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A comment on Ask HN: On eBay, $50 Amazon gift cards are selling for $80-85.What am I missing?.

Re:Ask HN: On eBay, $50 Amazon gift cards are selling for $8... by mmikeff on Wednesday March 14, 2018 @08:35AM (#16584304)
Anonymity?

Buy gift card from random ebay person.

Pay for something that you'd rather keep secret using gift card.

Reduced chance of getting caught?

e.g. https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/pages/gift-card-paymen...

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Re:Ask HN: On eBay, $50 Amazon gift cards are selling for $8... by joezydeco on Wednesday March 14, 2018 @11:23AM (#16585365)
You can buy amazon gift cards at almost any retail store, with cash.

That's even less trackable than a payment to an eBay seller.

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Re:Ask HN: On eBay, $50 Amazon gift cards are selling for $8... by O_H_E on Wednesday March 14, 2018 @01:35PM (#16586609)
That does not apply in the non-US world (Maybe also EU, I don't know if they are being sold there)
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