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> 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

• szundi 10mo ago
  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.
• Aurornis 10mo ago
  > 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 10mo ago
    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.
• dotancohen 10mo ago
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  • kombine 10mo ago
    > I'm a Zionist I don't like you too.
    • rvnx 10mo ago
      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) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zion_(The_Matrix)
    • dotancohen 10mo ago
      Thank you. Awaiting the Apple gift cards.
      • generic92034 10mo ago
        I wrote "If you are trying to be a bad person [..]". I usually don't.