Gift cards sold or issued at an Apple store are the safest kind.

There is no opportunity for the kinds of large-scale fraud you see with cards purchased elsewhere. The only risks would be the same for any other bearer instrument, e.g. wallet theft.

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lvl155 4 days ago | parent [-]

That’s what I thought too but it’s not. Apple is refusing all gift card related hardware purchases in certain markets. Even what you already redeemed to your account. It certainly piqued my interest in what’s happening behind the scene.

	▲	quesera 4 days ago \| parent [-]
		This doesn't sound right to me. Apple is still issuing gift cards for hardware trade-ins as of last week, and obviously they are bound to honor them. Specific accounts may be flagged, for sure. But a general ban on GC-related purchases would be a very big regulatory deal. Do you have links to a published source?