tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post4346395001984729443..comments2024-03-27T18:20:38.176-05:00Comments on TYWKIWDBI ("Tai-Wiki-Widbee"): Beware of "stripped" gift cardsMinnesotastanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01382888179579245181noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-1607665423405995432010-10-31T06:10:46.765-05:002010-10-31T06:10:46.765-05:00I worked for Starbucks in the call center for awhi...I worked for Starbucks in the call center for awhile, and I can verify that this certainly happened on a semi-regular basis.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13998314771827717621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-61135695754049680972010-10-27T11:44:19.394-05:002010-10-27T11:44:19.394-05:00Handy to know. This just reinforces my stance tha...Handy to know. This just reinforces my stance that gift cards are a bad gift. Cash may seem less thoughtful, but check out the Consumerist antigiftcard.Dave Przyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07082319672330573661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-79210233973354905882010-10-27T04:40:13.654-05:002010-10-27T04:40:13.654-05:00Advice is (hopefully) no longer applicable - provi...Advice is (hopefully) no longer applicable - providing the gift card companies have figured things out.<br /><br />"A program that checks the activation status of stored value accounts would fail for us because we automatically invalidate any account that receives two balance inquiries before activation."<br /><br />- RockDoggy's comments at <a href="http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2010/08/cloning_retail.html" rel="nofollow">Bruce Schneier's</a> security & technology blog.Z. Constantinehttp://blog.operator-speaking.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-55133486172753641152010-10-26T19:42:00.461-05:002010-10-26T19:42:00.461-05:00So, once the thieves have this info, how do they a...So, once the thieves have this info, how do they actually spend the value on the card? If they do it on-line, wouldn't it be pretty easy to trace?dragonmammahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13586472866640318921noreply@blogger.com