This petition was submitted during the 2019-2024 parliament
Rejected petition Limit gift cards to 2 per customer and balance on each card to £100
To prevent scammers taking all of a person's money through gift cards.
To encourage sellers of gift cards to challenge customers as to why they want more than 2 cards.
To limit the amount held on gift cards from £200 to £100.
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I was scammed out of £750 through I tune cards and nobody challenged me why. I have reported this to the police. Who informed me there is no way of tracing the gift card balance and how its spent.
I spoke to 2 well known supermarkets. It was interesting that they are aware of scams happening using I tunes. 1 has stopped several people being scammed. But they both have different limits on how many cards and amount put on cards. 1 supermarket the till locks the amount. The other a manager is meant to be called to the till for authorisation which did not happen with me.
This petition was rejected
Why was this petition rejected?
It’s about something that the UK Government or Parliament is not directly responsible for.
This is a matter for individual retailers, not the UK Government or Parliament.
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