Activation Codes by Email for Staples.com Gift Cards

Recently I bought five $200 Visa Gift Cards through Staples.com using the AmEx Staples promo where you received $25 for $100 spent at the online store. If you have bought these gift cards before, you know that you usually have to wait a while until the activation codes arrive by mail, in a separate envelope. You…

Gift Card Warning, There’s Reports of Tampering

I had heard it before that I should be careful and always check the packaging of the gift cards, to make sure they weren’t tampered with. But I have never had an issue, even when purchasing GCs in not so perfect packaging. Neither did I personally know anyone who has has any such issues, until…