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Last week I tried to use a Guitar Center Gift Card that turned out to be a fake. My stepdaughter got it for me from Amazon.
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I just looked on Amazon and the only GC gift cards they have are sold by GC itself. I'm thinking GC screwed it up (imagine that 
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If there truly is a problem…let Amazon know and I’m very sure there will be a refund to your stepdaughter.
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I just looked too. There are 2 $25.00 cards for GC in different packaging from each other. ?I just looked on Amazon and the only GC gift cards they have are sold by GC itself. I'm thinking GC screwed it up (imagine that
Never look a gift card in the mouth.
There are many critical things one could say about Amazon, but they don't deal in counterfeit goods.
If your stepdaughter got it there, it's legit and the issue is elsewhere. Hopefully good news coming.
If your stepdaughter got it there, it's legit and the issue is elsewhere. Hopefully good news coming.
you gotta be kidding me. I have gotten counterfeit Markley bass strings, counterfeit Columbia outerwear, counterfeit Hanes t-shirts, counterfeit computer parts…I have a list somewhere. Third party sellers are the worst for this but Amazon gets them too. It’s a huge problem and they’re aware of it, but they deal in such volume I don’t see how they could possibly address it.
Amazon has rules against counterfeit goods, but the fact is the site is flooded with them.
Here's a NYTimes article about what to do if your Amazon purchase is fake.
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I will forward the article to my stepdaughter. Thanks. Even if it is from the NYT.
This is a false statement. A lot, if not most items on Amazon are counterfeit. My brother has a metal detector company and there are many of "his" detectors on Amazon, but none are made by him. He gets warrantee claims every day for those fakes, because the buyers thought they are real. They are Chinese knock offs marketed under his name with copies of his labels and paperwork. He has complained to Amazon, but they don't do anything to stop it. If you do a search, you will find articles about all the fake items sold on Amazon
It's either "fulfilled by Amazon" or "Fulfilled by" Someone else. Never trust it, if it's not fulfilled by Amazon.
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Well yes, the NYT does utilize some difficult vocabulary at times, so I see your struggle there.
I can't say that their marketplace sellers don't. But they don't. LYAO until it hurts, doesn't change the reality.
Why are you insulting him?
