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Cardpool (YC W10) Speeds Up Gift Card Selling By Removing The Snail Mail Option

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Re: Cardpool (YC W10) Speeds Up Gift Card Selling By Removing The Snail Mail Option

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I'm a fan of Cardpool. I've purchased two orders of iTunes cards already, and I've told a friend about it who's made a purchase. Glad you guys are becoming even more efficient. But, what's this technology? Can you say anything more about it? Seems you can't guarantee that the person doesn't sell a card to cardpool and then go out and spend the money quickly. Unless you can maybe contact that company and request a re-…

Probably they use the gift card to buy another gift card. Then, all they need to do to avoid fraud is to simply not pay the seller until it goes through.

Re: Cardpool (YC W10) Speeds Up Gift Card Selling By Removing The Snail Mail Option

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I like that it's the perfect e-shippable product. I dislike that gift cards are, at an economic level, kind of a scam, a topic Slate has covered well over the years:

http://www.slate.com/id/2111769/

http://www.slate.com/id/2179320/

So my favorite gift cards are those from the Federal Reserve, with Presidents on them. Accepted almost everywhere!

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