Gift Cards

[dirtbiker1824]

What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? Georgia
Hi, I met a guy who told me he can get me best buy gift cards for half price. I didn't believe him at first but I decided to give it a try. I gave him 125 dollars and he gave me a card that had 250 on it. I called the number into best buy and everything checked out. That night I went and purchased two 22" monitors without a problem. I then started googling half price best buy scams and nothing came up I also saw on some site that best buy makes over 2 million dollars a year from people who don't use their gift card or they just forget there is a few bucks on it. I then checked ebay and saw that many people were selling them for less than face value so I was thinking I could start to sell these cards and turn a profit. I still do not know how this guy gets them I figured best buy could be dumping the 2 million they make back into gift cards so people will go to their store buy stuff and help stimulate this economy.
I was wondering if it is legal to continue to buy these gift cards at half price and sell them on ebay. I have yet to find something saying there is a scam or fraudulent gift certificates.What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)?

[JETX]

Originally Posted by dirtbiker1824

I was wondering if it is legal to continue to buy these gift cards at half price and sell them on ebay. I have yet to find something saying there is a scam or fraudulent gift certificates.

What did the local Best Buy manager say when you went into his store, showed him your 'discount card' and asked him??

[cyjeff]

Usually, these half price cards are purchased with a stolen credit card.