How is it in any way a straw man argument? I was giving an example of exactly what the comment said was “not a thing”: plausible deniability when buying the car

How is it in any way a straw man argument? I was giving an example of exactly what the comment said was “not a thing”: plausible deniability when buying the cards. If you buy these cards and re-sell them, you have plausible deniability. If you buy them from a re-seller you have increased anonymity. Obviously the goal for a nefarious actor (or anyone, probably) is to not end up in court. But it’s objectively true that the idea of Amazon gift cards does in some scenarios actually give you increased anonymity compared to other payment options, if nothing else because of the timing offset if you want to disregard re-sellers.