what it looks like after peeling strip.
In my case redeemed & code blacked out
 

[wiperhunter2]

Did Amazon make it right for you? Hopefully so, otherwise I'd stop doing business with them. I buy my gift cards online, so I've never had an issue like that but thieves seem to always find a way to take what they don't own, always at the expense of others.

[Bduck]

No Curt, we were never caught up with a bad card. We've had store employees & management confront us with conversations about what's going on with the cards. Amazon is supposedly working out a better card.  Smith's offers fuel points is why we do purchases of Amazon cards, and we know what to look for. Sorry Curt, your not on my gift card list. 

[wiperhunter2]

No Curt, we were never caught up with a bad card. We've had store employees & management confront us with conversations about what's going on with the cards. Amazon is supposedly working out a better card.  Smith's offers fuel points is why we do purchases of Amazon cards, and we know what to look for. Sorry Curt, your not on my gift card list. 

LOL, good to know and glad you did not get burned.