generic92034 3 days ago

> If enough of these horror stories are publicized, people will learn to never buy/redeem Apple gift cards because of the real possibility of account bans.

If you are trying to be a bad person you could weaponize that approach. You do not like person x, send them some Apple gift cards... :o

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Aurornis 3 days ago | parent | next [-]

> You do not like person x, send them some Apple gift cards... :o

99.999% chance they happily redeem them and go about their lives.

These stories, while frustrating, are clearly edge cases. Yes I know you can find more if you search social media, but I don’t think a lot of these HN commenters realize the volume of gift cards Apple sells and redeems without problem every day.

	▲	generic92034 2 days ago \| parent [-]
		Maybe that hypothetical, bad person needs to find out what is triggering the account locking, first. Many small sums per gift card? A sum over a certain threshold? The point is, in reality it will not be up to pure chance. However, I personally would not do that anyway.

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szundi 3 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

In this case buy the gift card from some shady retailer with a one-time-use virtual card, and give this shady code to your friend. Or buy a physical card from aliexpress, the cheapest one with bad reviews.

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dotancohen 3 days ago | parent | prev [-]

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kombine 3 days ago | parent [-]

> I'm a Zionist

I don't like you too.

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rvnx 3 days ago | parent | next [-]

Depends,

> Zion serves as a living space for humans who have chosen to be disconnected from the Matrix

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zion_(The_Matrix)

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dotancohen 3 days ago | parent | prev [-]

Thank you. Awaiting the Apple gift cards.

	▲	generic92034 2 days ago \| parent [-]
		I wrote "If you are trying to be a bad person [..]". I usually don't.